Thinking about entertainment in basketball

In almost any basketball conversation can be heard the word "entertainment". For example, the NBA - it's spectacular, and the Challenge Cup, God rest his soul - no. Although ask what the entertainment and what it is measured - is unlikely someone will give an accurate answer.

However, I will try. I have my own theory about that. The fact that the entertainment - a subjective concept, I think, recognize everyone who uses that word. Of course, the first thing that comes to mind is that entertainment in basketball - this is when a lot of dunks, Aley, UPOV, lay-ups and other anglicisms. However, behind all of this is still possible background is that then you will not notice it Psychology plays a role. When we look at the NBA, we know that this is the best there is in basketball. When we look at the European Cup, there is no such feeling. In many ways, there is an objective justice. Indeed, the selection of players in the NBA is much better. However, what if instead we put the European Cup Euroleague. Feelings remain after all the same. Why is this happening? After all, the Greek national team at the World Cup and the match against CSKA Moscow in the "Clippers" have shown that good to play basketball in Europe have already learned. Here comes into force magic names and promotion. Looking through from time to time the American press, you suddenly realize that you are constantly throws out a lot of new information about the individual players, teams, coaches NBA. All these records Kobe Bryant , who at one time fell in abundance, constant references to who when and how something did. This one came devyanostovosmerku the number of spanking partner's hand, and over a third had a fight with the other, and then reconciled and now they are doing well. In the chronicles of fall, even the most subtle basketball players who in a season with 10 minutes played. As a result of the massive information attack, those who follow the NBA players are aware of everything. Effect begins to work, "House-2" when the process can not come off. Quite naturally, all of the outstanding players of the league are elevated to giperzvezd, and the reader / viewer / fan believes. And it does not matter how objectively served this or any other information. The main thing is that the actors interested and they seriously going through, whether Mutombo or beat Kobe records Chamberlain.

What is happening in Europe and Russia? The most striking difference - the information on the order of magnitude smaller. I am confident that, if the fans come to the game, and have no idea who is playing on the 10th number, is real. Quite often I see in the comments on Basketbol.ru that they say admins here at all "scored" in Europe and prefer news about the NBA. But I, for one, would love to increased number of European news, but that's all because of the same problems with the lighting, find an accessible language something interesting is often quite problematic. At the time, how about the NBA every day heels of good news there. It is therefore quite natural that all about NBA fans know very much, which of course affects the desired audience is watching this league. What does the entertainment? Believe me, she though. Watch basketball, where on-site running under 10 basketball serial numbers, and watching basketball, where on-site mega-star Kobe Bryant struggling with hyper-star Shaquille O'Neal , while they have old scores, while there is also Wade, who can break the record today - this will agree, "two very different." And it does not matter what quality is obtained basketball. Most watches reality TV show. Since the vast number of viewers watching matches on TV, there is no doubt the most important component of the entertainment of a league / tournament is the quality of the show. Pay attention, even if some cheerful guy in the European Cup sadanet from the top, it's still looks somehow "in the left"? Why is that? First, because no one really knows what kind of guy, so if he has ever or is he just ate something? This is what I said above. Then there are the "second". It lies in the fact that this guy has done the greatest in the history of the dunk against the blue wall in a dark room, and it's all filmed on a video camera with a not very sharp lens. So what if it was not a close-up, even the face of this guy no one would have remembered it. It seems that, in such circumstances, even Vince Carter would look withered. What a difference when the site will highlight how to throw and repeat with 50 cameras, and still tell the tale and, where such a talented came from. All this has a direct impact on the entertainment.

Now that you are familiar with my understanding of entertainment, but when it comes to broader interest in a particular league, I want to get to a conclusion. An audience that consumes basketball in Europe and the United States is very different. The "us" in the first place viewers watching the game. The game - this is the basketball in our understanding. As soon as the light in the room after the match goes out, basketball is over. Well, the maximum you can then in the internet eagerly discuss everything. By contrast, American viewers consume basketball, as whole, do not stop for a second, a reality show in which the game itself is sometimes not as important as what is happening around her. And here we are back to entertainment. Note that "entertainment" and "show" are very close. NBA basketball is considered to be the most spectacular in the world because it consciously doing so. Do the ways in which I wrote above. The only important thing is not to confuse entertainment and quality of the game of basketball. Entertainment and quality - are not synonymous.