2013-2014 NBA Thread - IND @ WAS and OKC @ LAC on ESPN

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it happens in every sport though. guys aren't as good as we thought they'd be.

i don't follow baseball like that but do people want the Royals gone? were they asking for the pirates to be gone prior to last season?

I mean true, but I feel as though that our culture could help minimize the amount of overhyped players by making them prove themselves on a professional level before entering the NBA.

An ideal situation for me would be to allow players to make the jump from high school to the pros, but for teams to use their own judgement on whether or not to send that player to the D League. That way, we can get a better look at how this player looks consistently against pro level talent. I also feel that in general, the NBA should do a much better job of embracing the D League and putting it to use. I wouldn't want it to rival the NBA, but it would benefit a lot of teams if the d league was more publicized, on a wider scale, and overall just was presented as the NBA's little brother that it cared for, not just some adopted little brother that is forgotten most of the time.

By embracing the D league more, it would improve its reputation and take away it's stigma to a degree, making it easier to send younger players straight to the d league (whether they are coming from HS or college) whom teams feel are not presently ready to contribute at an NBA level.

i think the NBA does embrace the D league very well. but all the publicity in the world isn't going to make it even close to being attractive as the NBA. the casual fan is going to pick the NBA over the d league 10/10 times off of the talent aspect alone.

IMO, the best possible scenario for the D league is if last year's graduating HS class opted for the D league instead of college. if they were NBA FA's playing in the D league with the hype surrounding them, people would watch. but of course the system isn't set up that way
 
The issue with the league IMO is not the amount of teams. It's the lack of great scouting and the over dependency of our basketball culture on overhyped "prodigies", which goes back beyond the NBA, and beyond college..
The way I see it there simply isn't that many good enough ball players (in the world and eligible) to make half the teams more competitive. So even if the scouts were better it wouldn't make that much of a difference
 
 
last place team every year is forced to relocate/sell the team

easy fix to tanking
I wouldn't be mad at something like this. Similar to English Soccer, the last two teams in east and west are relegated to only D league and then top teams and D league are promoted. Obviously this would be hard to workout because each pro team has a development team in a completely different city ... but I'm just saying I like that idea.
 
Nba would be better if fan bases for sorry teams were supportive....atmosphere be mad dead

I can watch a random game in Turkey and that **** is mad hyped
 
Nba would be better if fan bases for sorry teams were supportive....atmosphere be mad dead

I can watch a random game in Turkey and that **** is mad hyped


Yeah, and you can die watching those games while players play most of the games worried about batteries and screwdrivers bein thrown at them.

Let's incorporate some of that. :lol: :lol:
 
 
Nba would be better if fan bases for sorry teams were supportive....atmosphere be mad dead

I can watch a random game in Turkey and that **** is mad hyped

Yeah, and you can die watching those games while players play most of the games worried about batteries and screwdrivers bein thrown at them.

Let's incorporate some of that.
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Gilbert Arenas and Delonte West would stay strapped if they were still in the league 
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Nba would be better if fan bases for sorry teams were supportive....atmosphere be mad dead

I can watch a random game in Turkey and that **** is mad hyped

Heat games :x

Best player in the world on the court and no one gives a damn to show up :lol:
 
[QUOTE url="[MEDIA=twitter]435871055761010688[/MEDIA]"]
Sacramento and Brooklyn discussing a deal centered on Marcus Thornton for Jason Terry and Reggie Evans, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA)

February 18, 2014
is Terry expiring or something?
[/quote]signed through next year

there was also a terry for jarret jack rumor

or aaron gray and jimmer :nerd: for jack
 
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