hahahaha
― k3vin k., Sunday, 16 May 2021 00:19 (two years ago) link
welcome to the league kid
― lag∞n, Sunday, 16 May 2021 00:29 (two years ago) link
Kentucky, Duke, et. al. gotta be shitting themselves. Especially the BB powerhouses that aren't football schools.
― Deicide at Chuck E. Cheese (PBKR), Sunday, 16 May 2021 00:33 (two years ago) link
yeah doesnt seem great for them
― lag∞n, Sunday, 16 May 2021 00:56 (two years ago) link
maybe they can join the g league
going to be interesting to see how those programs change when one and done ends. i hope we end up with lumbering 4th year centers posting up over and over
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 16 May 2021 01:06 (two years ago) link
college ball has already lost so many years of top players and is still a huge deal maybe it doesnt matter if they just never get the top players at all instead of only getting one year of them, kinda depends on how far the nba is willing to take this i guess
― lag∞n, Sunday, 16 May 2021 01:15 (two years ago) link
i hope we end up with lumbering 4th year centers posting up over and over
this would make my dad the happiest man on the planet
― Clay, Sunday, 16 May 2021 01:37 (two years ago) link
march madness is kind of immune to actual quality of gameplay. like having great players isn't usually what makes it entertaining, at least for the last fifteen or whatever years
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Sunday, 16 May 2021 01:56 (two years ago) link
its true
― lag∞n, Sunday, 16 May 2021 01:58 (two years ago) link
yeah, college ball is going to be fine one way or another. i just think a case like kentucky is interesting where their whole thing has been come here for a year and we'll make sure you get drafted. when that's not how it works anymore they're going to have to change strategy in a significant way.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 16 May 2021 01:59 (two years ago) link
league mad
The NBA is forbidding team executives from attending agent pro days to evaluate prospective draftees -- unless the pro days are conducted as part of the Chicago pre-draft combine in June, per memo shared with teams today.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 16, 2021
― lag∞n, Sunday, 16 May 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
nba front office trying to exert the upper hand and fence in the power of the agents
― sharpening the contraindications (Aimless), Sunday, 16 May 2021 19:33 (two years ago) link
Two Florida brothers ranked in the top 15 high school juniors in the country – Matt and Ryan Bewley – are signing two-year deals with the Overtime Elite professional league, sources tell ESPN, marking first prep underclassmen to sign contracts with an American basketball league.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 21, 2021
― lag∞n, Friday, 21 May 2021 13:21 (two years ago) link
nice after school job
The deals for Matt and Ryan Bewley are expected to top seven-figures over the two years, sources tell ESPN. The OTE is planning a September 2021 start-up with Kevin Ollie as the head coach. Matt Bewley is the No. 3-rated prospect in ESPN's Class of 2023; Ryan is ranked 12th. https://t.co/LapOobF6uW— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 21, 2021
― lag∞n, Friday, 21 May 2021 13:30 (two years ago) link
good for these kids, i find it hard to be compelled by this in any way as a fan of NBA and less so college
― J0rdan S., Friday, 21 May 2021 14:34 (two years ago) link
i think its interesting, the "pipeline" to the nba is bad, but maybe its getting better... or worse?
― lag∞n, Friday, 21 May 2021 14:48 (two years ago) link
i have no idea how this league is planning on being profitable but support anything that blows up the current system
― call all destroyer, Friday, 21 May 2021 14:54 (two years ago) link
so theres an existing company called overtime which is doing this league
Launched in 2016 by William Morris Endeavor executives Dan Porter and Zachary Weiner, Overtime’s revenue comes from two sources. One is indirectly aligning with brands by integrating them into its online media content and making money off video ads. The other is direct revenue via e-commerce.
