Who's growing the Playoff beard?

i got my Baron Davis beard ready! sadly he hasnt made the playoffs this year, and my beard is itching like crazy

NHL =/= NBA

NHL = better sport and better beards.

[quote name='ShadowSoldier' post='3589950' date='Apr 14 2011, 11:55 AM']NHL =/= NBA

NBA = better sport and better beards.[/quote]

NBA sucks. It's just people running up and down a court trying to throw a ball at a net. Takes no real skill other than "LOOK HAO ACCURATELY I CANZ THROW DA BALLZ!!!11!!1"

With the NHL you have to learn;
- Puck control
- Stick control
- How to ice skate while staying competitive in your movements
- How to punch the shit out of another player when the time inevitably comes

NHL is more fun to watch in the long run. I could never understand the obsession with basketball.

[quote name='Nathan Drake' post='3589997' date='Apr 14 2011, 03:39 PM']NBA sucks. It's just people running up and down a court trying to throw a ball at a net.[/quote]
You obviously know nothing about basketball.

[quote name='Nathan Drake' post='3589997' date='Apr 13 2011, 08:39 PM']NBA sucks. It's just people running up and down a court trying to throw a ball at a net. Takes no real skill other than "LOOK HAO ACCURATELY I CANZ THROW DA BALLZ!!!11!!1"

With the NHL you have to learn;
- Puck control
- Stick control
- How to ice skate while staying competitive in your movements
- How to punch the shit out of another player when the time inevitably comes

NHL is more fun to watch in the long run. I could never understand the obsession with basketball.[/quote]

I like the amazing plays, the tic-tac-toe plays, and the insane goals people get in the NHL.

[quote name='nutella' post='3590002' date='Apr 13 2011, 09:42 PM'][quote name='Nathan Drake' post='3589997' date='Apr 14 2011, 03:39 PM']NBA sucks. It's just people running up and down a court trying to throw a ball at a net.[/quote]
You obviously know nothing about basketball.
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I try not to over-understand it. I drag it down to the most simple context possible. Even doing that with hockey; more skill is required in the long run and is more entertaining to view live or on TV. I can respect that every sport takes some strategy, but that doesn't make what I said untrue.

[quote name='Nathan Drake' post='3590006' date='Apr 14 2011, 12:46 AM'][quote name='nutella' post='3590002' date='Apr 13 2011, 09:42 PM'][quote name='Nathan Drake' post='3589997' date='Apr 14 2011, 03:39 PM']NBA sucks. It's just people running up and down a court trying to throw a ball at a net.[/quote]
You obviously know nothing about basketball.
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I try not to over-understand it. I drag it down to the most simple context possible. Even doing that with hockey; more skill is required in the long run and is more entertaining to view live or on TV. I can respect that every sport takes some strategy, but that doesn't make what I said untrue.
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If you brought Hockey down to the simplest context it would come out to:

Scoring goals.

[quote name='Nathan Drake' post='3590006' date='Apr 14 2011, 03:46 PM']I can respect that every sport takes some strategy, but that doesn't make what I said untrue.[/quote]
Actually, what you said is very untrue. How can you honestly believe basketball takes no skill. It takes different skills to play hockey, not more, just different.

[quote name='Dangy' post='3590007' date='Apr 13 2011, 09:51 PM'][quote name='Nathan Drake' post='3590006' date='Apr 14 2011, 12:46 AM'][quote name='nutella' post='3590002' date='Apr 13 2011, 09:42 PM'][quote name='Nathan Drake' post='3589997' date='Apr 14 2011, 03:39 PM']NBA sucks. It's just people running up and down a court trying to throw a ball at a net.[/quote]
You obviously know nothing about basketball.
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I try not to over-understand it. I drag it down to the most simple context possible. Even doing that with hockey; more skill is required in the long run and is more entertaining to view live or on TV. I can respect that every sport takes some strategy, but that doesn't make what I said untrue.
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If you brought Hockey down to the simplest context it would come out to:

Scoring goals.
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That would be every sport. I should have said simplest context with it still having some sort of identifying factor.


[quote name='nutella' post='3590010' date='Apr 13 2011, 09:52 PM'][quote name='Nathan Drake' post='3590006' date='Apr 14 2011, 03:46 PM']I can respect that every sport takes some strategy, but that doesn't make what I said untrue.[/quote]
Actually, what you said is very untrue. How can you honestly believe basketball takes no skill. It takes different skills to play hockey, not more, just different.
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Basketball is too damn simple. I just can't stand the overzealous fans who try to make it into more than it is. The best players are just the most defensive, accurate ones that have endurance and can employ strategy on at least some level. Tell me that isn't true.

