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I blame Kltuch and all their agents in the media pushing ignorant takes
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Ben Simmons is making 35mil this year
Baker mayfield has more commercials than wins. At least you can say Ben earned that bad contract
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ESPN's presentation sucks, but their game broadcast crews are A1. Inside the NBA is a cultural landmark, but their broadcast color guys (Reggie Miller, Grant Hill) stink.
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They're about to do him like Melo aren't they
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It turns out you can't be the worst offensive player in the league and a jackass.
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If the name didn't immediately give it away you could watch 30 minutes of Inside and not know it's a basketball show
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Baker was trash and not rewarded a contract
Ben was trash and rewarded THEN had the nerve to blame the Philadelphia fans and was scared to even play in the arena. At least Baker never ducked the pressure.
Ben sat for a whole year based off a lie, then tried to use his mental health to recoup money
The Nets needed him for ONE game in the playoffs last year, with the season on the line and dude refused to play
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ROY. All NBA award. Hey mane, don’t make me defend Ben simmons. EYE said he wasn’t it a loooong time ago
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I think your ratings could go up but your revenues would go way down (loss in ticket sales, sponsors willing to pay less, smaller network deals, etc.). So it would benefit fans but not owners....which is why it won't happen
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Hate this guy
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Baker is on a prove it deal, meanwhile Ben making 35, 37 and 40 mil the next 3 years because he won ROY back in 2017.
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League is tolerable, but honestly you literally never know which stars are missing games which is a huge part of the league's problem.
The league is and has always been about stars, whether it's injury, load management, etc. the product does 100% suffer when you're promoting these marquee names that just don't show up.
Where the NBA does blow other leagues out of the water is the social media engagement and drama of the off-season. I'd venture to say that often times is more exciting than the play on the court.
The league is and has always been about stars, whether it's injury, load management, etc. the product does 100% suffer when you're promoting these marquee names that just don't show up.
Where the NBA does blow other leagues out of the water is the social media engagement and drama of the off-season. I'd venture to say that often times is more exciting than the play on the court.
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Consolidate the league. Too many mediocre players in a league supposedly representing the best in the world. They can EASILY fire 150 players.
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Both got their careers ko'ed by lebron smh
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All of this. SrsAlso as a fan of the NBA, I myself am tired of the late game step back 3….
Especially done by dudes who can’t shoot.
Game on the line, it’s 100-102, guys shooting terrible threes instead of going to the cup or even attempting the mid range.
Some of the WORSE shooters now have the green light to shoot 3s and they aren’t even built like that
Guys like Russell Westbrook should not be shooting step back 3s at the end of the game, only down 1 or 2 points
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The leading topic on SportsCenter this afternoon was the fact that LeBron was upgraded to "questionable" and is likely to play tonight after missing a week/3 games. I know it is in part because Pelicans vs. Lakers game is on ESPN but the fact a superstar's status being upgraded to "questionable" is a major headline is a perfect example of the problem you mentioned.
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San Antonio with a rough year
First primo now Forbes yikes
First primo now Forbes yikes
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Looking at 18 to 40 yrs in state pen
Iirc, he was Mr Basketball in his State?
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I have always thought this was an unserious take but after looking at how the quickly the Nets got dismantled in 48 hours which created another super team in PHX and paired two superstars in Dallas in the process made me realize you might have a point.
If stars are going to be allowed to request trades at a whim to pair up with other stars then you minus whale consolidate the number of teams because the talent is consolidating. Brooklyn "fans" went from having championship aspirations to hoping 2025/2027/2029 draft picks pan out. Is that really good for the league?
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Damn they ain't waste no time making my dudes corny af.
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This type of stuff is ruining the NBA
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I dont believe that Westbrook Shams story.
Clippers or Heat would take him.
Clippers or Heat would take him.
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