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  1. 7 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    Yeah Simmons has him flirting with 2nd team right now.

    32/9/7 tonight.   Last night was a masterpiece 38/7/12.  ATL tried to double and triple him and he picked them apart with the pass.

  2. 1 hour ago, Aqua Buddha said:

    Philly hit their low point last night.  Most everyone healthy at once and lost at home to a tanking Nets team.  Benched Embid for the 4th.

    They're toast for the next few years, too.  Those contracts for Embid and PG are completely awful.

    Its glorious!!!

  3. 1 hour ago, Aqua Buddha said:

    The Netflix show about the Olympic basketball team is a good watch.  (The show they had about the five players was awful.)

    The "We beat the Dream Team" doc was really good too.   A lot of unseen footage from that game between the college select team and the Dream Team.

  4. 22 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

    The average salary for a WNBA player in 2024–2025 is $119,590
     

    As of February 2025, the average salary for an NHL player is $123,905 per year
     

     

    As of February 2025, the average salary for a NASCAR driver in the US is between $78,621 and $95,561, depending on the source. 
     
    As of February 2025, the average salary for a PGA golf professional in the United States is $39,218 per year
     
    The average UFC fighter salary is around $68,448 per year, but this number can vary widely
    • The 75th percentile of UFC fighters make around $78,500 per year. 
    • The top earners make around $112,000 per year. 
       

    NBA,NFL,MLB, MLS all above 

    And none of the above:

    The WNBA is projected to lose around $40 million in the 2024 season, according to the New York Post.

    Sounds more like those guys are getting got than the W girls getting over.

  5. 1 hour ago, ChickenSandwich said:

    They do need to reach that level when they are being paid like they have that level of support.  At some point, the multi-million dollar annual losses will no longer be sustainable (losses expected to grow again this season).

    They are not a AAA club playing to 5,000 seat stadiums and traveling by bus.  

    They arent being paid like "that level"

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  6. 1 minute ago, ztejas said:

    Oh okay lol. They had him listed on the roster is why I was confused and were giving him DNPs.

    Carry on. 

    Yeah that's why I saw LBJ was different.   Giannis said he couldnt go a week ago and Trae was able to go, play, and be a part of the weekend.   Previously, I've seen some scratch and day or two before and they fly in a guy for a last minute replacement but they couldnt even do that with LBJ scratching a few hrs before tip.   

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  7. Good point from a guy that used to do contests.   This is the reality of the situation.   If you are going to have NBA players do the contests you wont have the best dunkers and invariably there will be some that will claim the contest is boring or that they've seen better dunks/dunkers.    

     

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  8. 15 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

    I think that was intentional on Lebron's part, he didn't want to be left out and subbed for some other guy. He was in the pictures with the trophy and the team. 

    I dont know about that.   Guys that dont play are almost always still there and participate in everything else too.

  9. This Notre Dame/Duke game has 2 of the best players in the country in Olivia Miles and Hannah Hildalgo.  They are coached by Jaden Ivey's (Pistons) mom who is quite MILFy.   Duke has a freshman that has some pretty crazy dunk clips named Toby Fournier.    She's gonna be really good too.   There is a group of "next gen" girls that are really upping the skill level.   The next few yrs will really be interesting to watch as they get to the W

  10. 4 hours ago, ztejas said:

    I like these a lot. 

    I hope the players today aren't totally incapacitated and lame from having to play a few minutes of LA Fitness level basketball. 

    Jesting aside - I'm guessing the players enjoyed it and some were probably like - "oh yeah - this whole thing is more fun when we play real ball".

    Also Giannis is a bitch for not playing. 

    I'd give Giannis a pass.  He is one of the very few that you never had to worry about playing hard in ASGs.  If he didnt play its cause he legit couldnt go.   He missed the last few games before the break so its not like its a surprise.   LBJ scratching right before the game is worse.   No chance to give someone else the opportunity to be there and live their all star dream.

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  11. 6 hours ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

    I don't know how to embed tweets anymore, but this is ridiculous:

    https://x.com/pointfour__/status/1891487148748025956

    42 minutes of actual basketball was played in the 3 hour All-Star game.

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    I actually enjoyed the format. It was a massive improvement. The players played actual basketball and it was fun... but the show itself was fucking terrible. 80 minutes of ads. 20 minutes of unwatchable, unrelated, boring content that interrupted actual basketball. Just 42 minutes of hoops. Kevin Hart made me want to claw my ears off of my head. I understand having a little interlude to give the team that just played a break to catch their breath so they aren't at a disadvantage, but it shouldn't be any longer than a regular halftime.

    80 out of 180 min for ads is absolutely crazy

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  12. 9 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

    I hope not. I hate the UFC and their business model. They currently have a turnstile of nameless, faceless fighters and just use "UFC" to sell it. They would rather do that than build up equity in specific fighters like they did early on and use the names of those fighters to sell the product. This is because they aren't interested in sharing the money they make with their talent and enjoy paying them pennies on the dollar. I do not consume UFC because of this. Well, that, and the fact that they are a bunch of jacked up on testosterone wife beating assholes, Dana included.

    Good points.   Basketball has always been a star driven sport so I cant really imagine them trying to marketing teams over the individual players though.   

  13. I've been on board from the start.  I enjoy the W and womens college infinitely more than the mens college game.   I like that both are getting more exposure and yes it doesnt hurt that there are a lot more attractive feminine presenting women than there were previously.

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