NBA Blues: Fans Come for the Game...But Cheer for the Specatcle

On the floor are some of the best athletes in the world. Men like Kevin Durant and Travis Outlaw have size, strength, speed and leaping ability that is almost unbelievable. Brandon Roy has creativity seldom seen in Portland since the Clyde Drexler days. The story is true throughout the NBA. Every night men with speed, agility, leaping ability, abnormal hand-eye coordination way above that of normal humans and competitive fires the likes of which few people possess, compete for millions of dollars, fame and adulation. And the fans go crazy—just not for those athletes. No, the loudest roars are typically reserved for the antics that go on during time-outs, breaks after each quarter and at halftime. It makes one question how much people actually care about the actual game. On a night when Joel Przybilla and LaMarcus Aldridge each blocked multiple layup attempts, the loudest cheers were reserved for some random guy out of the audience making shots to earn car rentals. Not a ... [link]