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Yes. Isn't a basketball game a competition?
by maneesh 9y ago
Yes. Isn't a basketball game a competition?
- everly 9y agoAre there any leagues with just two basketball teams?
- maxerickson 9y agoThe Harlem Globetrotters towed around a stooge team for a long time.
- everly 9y agoRight, and I don't think anyone would describe the Globetrotters vs. the Generals as competitive.
- maybeiambatman 9y agoIt's funny. Anyone following the NBA right now would tell you it's a league with just two teams :P
- dopamean 9y agoRight. And they'd also say the league is incredible uncompetitive.
- imjk 9y agoTouche
- lmm 9y agoI'm not aware for basketball, but e.g. the Boat Race has only two teams, and is very much competitive.
- NTDF9 9y agoThere's usually a league with more than 2 teams :)
- skciva 9y agoWhen two teams easily win unless they play each other, is it a competitive league?
- Dan_Nguyen 9y agoOn a tangential note, that might not be the case anymore next year. The Thunder got Paul George, the Rockets traded for Chris Paul, Gordon Hayward is now on the Celtics, and Jimmy Butler is in Minnesota. Meanwhile, there's rumors that Kyrie Irving wants to be traded.
- elif 9y agoBasketball is winner-take-all and is itself part of a larger competition (a season which leads to a playoff), making it a poor analogy. A better metaphor would be 2 people playing golf. They can both achieve personal bests during the same match.
- dopamean 9y agoThis is not a accurate comparison as other commenters have pointed out...
- untog 9y ago> Facebook’s formidable ad business, along with Alphabet Inc.’s Google, soaked up 99% of the online ad industry’s growth last year Some sports metaphors really don't work.