Basketball: 4 Simple Reasons The UK Should Care

4. Remind You Of something?

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Today's NBA players are a combination of power and finesse, is there another sport where these are prominent qualities? Of course there is - football (the real one with feet and balls). Both sports are played end to end but, with a delicate patience. In football a team works its way up the pitch, waiting, stalking, until that one mistake that leads to a advantageous opportunity. In basketball ball-handler's (point-guards, combo-guard, and point-forwards) dictate the pace into set offenses using cuts or dribbles to make their way to the basket. Both games, when played at their highest level, take an unbelievable amount of intelligence.

Exhibit A:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IETrYTpV9fo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsC4RrcKeR8

Exhibit B:

King James: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xHAwitmLJQ

Exhibit C:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc5e3ZvcxtY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKh8Zq6zhRc So, should the UK care about basketball? Any other reasons to care about the sport? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!
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Sukh Brar loves movies, television, comic books and sports. He is a student at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Working toward a undergraduate degree before hopefully moving into Law. Follow him on twitter @SukhBrar4