elpablo21
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The Official NBA Season Thread: I’m like Jayson Tatum in the Olympics I'm not playing
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antidope
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None of this matters. They pay $700MM to play the least skillful sport of the majors. I put a baseball in my nephews hand this morning. If that continues the kids will move.
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I get why it’s disheartening to “need a face tho.”
NFL and a College Basketball don’t need one.
Why does the NBA always need one.
NFL and a College Basketball don’t need one.
Why does the NBA always need one.
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Those sports aren’t built in individuality
elpablo21
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Tbh I feel like this notion mostly came from an era where everyone was doing cocaine in the league so they "needed" faces to clean up the image.
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Easiest sport is by far Football.
Seen dudes who never even played get it on college and HS teams. Few even make the league.
Prime will tell you that.
lawdog1
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The NFL doesn’t need a face, but having superstar quarterbacks in the league is a pretty important part of the NFL machine.
antidope
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Easiest sport is by far Football.
Seen dudes who never even played get it on college and HS teams. Few make the league.
Prime will tell you that.
Baseball has numerous fat people who are legends. You don't even have to run for real. The majority of the people who play it are still white.
Yeah....
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Maybe.
Basketball just shouldn’t need it now.
But it probably does, which is a shame.
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The door is kinda open for one of these young up and coming players to be the face. Seems like they don’t embrace that kind of thing anymore?
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Man a bad QB is just as important too. Gives the fan base something to complain about or feel like they are a good one away from winning.
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If you’ve been to a baseball game they could literally sit in chairs on the field. Most actionless sport don’t let Sportscenter highlights fool you
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Feel like y’all making a way bigger deal out of this than it actually is
Folks aren’t gonna stop watching basketball.
Folks aren’t gonna stop watching basketball.
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Yea but you’re talking about athletically now. But you mentioned “skills”.
Skill wise it’s so hard to hit a baseball.
Go to a batting cage you’ll find out.
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Feel there's some truth to this but slight irony when there's 2 of the greatest white stars we've ever seen currently active and in their primes right now but they won't move the needle as much as they should since they're European instead of WASP's
Luka talks cash **** while busting folks *** nightly just like Bird but I wouldn't say he's even close to the same level of household name recognition as Bird.
Strictly talking about America, the league is constantly getting bigger and bigger worldwide and the amount of international stars right now has only been pushing the game to new heights of popularity globally recently.
antidope
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Yeah, the one thing they need to do. Ho hum.
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Was a lot of other factors at the time with Bird. League was coming out of the dumpsters and him and Magic were the saviors.
Even if Cooper Flagg is an all NBA type dude it’s not changing the league itself.
Even if Cooper Flagg is an all NBA type dude it’s not changing the league itself.
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You from the islands right….? What type of skill does cricket require?
Hockey is a white sport that requires a high level of skill. Numerous fat boys are legends in the nba and nfl also. Ya’ll just be talking. I don’t understand how people downplay sports that they’ve never played
Baseball wasn’t integrated until the late 40s, had they let black men play from it’s inception, the stories would be far different. Negro league teams were routinely beating all white clubs during jamborees or the barnstorming days. Y’all be saying ANYTHING
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Kenny lofton was literally a starting PG on the Arizona final four teams of the late 80s. Went on to to be one of the best baseball players of his era. What are we doing in here
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elpablo21
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Yeah I agree. It was a thing in the 80's and it took off. You don't really need it now
MVP
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Ja could have been that dude easily given his game and appeal to the youth but he wants to be out outta on some of this **** all the time.
Also can't underestimate the part sneaker brands have to play in marketing the league, that's also something MJ, Bean and Bron had.
Also can't underestimate the part sneaker brands have to play in marketing the league, that's also something MJ, Bean and Bron had.
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Ja gone be beloved forever.
His generation already views him as the Iverson of his era. Ja getting suspended and catching all that flack actually makes him more appealing to the youth.
His generation already views him as the Iverson of his era. Ja getting suspended and catching all that flack actually makes him more appealing to the youth.
MVP
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The league isn't going to push him like they were before the incidents though at least in the immediate. Memphis is barely on national TV this season.