Overtime raised in April $80 million from investors, including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ investment firm, global entertainer Drake, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and several National Basketball Association players. To date, the Brooklyn-based company said it has raised more than $140 million.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/19/overtime-selects-atlanta-for-teen-basketball-league-that-pays-100000.html
idk
― lag∞n, Friday, 21 May 2021 15:09 (two years ago) link
these top recruits do tend to have large social media followings fwiw
― lag∞n, Friday, 21 May 2021 15:10 (two years ago) link
hello i am global entertainer Drake
― lag∞n, Friday, 21 May 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
the ncaa kneecapped itself by waiting so long to allow players to profit off their name, image, and likeness
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Friday, 21 May 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
my kids watch overtime videos constantly. they've seen the inside of more random high school gyms than actual nba games.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 21 May 2021 15:14 (two years ago) link
there you go
― lag∞n, Friday, 21 May 2021 15:18 (two years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Friday, May 21, 2021 9:54 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
to be fair i don't think a long-term plan for profitability means jack shit anymore
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 21 May 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
william morris endeavor is ari emanuel’s company, they’ve got an ungodly amount of money and are trying to branch out all over sports. they bought the UFC recently and they’re basically trying to take over the world. good new yorker article about them last week
― k3vin k., Friday, 21 May 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
sorry that was jumbled but the company seems to have no problem raising insane amounts of money from people with really deep pockets, many of whom are super shady, there was a segment in that story where they had to pull out of an investment in saudi arabia after the khashoggi incident and after one the close friends of their investors was thrown in secret jail, kinda wild
― k3vin k., Friday, 21 May 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link
cool going to check that out https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/ari-emanuel-takes-on-the-world
― lag∞n, Friday, 21 May 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
it was maybe not sufficiently critical for such a long piece but it was good info
― k3vin k., Friday, 21 May 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
should be the new yorkers slogan
― lag∞n, Friday, 21 May 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
i was gonna say "in every new yorker article ever." tho when the do ask critical questions of the subject it's always in the second to last paragraph. they save the last one describing the the final time they saw the subject of the article in some way that is exemplary of the entire piece.
― Heez, Friday, 21 May 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
Scoot Henderson is forgoing his senior season and will be joining the G-League Ignite squad‼️🚨 @thereal013 pic.twitter.com/nnA81FUNwq— SLAM HS Hoops (@SLAM_HS) May 21, 2021
Scoot Henderson automatically a top 5 nba name
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Friday, 21 May 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
sounds like a 1940s jazz trumpeter
― What's It All About, Althea? (Aimless), Friday, 21 May 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
Scoot Henderson's Hot 2s and 3s
― Deicide at Chuck E. Cheese (PBKR), Friday, 21 May 2021 20:03 (two years ago) link
the william morris takeover part of that ari emanuel article is unbelievable what a fn snake lol
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 May 2021 14:03 (two years ago) link
lmao Scoot Henderson perfect jazz name
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 24 May 2021 15:54 (two years ago) link
― lag∞n, Monday, May 24, 2021 10:03 AM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
right??
― k3vin k., Monday, 24 May 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
unchill
Report: Pelicans players ‘not vibing with’ Stan Van Gundy https://t.co/DbkA96eMMT— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) May 25, 2021
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
Noted vibemaster Stan Van Gundy
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
management needs to hire an independent vibe check firm to get to the bottom of this
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
independent vibe check firm
Great ATCQ EP
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 17:02 (two years ago) link
lmao
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
haha
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
svg was great as an analyst in the bubble, he should do that imo
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
by "that" i mean "go back to being an analyst," not "seal himself in a bubble"
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
I would donate to a Kickstarter to have him permanently replace his brother
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
"The 61-year-old Van Gundy had success during each of his three previous stints as an NBA head coach, which is part of the reason the Pelicans hired him."
hmm
https://i.imgur.com/Xe09y7g.png
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
yeah they figured "well let's not make him GM it will be cool" but then the GM traded jrue holiday for eric bledsoe and also for steven adams and gave him an extension before he ever played a game
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 25 May 2021 17:50 (two years ago) link
ah well nevertheless
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
two pretty good coaches in a row couldnt do much with the roster maybe the players are bad just a thought.
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
Atlanta Hawks guard Kevin Huerter has agreed on a four-year, $65 million rookie contract extension, @PrioritySports agents Mark Bartelstein and Andy Shiffman tell ESPN.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 18, 2021
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 October 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
Milwaukee Bucks guard Grayson Allen has agreed on a two-year, $20 million rookie extension, his agent Mitch Nathan of @CAA_Basketball tells ESPN. Allen arrived with the defending champions in a trade this summer. He was the 21st pick in the 2018 NBA Draft.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 18, 2021
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 October 2021 21:42 (two years ago) link
huerter kinda like jjj for me. needs to show he can stay healthy
― um, i mean... im sure weve all seen the videos, so... that will help (Spottie), Monday, 18 October 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
sarver really knows how to murder great teams
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 06:02 (two years ago) link
time for a new thread imo
― micah, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 08:32 (two years ago) link
it's the day
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 13:15 (two years ago) link
hoops!
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 14:09 (two years ago) link
huzzah
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
Ben Simmons doing a great impression of my during a basketball unit in high school phys ed
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 14:48 (two years ago) link
i'm sure the locker room vibe w Simmons and the rest of the Sixers is breezy and fraternal
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 14:54 (two years ago) link
so weird that the Simmons and Kyrie situations went completely unresolved, you dont see that a lot in professional sports
― frogbs, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 15:00 (two years ago) link
have at it 2021-22 NBA "REGULAR" SEASON THREAD
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 15:19 (two years ago) link