The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA Cup Night

[finessence]

Durant don’t won’t even comb his hair. Worried about who participating in the dunk contest

J/k

Definitely was that kid who use to be screaming and crying tears in the barber shop

 

[VARNELL HILL]

How about the fact...that technically the guy IS in the NBA right now?

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

He got invited while still in the g league and will probably be cut soon after the season restarts. For all intents and purposes, he's a g leaguer. I personally don't give af but I can understand why an NBA star would feel some kinda way

 

[Based Jesus]

We hear this year after year from pros fans want to see but who are afraid of their brand taking a hit in an L
But the eager G-Leaguers the league invites in their absence is the problem

 

[Based Jesus]

Or Lebron who was always committed to doing it "next year" until people stopped asking

 

[lawdog1]

It’s the dunk contest, man. A made for TV, entertainment event. The rules have been tinkered with a bunch, including with use of truly dumb gimmicks like the “dunk wheel”. There’s no “integrity” with this thing

Letting a guy who’s only spent a little time in the NBA, but is actually a gifted contest dunker is not at all the worst thing that’s happened with this contest over the years.

 

[pmatic]

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Wait...the Heat signed Kevin Love AND Cody Zeller?

 

[Air273]

Love should have gone to philly

 

[rolaholic]

Better than Phoenix

Think he'll be a good fit in Miami,solid Bam backup and much much better than Dedmon :

 

[Based Jesus]

The dunk wheel was a low point in the contest

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Did something happen with love and the org. Seems like they would actually need him…

 

[HIM]

I feel like Love would have 100% gone to brooklyn if they still had Kyrie and KD

 

[Based Jesus]

I blame Udonis Haslem

 

[lawdog1]

Doesn’t do anything to change the East landscape IMO, but nice for Kevin he gets to spend the rest of the season living in Miami.

 

[nick.]

I blame Udonis Haslem

they're taking our jobs!! aepps20

 

[addict4sneakers]

Kevin love might be only good by name at this point

 

[aepps20]

they're taking our jobs!! aepps20

UD cussing out his teammates is worth at least an extra win a year.

 

[wavycrocket]

Or Lebron who was always committed to doing it "next year" until people stopped asking

It was lame as ****, how he promised to do the Dunk contest, then flat out never did it.

Started this whole trend for real.

 

[ballinsam23]

Ideally only the great prospects get drafted, maybe 1-2 per year, but I feel like some NBA teams are gonna draft some dude ranked rivals top 10 thinking they’ll develop him.

When in reality hes not even good enough and would be a 4 year college player.

You cant just expect having every resource available to you will make a kid nba ready just because he’s skipping steps.

So yea some jobs will be taken, undeservingly so.

 

[Based Jesus]

It's just sad to me to see that older players who already made their millions would use their influence to protect themselves rather than give young kids a chance. Lowering the draft age isn't gonna make GMs get rid of their entire roster for 18 years olds.

 

[finessence]

Kevin love might be only good by name at this point

That man washed up like a jellyfish

 

[finessence]

Ideally only the great prospects get drafted, maybe 1-2 per year, but I feel like some NBA teams are gonna draft some dude ranked rivals top 10 thinking they’ll develop him.

When in reality hes not even good enough and would be a 4 year college player.

You cant just expect having every resource available to you will make a kid nba ready just because he’s skipping steps.

So yea some jobs will be taken, undeservingly so.

With NIL deals, more dudes gone stay also. They should’ve been paying dudes. Paying them prevents early entrants.

 

[ballinsam23]

It's just sad to me to see that older players who already made their millions would use their influence to protect themselves rather than give young kids a chance. Lowering the draft age isn't gonna make GMs get rid of their entire roster for 18 years olds.

What if drafting a kid that early who’s not ready at all mentally or skillfully actually leads him to failure?

Im all for it if it’s a KG, Kobe, Lebron, Tmac, etc talent.

But there was a reason at one point 2nd rounders were so valuable a few years back. Teams were thirsting for this for years.

 

[VARNELL HILL]

With NIL deals, more dudes gone stay also. They should’ve been paying dudes. Paying them prevents early entrants.

I was just gonna say...the game has changed.

The 18 year old who's good enough to be considered for the draft in the first place....will likely have made himself some considerable money before he touches an NBA floor. The money Emoni Bates is making right now is probably close to what his rookie year salary will be (assuming he goes in the 2nd as he's projected).

Kinda re-shapes this whole argument for me. Add in Overtime Elite, G-Leauge Ignite, NBL Next Stars, etc....there are more than a few options for a high school senior (or younger) to develop for the NBA AND be compensated considerably for it.

Scoot Henderson is going to be the #2 pick in the draft in June. He was getting paid to be a professional athlete when he was supposed to be a junior in high school. That wasn't possible before.