The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA announces new media deal / WBD sues the league

[nick.]

Who the hell let Julius in the 3pt contest???

Who let Tatum in?

 

[addict4sneakers]

This game really had me defending him smh

That Rudy stimmy is truly something else

 

[WASHED KING]

This game really had me defending him smh

The Doc Rivers and Embiid stole dude's powers.

Sick

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Who let Tatum in?

Julius career 33%

Tatum 38%.

Again, who the hell let Julius in the 3pt contest?

 

[lawdog1]

Old Stevie really taking it hard that Wiseman didn’t pan out for them.

 

[antidope]

Jayson Tatum shooting 38% for his career was a shock to me, had to go look that up. Last two years make sense to me at 35 & 36%. The shot quality has definitely gone down with all the step backs he takes.

 

[antidope]

also turns basketball which used to be a low barrier of entry sport into a sport with financial barriers.

This I wholeheartedly agree with. I don't like this aspect about basketball, its kinda becoming a rich kid sport. All sports are trending this way. But that's capitalism

 

[rolaholic]

 

[Based Jesus]

The amount of basement dwelling virgins online these days is alarming. Cats really lusting over 50 year old, past prime cheeks. When I see posts like this, I have no doubt in my mind that these cats don't mingle with women in real life... I'm referring to the reddit posters, not yourself.

Treating women as people that don't lose their value after a certain age is virgin behavior? I think you've got that backwards.

 

[Mister Meaner]

Looks like the jersey is a good fit. 35 returns.

1st rnd exit for the storybook

 

[lawdog1]

Treating women as people that don't lose their value after a certain age is virgin behavior? I think you've got that backwards.

Is there anything that guy doesn’t have backwards?

 

[addict4sneakers]

This I wholeheartedly agree with. I don't like this aspect about basketball, its kinda becoming a rich kid sport. All sports are trending this way. But that's capitalism

Y’all keep saying this but again, it’s not really true.

 

[T0INE]

Looks like the jersey is a good fit. 35 returns.

1st rnd exit for the storybook

Really digging these unis,

 

[antidope]

Lol come on man. These are grown men

Y’all keep saying this but again, it’s not really true.

Expound please. Always down to learn. I am sure you're in this at a deeper level than I am.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

The James Harden rule

 

[amitt5504]

Randle still getting picked last

Last starter is easily Lauri tho

 

[amitt5504]

The James Harden rule

That was just Bron being petty

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

That was just Bron being petty

KD picked Bobert over him

 

[MVP]

West playoffs needed matchups for maximum intrigue/viewing pleasure:

Denver vs LA Lakers
Memphis vs GS
Phoenix vs LA Clippers
Dallas vs Sacramento

 

[addict4sneakers]

Lol come on man. These are grown men

Expound please. Always down to learn. I am sure you're in this at a deeper level than I am.

I’m saying the elite kids never pay for a thing. Like zero. It’s always been this way. Your average kid with no future past high school is still playing for free for his school or playing low level AAU tournaments that aren’t taxing you like that. These low level non shoe programs be having bake sales and car washes to cover expenses (nothing out of the ordinary for any non sport program trying to make moves.)

You don’t need to rent facilities to get nice at the game. Pickup ball is still free.

Of course there’s some nasty adults exploiting kids but that’s in literally everything from basketball to pageants.

 

[freeze]

 

[lawdog1]

I’m not that close to it now, but from what I do know, I don’t think youth basketball in the US is that much different structurally from when I was a kid 35 years ago in terms of how the most talented players establish themselves against everyone else. The bigger difference is to me is the level of exposure of it all due to social media.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Adam get out the way on this. We wanna see the look on Draymond's face or Harden's face when they picked last.

 

[DLF]

Adam get out the way on this. We wanna see the look on Draymond's face or Harden's face when they picked last.

Draymond isn’t on the team

 

[WASHED KING]

I’m saying the elite kids never pay for a thing. Like zero. It’s always been this way. Your average kid with no future past high school is still playing for free for his school or playing low level AAU tournaments that aren’t taxing you like that. These low level non shoe programs be having bake sales and car washes to cover expenses (nothing out of the ordinary for any non sport program trying to make moves.)

You don’t need to rent facilities to get nice at the game. Pickup ball is still free.

Of course there’s some nasty adults exploiting kids but that’s in literally everything from basketball to pageants.

AAU isn't benefitting youth basketball in any way though. It's not helping players fundamentally, It's just a money grab. It's all about trying to create a mixtape, running on the court doing headtaps, and telling your opponent he's "too little".

Youth basketball in America as a whole would be better without it. Kids don't need to be playing competitive full court basketball all year long. Got 16 & 17 year old's blowing their knees out on the regular because they think they have to compete in every single circuit in the summer.