Author Topic: NBA Players Better Than PBA Bowlers LOL (Read 4291 times)

Necromancer · « **on:** October 19, 2008, 04:05:53 AM »

Let's face it, it doesn't matter if they can't hook like the PBA bowlers, but strikes are strikes. This could really make bowling look a lot disrespected than ever. If an NBA pro can bowl 180+, then I will LOL.

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tenpin477 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 19, 2008, 12:21:38 PM »

They aren't even close though.

six pack · « **Reply #2 on:** October 19, 2008, 12:33:42 PM »

I think this is a step in the right direction.shows NBA players enjoy bowling and some consider it a sport!
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Dan Belcher · « **Reply #3 on:** October 19, 2008, 12:38:19 PM »

I'm surprised they didn't hold this on an easier oil pattern so the PBA pros could strike at will.

Necromancer · « **Reply #4 on:** October 19, 2008, 02:26:24 PM »

I stopped watching after the first game. Tommy Jones missed an easy spare which just sent bowling back like 10 years. Put your mind in the NBA players and those watching at home. They have no clue of what oil patterns are or anything. They see an NBA pro strike over half the time up (like Durrant did with 3 of 6 at least), and they just see bowling as another game that anyone can get good at.

They should of put a house shot up if they are going to have NBA players bowl.

PBA looks like it is gone after this year, especially with stupid ideas like today.

NBA players bowling = good.
PBA players bowling on some ridiculous oil pattern with NBA players striking by throwing straight = bad.

RIP PBA.

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Kid Jete · « **Reply #5 on:** October 19, 2008, 02:31:19 PM »

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I stopped watching after the first game. Tommy Jones missed an easy spare which just sent bowling back like 10 years. Put your mind in the NBA players and those watching at home. They have no clue of what oil patterns are or anything. They see an NBA pro strike over half the time up (like Durrant did with 3 of 6 at least), and they just see bowling as another game that anyone can get good at.

They should of put a house shot up if they are going to have NBA players bowl.

PBA looks like it is gone after this year, especially with stupid ideas like today.

NBA players bowling = good.
PBA players bowling on some ridiculous oil pattern with NBA players striking by throwing straight = bad.

RIP PBA.
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IF you're a bowler you understand what's going on. IF you aren't a bowler and you see your favorite NBA player bowling maybe you'll go and try it out just like him. I don't see any issues.

Dan Belcher · « **Reply #6 on:** October 19, 2008, 02:33:04 PM »

Yes, I'm sure that many people completely and totally dismiss bowling because of this one event that probably ten people outside this forum actually watched.

Why is this forum so filled with pure and total pessimism about the future of the PBA? No matter what they do, good or bad, creative or not, it's automatically deemed the end of the PBA. Nothing is ever good enough for you guys. Calm the hell down and try actually enjoying the sport for a change!

KennyRambo · « **Reply #7 on:** October 19, 2008, 02:46:20 PM »

Half the time they got lucky strikes and the other half they were whiffing easy spares. They'd be lucky to shoot 160.

And how about Doug Kent putting on a spare clinic?

Necromancer · « **Reply #8 on:** October 19, 2008, 02:47:03 PM »

quote:
quote:
I stopped watching after the first game. Tommy Jones missed an easy spare which just sent bowling back like 10 years. Put your mind in the NBA players and those watching at home. They have no clue of what oil patterns are or anything. They see an NBA pro strike over half the time up (like Durrant did with 3 of 6 at least), and they just see bowling as another game that anyone can get good at.

They should of put a house shot up if they are going to have NBA players bowl.

PBA looks like it is gone after this year, especially with stupid ideas like today.

NBA players bowling = good.
PBA players bowling on some ridiculous oil pattern with NBA players striking by throwing straight = bad.

RIP PBA.
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IF you're a bowler you understand what's going on. IF you aren't a bowler and you see your favorite NBA player bowling maybe you'll go and try it out just like him. I don't see any issues.

Well I hear the same casual morons at work or in everyday life in general that know nothing about bowling consider it some game that nerds play. It pisses me off.

I've been bowling since the 1980's and bowling used to be a man's sport. Now it has become sissified, with bowler's who I no longer think have progressed at all skill-wise since the classic bowlers of 10-20 years ago. The only thing that has changed is the equipment and technology.

This is what will destroy bowling in not too distant future.

If they are going to market bowling and the PBA like today then they need to have the PBA bowlers striking on nearly every shot. If you have to, put up a wall pattern and let them go at it. Hell, even say there is a pattern out there when there isn't.

When PBA pros are leaving single pins all the time just like NBA players who don't even know what bowling oil patterns are, or when NBA players strike half the time by just throwing it straight when PBA pros hook it only to leave the 4 pin over and over, then there is something wrong with the thinking of those behind the PBA.

