NBA Off Topic Thread

[ojandpizza]

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Seeing this made me think of that YouTube video from years ago where it described every type of baller you’d see on the court, lol.

You had “Rules Guy” who called everything, “Accessories Guy” who had all the arm sleeves, shoes, headbands, “Excuses Guy”. I think VDusen posted it in the Pick up Players thread a while back but I can’t remember the name of it smh

I remember it, I think it was a dude perfect video.

[TheShizNo1]

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Shirts, shorts, and shoes I was with, the basketball made me ill.

Man...... I read this all wrong. I thought my man was saying ill like Nas ill [emoji2365]; like he leveled up once he watched the games.

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[Madden08PCgmr]

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"Nike founder Phil Knight and Dodgers co-owner Alan Smolinisky have made a $2 billion-plus written offer to purchase the Portland Trail Blazers, sources tell ESPN. Discussions are ongoing with the Paul Allen trust that's overseeing ownership of team. Story soon."

Not sure they'll even bother with a vote on that deal. Just a no-brainer.

.. and I would guess that should kick the expansion talk into overdrive as that should set the franchise buy-in.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Wouldn’t hold your breath on that, based on Silver’s recent comments.

[illwill10]

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Wouldn’t hold your breath on that, based on Silver’s recent comments.

I think there is enough talent in the league where the concern shouldn't be "dilution". Especially if it is Seattle and Las Vegas. Those are big enough markets where those teams would be free agent destinations. As long as the expansion teams have a good organization, it shouldn't be an issue. One of the positives about the play-ins is that some of the teams have been fighting for the chance to get in playoffs. Sacramento would love the chance to just to get in the play-in lol. Most of the sustained bad teams are a result of a poor organization or lack of direction/vision. Like OKC, I guess the goal is to aquire as many firsts and hope to hit big on a pick and use other assets to build the team out

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I think there is enough talent in the league where the concern shouldn't be "dilution". Especially if it is Seattle and Las Vegas. Those are big enough markets where those teams would be free agent destinations. As long as the expansion teams have a good organization, it shouldn't be an issue. One of the positives about the play-ins is that some of the teams have been fighting for the chance to get in playoffs. Sacramento would love the chance to just to get in the play-in lol. Most of the sustained bad teams are a result of a poor organization or lack of direction/vision. Like OKC, I guess the goal is to aquire as many firsts and hope to hit big on a pick and use other assets to build the team out

I think it’s less about that and more about getting 2/3rds of league ownership to agree to want to further divide the revenue pie.

Remember, these are the same 30 Owners who want to maximize as much profit as they can but in the same breath claim “broke”(by rich people standards, not ours).

[DieHardYankee26]

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I don’t think there’s anywhere near enough talent in the league to stop the dilution concerns.

[illwill10]

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I don’t think there’s anywhere near enough talent in the league to stop the dilution concerns.

I can understand that. Is there enough true "superstar "players? No, especially when some teams wants to build around 2-3 star level players. Most drafts feel hit or miss and I feel the % of international players that are impactful are low, letalone become stars. Most drafts you expect a couple eventual star level players and not a lot becomes solid rotational players.

But I do think you can add two more teams and have a solid expansion draft and decent hit on draft picks and not worry about the teams being bottom dwellers for a long time. Plus like I said Seattle and Las Vegas are attractive destinations. Seattle obviously has a strong basketball history and Las Vegas is a good market. So players should want to go there and fans will flock to both

[Majingir]

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Going back to the And 1 talk..somewhat related, but anyone remember Slam Ball? Now that was fun.

[georgiafan]

NBA Off Topic Thread

Going back to the And 1 talk..somewhat related, but anyone remember Slam Ball? Now that was fun.

A guy I played ball with growing up that my dad was always his coach played in slam ball. He was the best in the league at protecting the rim. His last name was hooker here is a video

https://youtu.be/5ZQwaO0D1z0

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[TMagic]

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Going back to the And 1 talk..somewhat related, but anyone remember Slam Ball? Now that was fun.

I remember an episode where dude had the nastiest injury I've ever seen in my life lol

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Just watched that 30 for 30 And 1 episode for the first time…definitely took me on a nostalgia trip, lol.

I was 14-15 when it started popping off and the impact it had on my neighborhood as far as how we looked/enjoyed Basketball, how it impacted the culture. Def wasn’t lying about someone having the mixtape, loaning it out to a friend and not seeing it again for like 3 weeks because that was my *** doing that lmao

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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I remember playing that ****ty Streetball video game with my friends an absolutely absurd amount. Thought it was the coolest thing ever back then.


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[ojandpizza]

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Street Hoops? That game was so fun lol

[TMagic]

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Street Hoops? That game was so fun lol

I was about to say!

That was a great game! I rented that mug from blockbuster after playing it on a demo disc [emoji1787]

I was disappointed they never built on that. Thought it was a great alternative to NBA Street.

Stole a couple moves from it too that worked like a charm in the real world [emoji41][emoji23]