Hoops

NBA's NY Knicks trials no music during game

Yep NBL masks a lot of crap crowds with ultra loud music (with lyrics too lmao)... fail!

You guys are i think forgetting that the NBA plays way less music (and at a lower volume) than the NBL does usually, so getting rid of it altogether makes things very quiet indeed....

the dj is a flog!

Yeah and they are in love with old bogan rock favourites which don't even suit basketball...

I do like the James Brown as the victory song.

I like TNT starting the 4th

The wildcats music sucks.
They play the same song at the same stage of the game every single week.
It gets real old after a while.

No one wants to hear joker and the thief at the start of the 4th for 5 seasons straight.

In fairness, it's probably not as simple as "I can't play when there's no music". When you're accustomed to playing in a certain environment all the time I can see how a totally different one could throw you off. Still, a player with more focus on what they're supposed to be doing will adapt better.

I like that the Wildcats have a band to play some tunes for the fans to clap/chant along to. Makes for a good mix instead of recorded music all the time.

It does show though that the crowds in America for the NBA don't really get behind teams if music is the deciding factor to their involvement. You won't hear music at college games anywhere near as much, and certainly at high school, so why is it such a big issue to these guys? If you can't play at the top of your ability without music, maybe you're not good enough to be out there to begin with

If trying different things is disrespectful then surely the playing of music during games in the first place is what he should have a problem with.

Good on them for doing it I say. I know some people don't like the music. I've got no problem with it as long as it's not deafening like it is at Perth Lynx games. At the Wildcats it's maybe a little louder than ideal but it's not overwhelming. I just wish they'd rotate the playlist a bit more. Some continuity is fine but when 90% of the songs are the same every game all season it feels like they're just not trying.

Saying it detracts from the game is your opinion - which I disagree with.

I also think music can have a positive affect on crowd atmosphere and momentum of the game...and therefore players on the court. It can be an uplifting factor for the home team in form and a compounding factor for the team up against it all.

With that said, I don't think removing music is "disrespectful", that's an odd descriptor. Green has never been one really worth listening to though. I'd rather listen to Kerr.

Somebody please explain how it's disrespectful? How is this disrespectful, but changing rules that take away from the game and are simply to improve revenue not disrespectful?

Great basketball caoch from Vic.

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