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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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.   

  9. 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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  10. 7 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

    What we just saw was better basketball than any asg in recent memory. Not sure what Draymond is watching. 

    Fuck Draymond but I will give him a little credit saying for the guys on the losing team from the first game their all-star game is over.   And while I dont think this format will last, the all-star records cant be reached.   Then again they were completely skewed over the last couple yrs when they played absolutely no defense.

  11. 9 minutes ago, Kermit said:

    Let’s shit all over the product, Draymond. Nobody hates the NBA product quite like the media paid to cover it. 

    Unfortunately, there is a good segment that likes that coverage that "puts those guys in their place" but I've questioned this for the longest.   No other league has their flagship show constantly trashing their current product.

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  12. 3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    They are actually playing defense a bit right now. Even then - if you played the Finals with these rosters it would be like 140 to 135 every game.

    Better than the 188 to 167 bullshit we were starting to get. 

    Agreed, it they just played like this for the 4Q of pervious games it would never have been a problem.   No one expects them to play lockdown D the whole game but they were not playing defense at the beginning of the game and then at the end they stopped even trying to fake like they were going to defend.

  13. Just now, ztejas said:

    I'm watching on mute and thoroughly enjoying it. 

    This is so much fucking better. Wemby is out there playing his dick off. 

    I think 40 is too low, though. I'd do 60.

    I kind of thought 40 was too low going in.    They score way faster/easier in ASGs.   They could get to 40 in 10 mins.

  14. 4 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

    Shut the fuck up, Shaq. Tim owned your fat ass.

    I'm truly sick of him, Chuck and Kenny acting like there are no people who watched their careers and lives still alive.   

  15. 9 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

    JFC didnt this shit used to start at like 5 PM right after line ups?

    Shit it used to be like a 3PM tip back in the day.    there is no need for this to be 8:30 start on a Sunday night.

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