Around the League: 2018 Offseason
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Was Ricky sending a message to the Lakers???? (Modern times)
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Mori is so ridiculous , geeez smh lol
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I had this to post last week , forgive me for not putting it in General or whatever but been slow days on the forum so any half decent topic is better than no topic. anybody caught STAT "doing a lil something" in the BIG3
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The Playoffs are actually tonight around 9ET on FOX and I can well check some of it lol ..... Amare , Nate , Mobley , Maggette , Abdul Rauf , Baron Davis are some that should be playing
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The Playoffs are actually tonight around 9ET on FOX and I can well check some of it lol ..... Amare , Nate , Mobley , Maggette , Abdul Rauf , Baron Davis are some that should be playing
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I bet he would still be a better PF for us than Chriss or Bender.bajanguy008 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 17, 2018 4:25 pmI had this to post last week , forgive me for not putting it in General or whatever but been slow days on the forum so any half decent topic is better than no topic. anybody caught STAT "doing a lil something" in the BIG3
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The Playoffs are actually tonight around 9ET on FOX and I can well check some of it lol ..... Amare , Nate , Mobley , Maggette , Abdul Rauf , Baron Davis are some that should be playing
And how is Abdul Rauf playing at the age of 49?
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Somehow I knew a Chriss reference was coming lol. I honestly watched like 3 games with Abdul Rauf cuz I get a kick out of seeing him still get buckets at 49. The crazy part is if you go on Twitter or YouTube and see the youngsters asking who he is ? Saying he must be Steph grandpa tsk tsk smh
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Feels like so long ago Amar'e was on the Suns. That whole era feels like a lifetime ago. Crazy.
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Amare still looked pretty good in those highlights
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He looks ridiculously skinny
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gotta stay light to help those old knees out . seriously tho didn't he totally change up his diet/lifestyle and everything when he was playing n living in Isreal
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And yet he’s still only 35 years old!
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I'm not against there being an alternative league like the Big-3. But I think it's a bad look for them to have so many washed up NBA has-beens like Amare and Corey Maggette and so on. Why would I want to watch those guys who aren't good enough to be in the NBA when the real NBA exists?
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Because it doesn't exist in the summer?Marty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:10 amI'm not against there being an alternative league like the Big-3. But I think it's a bad look for them to have so many washed up NBA has-beens like Amare and Corey Maggette and so on. Why would I want to watch those guys who aren't good enough to be in the NBA when the real NBA exists?
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Why is it a bad look? They're not trying to be a competitive league. It's an entertainment league. They get former superstars, names people recognize who can still play. They're not competing with summer league or the NBa, they're not overextending the players with multiple games a week or full court play, they're not watering the league down with too many teams, they're not wasting money trying to fill different arenas in different cities at the same time. By getting former NBA players, there's also less need for competitive salaries because the guys have made their money. It's not like the Big3 is competing with the NBA or Europe in that sense. It's a novelty, but it seems like they're doing it the right way.
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That's fair. I guess I just want something new, a group of players I haven't seen before. I don't really want to watch old Amare gimp around the court. I don't want to see Corey Maggette. I like the novelty of Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf and a few of the other guys, but that's about it. I understand that different folks like different things and that the current product they're putting out is appealing to some. I do like that they're doing something different from the NBA (3 on 3, different rules, different time of year) and I would be happy if they had success. Competition and variety are good things.
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Big 3 isn’t “competition” for the NBA any more than arena football is competition for the NFL. It is variety, however.Marty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 2:10 pmThat's fair. I guess I just want something new, a group of players I haven't seen before. I don't really want to watch old Amare gimp around the court. I don't want to see Corey Maggette. I like the novelty of Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf and a few of the other guys, but that's about it. I understand that different folks like different things and that the current product they're putting out is appealing to some. I do like that they're doing something different from the NBA (3 on 3, different rules, different time of year) and I would be happy if they had success. Competition and variety are good things.
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I thought it was a gimmicky thing that would flame out, and it still may, but the players and Ice Cube are taking it more seriously than I thought they would. The players have to be into it and having a guy like Iverson, as much of a draw as he might've been, flake out last year wasn't a good look. Seems like they corrected that. The key will be refreshing the rosters every few years with recently retired talent that draws fans. Nate Robinson is perfect for that league, Ron Artest, Ricky Davis, Maggette, Stephen Jackson...guys who can score and be entertaining. Imagine Jamal Crawford in that league? Vince Carter? Dirk playing a season? Jason Terry?
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ESPN.com has a good series by Jackie MacMullan about NBA players and their mental health. I found it an interesting read. Glad people are talking about this.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2438 ... health-nba
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2438 ... health-nba
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Brandon Jennings was mentioned a little while ago...seems he's headed back to Europe.