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⭐ OFFICIAL 2020-2021 NBA Off-Season Thread: Olympics begin 7/23; NBA Draft 7/29⭐
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Will be interesting to see what they get for Oladipo, I guess.
Will ultimately be a question of "is this a better contract to take back than just paying Jarrett Allen would've been?"
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I beg to differ. if you think that exhibition games are meaningless, might as well don't do them at all. it's not just about proving who is the best but rather try to compete. this is the reason why ASGs nowadays are now a joke. players stopped competing and fans are losing interest. I remember when we as fans root seriously and religiously for our side and treat it as the Game of Games aside from the NBA FINALS. it was highly fun and enjoyable to watch like a championship game. this is the reason why mediocre crappers are invited to play in the ASG to gain support from the dwindling number of crowd attendees. remember, it is still a basketball event, not a circus attraction.
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On the new article that just released the reports say the rockets are lower on Caris than most and didn’t like the potential pairing of Wood/Allen either.
Hopefully we get something worthwhile for Oladipo
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Plenty of fans are still interested.
See my point about the target audience of the ASG. (It isn't the NT type).
"Might as well don't do them at all" - Ugh, it is a business. It will always exist.
It is meaningless to many of the players. Many would prefer NOT to be there.
They don't owe US anything. They can "compete" when it matters.
It doesn't MATTER in an ASG no matter what yall believe,
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Doest matter, money is everything. ASG brings revenue.
It doesnt really matter if its good or not as long as its financially beneficial which it obviously is.
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I get your point. so the NBA's target audience prefer selling and watching this stuff instead.
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I don't entirely disagree - just think there's probably a chance your potential return on eventually flipping LeVert/Allen is higher than what you're gonna get off Oladipo.
Oladipo felt like a straight up "we're moving off cash commitments" play - and now to pivot and take back money feels like it would be a weird 180.
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I get your point. so the NBA's target audience prefer selling and watching this stuff instead.
If that is what you took from my statement, sure.
Hijo Del Promo
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I get your point. so the NBA's target audience prefer selling and watching this stuff instead.
Yup, 100%.
The NBA could care less to please the hardcore fan. They already have the hardcore fan.
They need casuals to grow the sport, and thus is how you get casuals.
Basic business.
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the NBA store can start selling some belts as well. oh and some chains.
Hijo Del Promo
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If NBA teams released Championship belts, they would easily sell out and you would be in this thread confused as to why wrestling Championship belts sold out in the NBA store.
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Nobody cares.
bad product
bad product
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Excellent business though. Good job NBA, in the face of all these entitled complainers.
You reign supreme once more.
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I was about to post that but I figured it would be too much for some to process.
But yea, YALL Basketball Nerds ain't the "Key Demo."
One day yall will grasp that simple concept.
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Considering what this world is going through at the time what should the numbers look like?
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Yah, that argument does not work either.
Because when the NBA re ups their TV rights, theyre prolly going to get more than the last one even though they have less tv viewers now.
Viewership is measured differently these days.
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Viewership only matters if it makes your TV rights deal worth less.
NBA is prolly gonna double the viewership rights again. So theyre happy.
In fact all the hardcores complaining is good business, it shows the NBA no matter what they do, you nerds will watch anyways.
And those who wont watch, who cares. Some casual will take your spot anyways.
NBA is prolly gonna double the viewership rights again. So theyre happy.
In fact all the hardcores complaining is good business, it shows the NBA no matter what they do, you nerds will watch anyways.
And those who wont watch, who cares. Some casual will take your spot anyways.
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All this ASG and Oladipo talk reminded me of one of the most iconic ASG x Pacers moments.....
You just know MJ calls Jermaine O’Neal a BAN to this day The XVIIs and XVIIIs are underrated too btw. The Lightning XVII (which he rocked the previous year’s ASG) lows were 
Matter of fact, XVII through XX were all spicy.
I stopped collecting around Jordan 23 but two of my boys drove from Pittsburgh to the DMV to cop the Titanium’s at Downtown Locker Room (
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DCAllAfrican
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- if they know, they know) when they dropped. Only one was able to secure a pair. This man is a solid 10.5-11 and all that was available was an 8.5. Not only did he cop, he as a grown adult with a wife and kid actually squeezes his feet into them to rock from time to time. Couldn’t be me
You just know MJ calls Jermaine O’Neal a BAN to this day
The XVIIs and XVIIIs are underrated too btw. The Lightning XVII (which he rocked the previous year’s ASG) lows were Matter of fact, XVII through XX were all spicy.I stopped collecting around Jordan 23 but two of my boys drove from Pittsburgh to the DMV to cop the Titanium’s at Downtown Locker Room (
B Sox
DCAllAfrican
frshstunna
VARNELL HILL
wavycrocket
- if they know, they know) when they dropped. Only one was able to secure a pair. This man is a solid 10.5-11 and all that was available was an 8.5. Not only did he cop, he as a grown adult with a wife and kid actually squeezes his feet into them to rock from time to time. Couldn’t be me
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Buh-Lah-Kay
People are going to appreciate THIS, more and more. Wild times
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Out the mud.
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I'm glad Blake can still dunk in a practice setting.
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