What if NBA careers.....

[rangerrick012]

Quote: Originally Posted by RColemanVT

Surprised Nobody has mentioned this one. What if Drazen Petrovic didn't get into that accident. Would probably be the most prolific scorer in NBA history

Hmm...ok.

[RonnieG]

Quote: Originally Posted by yankeesgiants

In 1966, the NBA introduced the coin flip between the worst teams in each division to determine who would obtain the first overall draft pick. The team who lost the coin flip would get the second pick, while the rest of the first-round picks were determined in reverse order of the win-loss record. In this system, the second-worst team would never have a chance to obtain the first pick if it was in the same division with the worst team. The coin flip meant that both teams had an equal chance to draft first. The coin flip system was used until 1984. here is what lead to the lottery in the first place http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/...ged_it_al.html

Here is an excerpt that I found interesting.

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In the final seconds, however, the Bulls' Steve Johnson was called for goaltending on a shot by Marvin Webster. Webster's shots rarely went in of their own accord, rendering this goaltending violation particularly noteworthy. It would be a great stretch, however, to claim conspiracy. Johnson was not nearly coordinated enough to plan and carry out such a violation at a moment's notice.

Notice the part Ive bolded. If whats bolded is true, then why even bring this up?

Its like even though he immediately distances himself from making an accusation, he still wants to plant the seed or get credit for reading into this one play. Its a little like saying, "no offense but youre stupid and ugly." If you dont want to be offensive, then dont say "youre stupid and ugly", and if youre going to call someone stupid and ugly, then its kind of silly to preface it with "no offense". But in truth, what this writer is doing is worse. At least with the stupid/ugly comment, the person talking can say someone is stupid and ugly because its subjective. This speaking to the motivation of someone on one particular play.

[SaltyBlackWorm]

IF MJ never played Basketball, Kobe would be a soccer player
LeBron a Football stud lol