Just my opinion, but I have seen bowling in general decline exponentially in recent years for some of these stupid ideas.
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Necromancer · « **Reply #9 on:** October 19, 2008, 02:49:42 PM »

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Half the time they got lucky strikes and the other half they were whiffing easy spares. They'd be lucky to shoot 160.

And how about Doug Kent putting on a spare clinic?

True, I saw Wade miss spares like that in the first game, but any casual bowler will still put that learning curve as a joke. They will think "oh if he practiced a week or so, and got his aiming down, he would make all those spares" Other idiots will say "all you need to do is throw it down the middle to get a strike, hooking it is just for style or showing off"
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Kid Jete · « **Reply #10 on:** October 19, 2008, 02:52:32 PM »

quote:
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I stopped watching after the first game. Tommy Jones missed an easy spare which just sent bowling back like 10 years. Put your mind in the NBA players and those watching at home. They have no clue of what oil patterns are or anything. They see an NBA pro strike over half the time up (like Durrant did with 3 of 6 at least), and they just see bowling as another game that anyone can get good at.

They should of put a house shot up if they are going to have NBA players bowl.

PBA looks like it is gone after this year, especially with stupid ideas like today.

NBA players bowling = good.
PBA players bowling on some ridiculous oil pattern with NBA players striking by throwing straight = bad.

RIP PBA.
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IF you're a bowler you understand what's going on. IF you aren't a bowler and you see your favorite NBA player bowling maybe you'll go and try it out just like him. I don't see any issues.

Well I hear the same casual morons at work or in everyday life in general that know nothing about bowling consider it some game that nerds play. It pisses me off.

I've been bowling since the 1980's and bowling used to be a man's sport. Now it has become sissified, with bowler's who I no longer think have progressed at all skill-wise since the classic bowlers of 10-20 years ago. The only thing that has changed is the equipment and technology.

This is what will destroy bowling in not too distant future.

If they are going to market bowling and the PBA like today then they need to have the PBA bowlers striking on nearly every shot. If you have to, put up a wall pattern and let them go at it. Hell, even say there is a pattern out there when there isn't.

When PBA pros are leaving single pins all the time just like NBA players who don't even know what bowling oil patterns are, or when NBA players strike half the time by just throwing it straight when PBA pros hook it only to leave the 4 pin over and over, then there is something wrong with the thinking of those behind the PBA.

Just my opinion, but I have seen bowling in general decline exponentially in recent years for some of these stupid ideas.
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Bowling is easy and takes far less skill to be competitive than real sports. Plus you can be a fat drunk and still average 200+ on THS, which is all the majority of bowlers know. THAT is why bowling is on the decline and outdoor, more active sports are on the rise. Be happy real athletes even take time out of their day to help with a PBA charity event.

Is that a better answer? Lol.

Juggernaut · « **Reply #11 on:** October 19, 2008, 02:55:44 PM »

I really didn't like the event, or the format. What I am hoping though, is this. Some people who wouldn't have watched it otherwise, saw it and decided that bowling looks like fun.

I hope that people who otherwise would've never set foot in a center, now will go out and try it for themselves. I hope that some of those really have fun and decide to come back again. And I hope some of those find that it can be a serious sport and fill their need for a competitive venue.

Yes, it had its negatives, i.e. examples of how the NBA players had fun but really didn't take it to serious from the abilities standpoint, juxtaposed against the serious skills and abilities of the PBA guys.

I think the main thing here was to show bowling in a positive light. To show the lighter, funner, more recreational side of it in an effort to get more casual participants back into the game. If it is successful, and some portion of those newer participants decide to stay, it has had a ver good, positive effect overall.
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Necromancer · « **Reply #12 on:** October 19, 2008, 03:05:29 PM »

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Bowling is easy and takes far less skill to be competitive than real sports. Plus you can be a fat drunk and still average 200+ on THS, which is all the majority of bowlers know. THAT is why bowling is on the decline and outdoor, more active sports are on the rise. Be happy real athletes even take time out of their day to help with a PBA charity event.

Is that a better answer? Lol.

NO! LOL. That sounds like this douchebag at work.

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Kid Jete · « **Reply #13 on:** October 19, 2008, 03:15:39 PM »

quote:
quote:

Bowling is easy and takes far less skill to be competitive than real sports. Plus you can be a fat drunk and still average 200+ on THS, which is all the majority of bowlers know. THAT is why bowling is on the decline and outdoor, more active sports are on the rise. Be happy real athletes even take time out of their day to help with a PBA charity event.

Is that a better answer? Lol.

NO! LOL. That sounds like this douchebag at work.
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Haha he must be a pretty cool guy.

KennyRambo · « **Reply #14 on:** October 19, 2008, 03:48:36 PM »

If bowling is so easy, why aren't you on tour right now?

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