25 reasons why Basketball is more fun than Cricket (Part 2)

18. Talking

Yeah cricketers talk too. But that chatter is limited around the pitch. In basketball all ten players often engage in lively conversation, whether it be trash talking like Larry Bird:

19. Free throws

Basketball celebrates fundamentals. A free throw is the most basic skill in basketball, the great test of performing under pressure. Shaq, who was a notoriously bad free throw shooter in games, would claim to be able to make 8 of 10 attempts in practice.

In cricket there’s nothing which compares. Football at least has penalty kicks.

20. Potential for combos of highlight plays

Bunch of plays strung together, leading to a beautiful sequence of a few seconds.

A steal, a save, a tip ahead, a behind the back pass, an alley oop, a dunk

Just watch that and tell me how cricket can be more fun than that.