Edit: Don't turn this into an "OH MAH GAWD, NBA IS SOOOO MUCH BETTER" thing either. I don't particularly care, and it only serves to severely derail the thread.
Basically, talk NHL, or GTFO.

[quote name='Nathan Drake' post='3590011' date='Apr 14 2011, 03:53 PM'][quote name='Dangy' post='3590007' date='Apr 13 2011, 09:51 PM'][quote name='Nathan Drake' post='3590006' date='Apr 14 2011, 12:46 AM'][quote name='nutella' post='3590002' date='Apr 13 2011, 09:42 PM'][quote name='Nathan Drake' post='3589997' date='Apr 14 2011, 03:39 PM']NBA sucks. It's just people running up and down a court trying to throw a ball at a net.[/quote]
You obviously know nothing about basketball.
[/quote]

I try not to over-understand it. I drag it down to the most simple context possible. Even doing that with hockey; more skill is required in the long run and is more entertaining to view live or on TV. I can respect that every sport takes some strategy, but that doesn't make what I said untrue.
[/quote]

If you brought Hockey down to the simplest context it would come out to:

Scoring goals.
[/quote]

That would be every sport. I should have said simplest context with it still having some sort of identifying factor.
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All you do in hockey is hit a puck into a net with sticks.

I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out.
~Rodney Dangerfield

[quote name='Nathan Drake' post='3590011' date='Apr 14 2011, 03:53 PM']Edit: Don't turn this into an "OH MAH GAWD, NBA IS SOOOO MUCH BETTER" thing either. I don't particularly care, and it only serves to severely derail the thread.
Basically, talk NHL, or GTFO. [/quote]
You were the one who brought up how NBA sucks and that basketball takes no skill. It has nothing to do with the NBA being better than the NHL.

So how about them NHL playoff beards?

[quote name='nutella' post='3590022' date='Apr 13 2011, 10:02 PM'][quote name='Nathan Drake' post='3590011' date='Apr 14 2011, 03:53 PM']Edit: Don't turn this into an "OH MAH GAWD, NBA IS SOOOO MUCH BETTER" thing either. I don't particularly care, and it only serves to severely derail the thread.
Basically, talk NHL, or GTFO. [/quote]
You were the one who brought up how NBA sucks and that basketball takes no skill. It has nothing to do with the NBA being better than the NHL.
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It was my personal view on it. To be fair, I think that football sucks pretty hard too. I don't like either of the two most popular sports in my country. I blame the fans mostly. I can't appreciate any part of the game anymore because of it. I've learned to appreciate football (soccer) and hockey more, as they aren't nearly as popular, at least where I'm at in the States.

Edit: On topic - I can't even really grow a beard. My facial hair growing skills are weak.

WOO! CANUCKS BEAT BLACKHAWKS 2-0! Canucks are awwwwwesome

BEARD COMMENCES!

NBA is still better.

[quote name='ShadowSoldier' post='3590029' date='Apr 14 2011, 12:07 AM']WOO! CANUCKS BEAT BLACKHAWKS 2-0! Canucks are awwwwwesome

BEARD COMMENCES![/quote]
Yet, they have never won a Stanley cup.

[quote name='nutella' post='3590010' date='Apr 14 2011, 12:52 AM'][quote name='Nathan Drake' post='3590006' date='Apr 14 2011, 03:46 PM']I can respect that every sport takes some strategy, but that doesn't make what I said untrue.[/quote]
Actually, what you said is very untrue. How can you honestly believe basketball takes no skill. It takes different skills to play hockey, not more, just different.
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Basketball players get paid too much to do the following stupid things:

Screw over their own teams and whine like little bitches that they didn't get what they wanted with the teams that drafted them so they can go play in Miami.
Shoot themselves in the leg while carrying a gun in a night club.
Get arrested for illegal gun possession.


Hockey players get paid a pittance compared to basketball players and hockey players go out there and put their lives on the line and have to deal with far more post career health problems then basketball players ever would. How many basketball players have to get major surgery compared to hockey players? The injury rate is much higher in hockey and yet the hockey players get paid less. NBA players are fails when it comes to playoff beards as well, they stole that idea from the NHL anyway and have no reason to be growing them seeing as how they don't play in a freezing cold arena.

I already have a beard... I was about to shave. I'm confused now and frankly frightened.

CAN I SHAVE OR NOT?!??