The Official NBA Season Thread: I’m like Jayson Tatum in the Olympics I'm not playing

[wavycrocket]

Yo, what’s up with dame? That many IG stories up there…is a problem

 

[frshstunna]

Same. I got a size 60 Tmac saved somewhere. And my mother won an autograph tmac ball off the radio or something, in like 03. It’s in the crib like a trophy

I got it at my spot dawg, been meaning to frame it for years no take backs .

Orlando doing something good, luv to see it

 

[akajae]

aepps20

 

[lovehateself]

dames #0 gonna be in the rafters before he even plays a game in miami

 

[NickFolarin]

I’m tired of the shenanigans, suspend him Silver

or trade him to the Clippers…

 

[lawdog1]

dames #0 gonna be in the rafters before he even plays a game in miami

In the Heat Culture jersey.

 

[MakeNTGreatAgain]

Enough to want money back? No way. It's just not that serious to me. And that is not to crap on people who have saved for X game, flew X amount of miles for that purpose, but it's not like this is food or housing. It's a basketball ticket.

People's lives will go on and the world will continue to spin.

nah ur wrong idk wat u talkin bout
a mom or dad takes two kids to see lakers play in LA
that can be from $1000-3000 depending on where they are sitting
and u think its okay because sum person who has a privileged and lucky job of playing basketballl wants to rest? nah papi enough is enough

 

[dacomeup]

When He crashed his whip drunk with the strap in a random hood *** city in Ohio, I knew yo gave no dambs bout switching it up to be an NBA professional

In Youngstown . Knew he was a dummy then because he had absolutely not business being there

 

[antidope]

nah ur wrong idk wat u talkin bout
a mom or dad takes two kids to see lakers play in LA
that can be from $1000-3000 depending on where they are sitting
and u think its okay because sum person who has a privileged and lucky job of playing basketballl wants to rest? nah papi enough is enough

Someone who has $3k of discretionary cash is privileged themselves...

 

[dacomeup]

Ozempic going brazy in these streets

 

[WASHED KING]

Y'all got me agreeing with antidope .

Need to see some better points made.

 

[nick.]

 

[dacomeup]

All of the middle of nowhere pointless states need their teams taken. Oklahoma, Utah, Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana, Oregon.

What's next a team in Arkansas? The Dakotas? Idaho?

Y’all be talking crazy about Ohio. It’s literally the 4th biggest state. Does not belong on that list

 

[earldagoat]

 

[dacomeup]

Def not the case with the Clippers

 

[dacomeup]

He definitely hasn’t lived up to it YET

 

[antidope]

Y'all got me agreeing with antidope .

Need to see some better points made.

This website is a monument to Veblen Goods. Not surprising to see some people lose the plot in regards to money

 

[storm2006]

nah ur wrong idk wat u talkin bout
a mom or dad takes two kids to see lakers play in LA
that can be from $1000-3000 depending on where they are sitting
and u think its okay because sum person who has a privileged and lucky job of playing basketballl wants to rest? nah papi enough is enough

Someone who has $3k of discretionary cash is privileged themselves...

My POV about this situation is more around what MNTGA is saying but obviously not at that price point I am going to be fine if stars sit from an experience perspective. I will just find another opportunity to see them play, no big deal. But I think it’s problematic when you think about average person who might not have that luxury and plans/spends around taking children to see players in their hometown (an away game for said star) only to be disappointed due to a healthy scratch.

I would also be curious how this is baked into TV deals. As a network, I am 100% trying to use load management data from prior years to bring the price down (again, see the Steph in NOLA example from steelo). I think the product/load management would have to get out of hand for it to have a tangible effect there and on player salaries, though.

Has an American pro sports league had a reversal on Average/median salary or has it just always been on the rise?

 

[MakeNTGreatAgain]

Someone who has $3k of discretionary cash is privileged themselves...

buddy do u know how america works
people will blow that money to see their kids smile and get excited to watch their favorite player
many americans who fork over money are not doing it because they are loaded, they still live paycheck to paycheck but want to get away from reality for a bit

im not saying its smart, but it happens and the lazy players should be punished

 

[antidope]

buddy do u know how america works
people will blow that money to see their kids smile and get excited to watch their favorite player
many americans who fork over money are not doing it because they are loaded, they still live paycheck to paycheck but want to get away from reality for a bit

im not saying its smart, but it happens and the lazy players should be punished

Do you know how the world works? By virtue of living in America and having the means to buy a basketball ticket you have an unfathomable amount of privilege.

"Lazy players". The entitlement

 

[MakeNTGreatAgain]

Do you know how the world works? By virtue of living in America and having the means to buy a basketball ticket you have an unfathomable amount of privilege.

"Lazy players". The entitlement

i respect you
but i think u lost the point

 

[trynafeelmink]

lmaoo at a fan paying ridiculously high amounts for a product & not getting the product they paid for being "entitlement"

 

[RustyShackleford]

It is wild to me that players are taking so much heat for the "load management" issue

 

[antidope]

Expecting to be made whole for that is entitlement. No one wronged anyone by not playing.

Something not going 100% to your expectations is not some travesty. But I've made my point we can drop it. Go out there and fight for your money that's your right as a consumer or so they say.

 

[HIM]

It is wild to me that players are taking so much heat for the "load management" issue

You forgot to call them lazy and privileged