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

[lawdog1]

You want 1s as realistic as possible. Getting your own rebound after unlimited dribbles isn’t as realistic as say having to score in a spot with limited bounces before the help commits

So is there foul baiting and FTs too? To help with the realism?

 

[addict4sneakers]

So is there foul baiting and FTs too? To help with the realism?

No

 

[osh kosh bosh]

win by two or straight?

win by two, to 11, dead 15

 

[lawdog1]

I suppose stories like this were inevitable...



*To be clear, I'm not assuming any validity to the story; I just knew it was likely someone would put something like this out.

 

[lawdog1]

To me, developing an ability to anticipate where a rebound is going by tracking the flight of the ball, timing your jump on rebounds, being able to make put-backs without coming back down and flat out hustle to outrun someone to a loose ball are real parts of the game. Stuff you can work on playing (unrestricted 1 v. 1). So I prefer the traditional version.

But I understand the appeal of the other versions.

 

[king j]

I suppose stories like this were inevitable...



*To be clear, I'm not assuming any validity to the story; I just knew it was likely someone would put something like this out.

Quotes definitely came from him




That roster had 2 maybe 3 NBA ready players on it

Knecht
Hinson
Lewis

 

[pmatic]

 

[lynchpin33]

Pure hoops. No fake fundamentals

Real talk is there any film of Kobe (2008 & 2012) or Bron (2008, 2012, and this summer) competing in any of these 1v1 during Team USA camp or practice? The footage that came out the other day had Bron just watching on the sideline while engaged in conversation.

 

[B Sox]

Quotes definitely came from him




That roster had 2 maybe 3 NBA ready players on it

Knecht
Hinson
Lewis

Was gonna say it was ABSOLUTELY that Kuhse dude

 

[pmatic]

Kuhse had free reign and plenty of PT.

 

[ballinsam23]

win by two or straight?

If people have next. Win by 2 all 1s.
If no next. Straight 5

 

[Maximus Meridius]

 

[nick.]

 

[ballinsam23]

These kids still exist. They will always exist. Don’t let your inner old head trick you into thinking kids aren’t playing as hard. There’s way more money on the line these days at a younger level.

Following your shoot is a fake fundamental. Especially on the perimeter. You’re giving up transition buckets every time you do that.

The game will still always be about creativity the higher you get. Your hustle man needs to learn have some skills. Your shooter needs to know how to score when he gets chased off the line

Following your shot is a skill. Lots of easy buckets or second chance opportunities missed out.

I know they exist, but your chance of making a roster on most levels is much higher as a specialist. Elite defender or shooter or rebounder. The NBA is the best of the best, so yea at that point you need to be good at everything.

I just don’t like these tendencies kids pick up today with these new games.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

You want 1s as realistic as possible. Getting your own rebound after unlimited dribbles isn’t as realistic as say having to score in a spot with limited bounces before the help commits

I need to see blood and bones.

Yall are trying to remove the chaos from the game.

That's why yall Americans are never prepared for war. Yall want everything structured and sanitized.

 

[krazy88s]

Chuck & them having a segment called "Who He Play For?" didn't necessarily help TNT's cause, did it?

but everyone's crying foul now. gimme a break

 

[addict4sneakers]

Following your shot is a skill. Lots of easy buckets or second chance opportunities missed out.

I know they exist, but your chance of making a roster on most levels is much higher as a specialist. Elite defender or shooter or rebounder. The NBA is the best of the best, so yea at that point you need to be good at everything.

I just don’t like these tendencies kids pick up today with these new games.

Throughout the course of game, the opportunities to get your own miss outside of the paint are few and far between. Go watch an old game and get back to me. It’s been a fake fundamental for some time.

 

[lawdog1]

I need to see blood and bones.

Yall are trying to remove the chaos from the game.

That's why yall Americans are never prepared for war. Yall want everything structured and sanitized.

addict4sneakers is trying to eliminate Pat Bev types from the game forever.

 

[addict4sneakers]

addict4sneakers is trying to eliminate Pat Bev types from the game forever.

Tussle hoops does not translate. You can absolutely play chihuahua basketball like Pat Bev in 3 dribbles though. But nothing about a 6’2” guard following his own shot allowed him to play until he was 35.

 

[lawdog1]

“Chihuahua basketball” is hilarious

 

[RustyShackleford]

Tussle hoops does not translate. You can absolutely play chihuahua basketball like Pat Bev in 3 dribbles though. But nothing about a 6’2” guard following his own shot allowed him to play until he was 35.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

How an NBA sixth man built a $600M empire

Drafted by the Lakers in 1975, Junior Bridgeman spent four decades building a nine-figure, multinational empire. And now he's teaching NBA rookies, veterans and teams exactly how he did it.

www.espn.com

But Bridgeman understood her point. Salaries for players then weren't that high by today's standards. In Bridgeman's 12-season career, which included a stint with the LA Clippers, he made about $2.95 million and never more than $350,000 in a season.

After his career, he built a fast-food empire that, at its peak, totaled more than 450 restaurants nationwide. He became a Coca-Cola bottling distributor with territory across three states and into Canada. He bought Ebony and Jet magazines. His estimated net worth soared to nearly $600 million, behind just Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and LeBron James, among NBA players.

Made his money flip for real

 

[nick.]

"Chihuahua basketball" is going to stick

Does Jose Alvarado play pomeranian basketball?

 

[lovehateself]

my game

 

[pmatic]