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

[datznasty]

Low top white on whites for me

 

[king j]

 

[HOU$TON]

Houston picked a dude that needs a PG to feed him his buckets, but the fans mad he struggling standing around watching like 8 other players show off their dribble package and throw up step back 3’s

The low hanging fruit is blame the aau style guard play. In reality Jabari is playing terribly and his most valuable skill (special shooter) hasn’t translated even on open/wide open attempts.

 

[MajinZuub]

He's still a kid and can grow as a player

 

[CJMcfly26]

I don’t expect much from the dunk contest tonight, so I’m looking forward to the complaints later. Cole Anthony Timbs.
Somebody gonna dunk with the Mischief Boots. Predicting it now.

 

[Bert.]

They seriously should just drop the dunk contest. They struggle just to get competitors now.

Yup

Oddly enough only guy I even know of is mac mclung and he’s not even in the nba

 

[VARNELL HILL]

The Rust sympathy machine >>>>>>>

Whole league can see what MLGA did to him. Really sad man

 

[ballinsam23]

They should do a 1 on 1 competition in the ASG. Gonna need all the superstars to sign up for that though.

 

[picasso swerve]

L

I don’t expect much from the dunk contest tonight, so I’m looking forward to the complaints later. Cole Anthony Timbs.
Somebody gonna dunk with the Mischief Boots. Predicting it now.

Aint gonna lie I was dum hyped when Cole thew the Timbs on. Maybe its the NY in me.

 

[MVP]

 

[picasso swerve]

Luka wit the outfit I’m sure most of NT wore at one point

I know I did with the true blues.

Most of NT? You mean most of the whole world.

 

[storm2006]

They should do a 1 on 1 competition in the ASG. Gonna need all the superstars to sign up for that though.

We have BEEN calling for a King of The Court competition word to


That was

 

[703 hwy]

Bron is really milking it now

 

[MVP]

 

[703 hwy]

At the end of the day you play basketball. Let’s not make it more than what it really is.

 

[dman14]

They should do a 1 on 1 competition in the ASG. Gonna need all the superstars to sign up for that though.

Guys are going to shy away. They don't want to be exposed

 

[cedric ceballos]

My only problem with the load management stuff is the league and players want to have their cake and eat it too on this one.

The NBA is known as being a players league. Players have more autonomy and individual star players are marketed more than teams at times. I know plenty of Lebron James fans. I don’t think I know a single Cleveland Cavaliers fan.

The way the league markets stuff. They market the individual star player. You’re paying to see that player. Box offices, (not secondary market sites like stubhub, as you can’t control secondary market pricing) deem it a premium game when guys like Lebron, Curry, Durant, Luka etc are scheduled to be in town to where they charge more for those games rather than charging the same price for all 41 home games to where it’s not as big a deal if a player sits out for load management. But the way they market individual players and the box office marks the price up when said players are in town, fans have a right to be pissed when said player doesn’t play but they’re not injured.

 

[OTG]

At the end of the day you play basketball. Let’s not make it more than what it really is.

nah fr... dehumanized? man stop it.

 

[pmatic]

 

[getback]

Kyrie really went to all-star weekend just to complain huh?

 

[James_O]

Might as well. If they’re going to have G-League call up guys in the NBA dunk contest, go ahead and open it up to the professional Internet dunker dudes.

Kilganon did a scorpion dunk at the dunk contest a few years ago at like “half time” and he was in blue jeans

He would definitely smoke these dudes

 

[pmatic]

Kilganon did a scorpion dunk at the dunk contest a few years ago at like “half time” and he was in blue jeans

He would definitely smoke these dudes

 

[storm2006]

The Rust sympathy machine >>>>>>>

This has got to be an inside joke or something

 

[lawdog1]

What's Kilganon's vert? In the 40s somewhere?

 

[Blue Mamba]

Thank you for everything Kevin