It's the NBA, so why do they all call it a league?

[blobfish]

Don't you get annoyed when sportscasters call the NBA a league? They refer to it as a league...it is an association!

[tophizzle]

Who gives a shit you nit picking assmonger.

[Devastation]

It is a league.

The official name of the league is "National Basketball Association."

[The Inmate]

Go get a Thesaurus...

72 entries found for association.
Main Entry: association
Part of Speech: noun 1
Definition: group
Synonyms: affiliation, alliance, band, brotherhood, bunch, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combo, company, confederacy, confederation, congress, cooperative, corporation, crew, crowd, family, federation, fellowship, fraternity, gang, guild, hookup, league, mob, order, organization, outfit, partnership, pool, rat pack, ring, society, syndicate, tie-in, tie-up, tribe, troops, troupe, union, zoo

[Pfef63]

Don't the guys on sportscenter always call it "The Association", anyways?

[sk0rch]

Oh yeah that pisses me off soooo much, when I hear the word league in a basketball game I burst out swearing and throw my remote at the television. :rolleyes:
We live in a planet so why do they call it a world?!!?!? WTF?!?! Damn them!!!

[piggyman18]

What's the National Basketball Association? A league
What are people from Holland called? Dutch
What's the plural for ox? oxen
What's the plural for box? boxen?

The English language is retarded. Live with it.

[PhyuckYu]

Yeah, I actually killed a guy once because he said league.

It just pisses me off so much.

[joeschmo12]

Commissioner Stern should just change the name to NBL. That would solve everything.

[Viper2004]

Commissioner Stern should just change the name to NBL. That would solve everything.

Or it wouldn't because it's a stupid idea.

[FrStyleKing]

It doesnt piss me off, cause who fucking cares?

[Jman6669]

the worst is when in baseball or ne other sports that are only played in US they will say the red soxs are the world champs i wanna know who they played around the world?

[Face Plant]

Don't you hate it when they call it a hamburger, its not made of ham. Those fucking idiots, It JUST MAKES ME SO MAAAADD!

[sk0rch]

They call it that because it was originally made in Hamburg, Germany or something.
I just learned that and I wanted to sound smart.

[No-Jokurr]

Want to know why they really call it league?

...because i ate 3 cookies yesterday and then i went
to my friends house and i havent seen him in ages and
we started shooting my Air Gun at cans and we accidently
broke his neighbors window so we left and then we went to my
friends house who little did we know, was at his cousins house
in South Gate, so then were like "Fuck!" and then we cruise
down to 7-11 and buy some snacks, then were all bored and we
go to my house and play basketball, and im all mad 'cause he
keeps using his albow to get space, and then im like "what the fuck!?
im gonna kick your ass if you do that one more time" and then
i do a fade-away from 18 feet away, and it rattles in-n-out and
im like "damn!" and he gets the rebound (by now, the score is 18 to 20,
and im winning) so anyway he dunks it sick! and im "daaayuuum!"
so its tied, and then its my ball so i shoot and three pointer and i make it
like "swiiish!" and then i steal the ball from him, by now its dark so
we cant see as well, anyway, i steal it and do a layup and im up 24 to 20
(to win you need 25 points) and so he shoot over me and makes a
2 pointer nothing but net, and then its my ball, the sweat in dripping off
my forehead like a fucking river, so im tired, and then i do a fake pass
(note: its 1on1) and so he falls for it, and then i run as fast as i can
and do a sick 360 dunk and then i scream! and hes like "good game"
and im like "yeah, for me!" and then he gets a call from his mom
and shes like "where are you?" im at my friends house he says breathing
very hard from the game we just played, and shes like "well come home right
now we have relatives over" and then hes like "yo man, ill see ya later, peace"
and im like "yeah, yeah, later" and then i go home and start to watch the
Sixers Vs. Pistons game, and then i get tired and eat some dinner,
it was McDonalds, chicken strips, fries, and chocolate milkshake,
anyway, i shower, and then i go to sleep.


Thats why.

[RedDragon399]

i love the nba. kobe is cool. shaq is tall. love em both hehe

[firepiss]

It's like when apple jacks doesn't taste like apples. It just is.