OFFICIAL NBA 2017-2018 Off-Season Thread

[BIG LEEMELONE]

11ppg 6rpg 3bpg on 52/40/80 splits in only 22mpg for a 6’11, long and athletic teenager is not “trash” at all .

Jackson got the tools for real. Those are good numbers.

A strong wavy cosign appears. This could go either way

 

[wavycrocket]

Technically yes, however everyone was already on his bandwagon, the injuries didn't help his production

Aaron Gordon, Steven Adams too.

Everybody has been on Jaren Jackson’s bandwagon too. He’s been considered a top 5-10 pick for a minute.

 

[freddy fig]

Im irish n italian bent today ...beat boston

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Aaron Gordon, Steven Adams too.

Everybody has been on Jaren Jackson’s bandwagon too. He’s been considered a top 5-10 pick for a minute.

He hasn't been a top 5 prospect all college season though

Jackson has been a lottery prospect but he's shot up something serious in the past 2 months, I'd say there's a big difference between being considered around 10 all the way up to 5 and that's exactly what happened

Gordon isn't quite elite yet, but I'll allow it

Adams is a good example

 

[freddy fig]

My pels in 8th..any lower and ill be back on da erk n jerk diet

 

[Clyde Frog]

Yeah football is the other. I never said you could go straight to the NFL from high school lol that's the point. You can do it in the MLB but not NBA and NFL.

Physically there's no way anyone would be capable of going straight to the NFL. Would be super unsafe and the development in college is super necessary.

 

[T0INE]

Looks like the NBA's little "Respect the game" tour the refs are on are going just fine.

Damn, what type of shenanigans went on in this Thunder/Raps game where the refs had the Goldberg escort to get off the court?

 

[P C H]

Physically there's no way anyone would be capable of going straight to the NFL. Would be super unsafe and the development in college is super necessary.

You are Totally missing the point. As if the NFL cares about safety

 

[Mr.Guy]

Im irish n italian bent today ...beat boston

What you sipping on Frederick?

 

[hardens beard]

That's a great one, anyone else?

Deandre Jordan. When he left early I was like WTF are you doing.

But he’s made over 100 million so clearly he made the right decision

 

[3god]

Jaren Jackson is not a top 5 pick. Some team might reach on him between 5-7, because there’s always a dumb, desperate team drafting in that area..

 

[kingfoamnyc]

Jaren Jackson is not a top 5 pick. Some team might reach on him between 5-7, because there’s always a dumb, desperate team drafting in that area..

Knicks

 

[3god]

Knicks

Yeah there’s a prime example of dumb and desperate

 

[ballinsam23]

Real talk though, still think student athletes shouldn't be paid, but **** the NCAA.

There's a giant misallocation. People want to see college basketball and football. No one's tryna watch swimming, tennis, bowling, etc. You gonna pay those kids too? Hell no. What about the division 2 teams? Zero chance their athletes get paid.

 

[hardens beard]

 

[freddy fig]

What you sipping on Frederick?

i had some brown rum n a lotta yak..finna act a fool at da game

 

[addict4sneakers]

Real talk though, still think student athletes shouldn't be paid, but **** the NCAA.

There's a giant misallocation. People want to see college basketball and football. No one's tryna watch swimming, tennis, bowling, etc. You gonna pay those kids too? Hell no. What about the division 2 teams? Zero chance their athletes get paid.

It’s a tricky situation but seeing those contracts for March madness, I’m sure they could figure something out.

And we’re a capitalist country. The basketball coach makes more than the women’s swim team coach. Ayton should be paid more than Jane Doe. Life ain’t fair, B

 

[P C H]

Real talk though, still think student athletes shouldn't be paid, but **** the NCAA.

There's a giant misallocation. People want to see college basketball and football. No one's tryna watch swimming, tennis, bowling, etc. You gonna pay those kids too? Hell no. What about the division 2 teams? Zero chance their athletes get paid.

This is America, in business there will always be misallocations it is what it is.

Would you pay the swim team or the bowling team? No.

Would you pay D2 teams? No.

In all sectors of American economy we pay people according to their worth (actually we don't, but yeah) so why should the NCAA, a business, operate any differently?

 

[100027]

It’s a tricky situation but seeing those contracts for March madness, I’m sure they could figure something out.

And we’re a capitalist country. The basketball coach makes more than the women’s swim team coach. Ayton should be paid more than Jane Doe. Life ain’t fair, B

College sports shouldn’t be a business or a semi pro league.

What id like to see is a federal law capping how much of a public university budget can go to athletics and capping head coach salaries under teachers.

That would get college sports where it’s supposed to be. And then a real minor league could exist without all the hypocrisy lies and bs

 

[BIG FISH]

Pay the teachers. **** the student athletes. No one's tryna see a bunch of 18 year olds driving beamers wearing 18k cubans to class practice. Most these kids dont even pay their own cell phone bill.

the kids are bringing way more revenue to the schools than the teachers though

 

[pmatic]

Just make it a free market and players can get endorsements instead of paying them directly. Boom.

 

[P C H]

College sports shouldn’t be a business or a semi pro league.

What id like to see is a federal law capping how much of a public university budget can go to athletics and capping head coach salaries under teachers.

That would get college sports where it’s supposed to be. And then a real minor league could exist without all the hypocrisy lies and bs

College sports SHOULDNT be a business, but it is. And that's never changing.

So if college sports is a business, then why should the swim team get the same amount of money as the Football, or basketball team?

 

[100027]

the kids are bringing way more revenue to the schools than the teachers though

Schools exist to teach. You put a pawn shop in a school that will bring in more money than teachers too.

 

[100027]

College sports SHOULDNT be a business, but it is. And that's never changing.

So if college sports is a business, then why should the swim team get the same amount of money as the Football, or basketball team?

You say it’s never changing but it needs to be changed.

 

[P C H]

Just make it a free market and players can get endorsements instead of paying them directly. Boom.

This is such an obvious first step, doesn't make sense for them not to do this.