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Posted on 5/6/24 at 8:38 pm to Robot Santa
Posted on 5/6/24 at 8:38 pm to Robot Santa
Our coaches have been known to place a wager... oh wait
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Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:00 pm to Robot Santa
College sports are just dead.
Might as well just line up athletes and sell tickets to watch them chase $100 bills around a field.
Might as well just line up athletes and sell tickets to watch them chase $100 bills around a field.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 9:56 pm to Chad4Bama
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watch them chase $100 bills around a field.
YouTube has prank videos on this. Quite funny
Posted on 5/6/24 at 10:12 pm to Chad4Bama
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Might as well just line up athletes and sell tickets to watch them chase $100 bills around a field.
i've watched people get in one of those cash booths with the air blower before so this may be watchable
Posted on 5/6/24 at 11:17 pm to Diego Ricardo
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i've watched people get in one of those cash booths with the air blower before so this may be watchable
I'd be down to watch the world's best and worst athletes hop into the cash grab booth.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:18 am to Diego Ricardo
Do you matilda?
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:32 am to pioneerbasketball
You can also add this to the 2024 bingo card.
Talking with alabama fans about basketball in may
Talking with alabama fans about basketball in may
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:43 am to Robot Santa
So if a team wins the in season tournament they players will split $1 million? Do walk ons get that too? That's more than double the median income for someone in the state of Alabama going to someone who doesn't play in the game? Really?
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:53 am to Chad4Bama
quote:It's honestly gotten me back into watching the NBA. I always preferred the amateur sports vibe of college but that's gone, though I'll still always support Bama.
College sports are just dead.
Might as well just line up athletes and sell tickets to watch them chase $100 bills around a field.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 9:31 am to TideCPA
Same here, especially since we play a style like most NBA teams. That's why so many players want to play for Oats - he prepares them for the NBA. Yet, I see here all the time people hating on the NBA. They and the NFL have a regulated employment system, where players are under contract and can't just jump ship whenever they want. They can renegotiate contracts, but those contracts carry restrictions. I like how the pros run the business - and how they play the game.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 10:01 am to AbSnopes
The Athletic posted a Q&A with 3 of their lead journalists. One of the questions was to name the 5 best rosters in CBB. Bama and Kansas were the only universal picks.
Baylor, UNC, Houston, Duke, Gonzaga, and Iowa State were included in some but not all
Baylor, UNC, Houston, Duke, Gonzaga, and Iowa State were included in some but not all
Posted on 5/7/24 at 10:48 am to AbSnopes
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where players are under contract and can't just jump ship whenever they want
NBA has a lot of things to like but this one is a miss. Players regularly sign 5 year contracts with a franchise they don’t intend to stay with and demand trades saying they’re unhappy. Anthony Davis and Paul George both did this 1 year into 5 year deals.
Then if they don’t get their way they conveniently have an ailment(Ben Simmons) or get so out of shape and play so badly that they kill their trade value(James Harden).
So you really aren’t any more assured of a player staying on your team more than a year at a time outside of their rookie contract.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 10:54 am to Sandkhan
Yeah, I have a lot of issues with the NBA but very few of them are related to the product on the court. The prevailing culture of teaming up with other star players and forcing the trades necessary to make it happen with your own shitty, unprofessional behavior is at the top of the list.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 10:59 am to Robot Santa
I think my breaking point was ads on jerseys. May seem silly, but we already have a shite ton of commercials in the game, the floor and the scorers table have ads, the damn stadium name is an ad. Enough is enough. You have iconic brands in Celtics, Knicks, Lakers plastering their jerseys with blockchain bullshite or stubhub. When is enough enough? It just looks 2nd rate.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:06 am to McGregor
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I may even buy a $16 cheeseburger next year
Whooaaa, let's not get freakin' crazy man!
In all seriousness though, just about a month ago I was recounting to someone about how the pre-packaged Dreamland nachos and a soft drink bottle has gone up to $25, before tax.
At least now we can feel like we've been doing our part.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 12:19 pm to Sandkhan
I know I'm aging myself here, but the last NBA game I watched was when Jordan unretired to play for the Wizards. I just can't get into the NBA. Seems no one really plays defense and the playoffs seem like they last 3 months. Now there's some weird mid-season playoff or something they do.
College athletics are going to kill themselves. Why watch NFL-Lite when you can just focus on the real thing? School loyalty has driven College athletics for over 100 years...even when it became big business. But now with 0 player loyalty and annual hired guns that are one and done I wonder how that will erode fan interest. Sure, it won't be immediate or anything, but over years and decades. I guess the people making decisions are like the athletes...they're "getting theirs" now and couldn't care less about the long term ramifications.
College athletics are going to kill themselves. Why watch NFL-Lite when you can just focus on the real thing? School loyalty has driven College athletics for over 100 years...even when it became big business. But now with 0 player loyalty and annual hired guns that are one and done I wonder how that will erode fan interest. Sure, it won't be immediate or anything, but over years and decades. I guess the people making decisions are like the athletes...they're "getting theirs" now and couldn't care less about the long term ramifications.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 12:29 pm to Chad4Bama
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I'm aging myself here, but the last NBA game I watched was when Jordan unretired to play for the Wizards.
Same here. Watched it a lot in the 90's.
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College athletics are going to kill themselves. Why watch NFL-Lite when you can just focus on the real thing? School loyalty has driven College athletics for over 100 years...even when it became big business. But now with 0 player loyalty and annual hired guns that are one and done I wonder how that will erode fan interest. Sure, it won't be immediate or anything, but over years and decades. I guess the people making decisions are like the athletes...they're "getting theirs" now and couldn't care less about the long term ramifications.
Yep. I care less and less. If we weren't in the Bama Basketball golden age, I would have retired with Saban. That was my plan. But then Nate came along. I've been following too long to stop paying attention right when Basketball finally climbs to the top.
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 5/7/24 at 12:44 pm to Chad4Bama
quote:Do yourself a favor and watch last night's Wolves - Nuggets game. Best defensive performance I've seen at any level in a long time.
I just can't get into the NBA. Seems no one really plays defense and the playoffs seem like they last 3 months. Now there's some weird mid-season playoff or something they do.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:32 pm to Chadaristic
Few nuggets about Cliff’s offensive “support”
Rutgers’ Kenpom Offensive Efficiency: 300th
3pt% Made: 349th
Effective Field Goal Rating: 357th
2pt% Made: 354th
Far 2% Made: 358th
Holy fricking oooooff. To put things into perspective, our worst offenses in the Grant and Johnson eras was 152nd. Cliff is about to be dumbfounded at how much space he has. Not to mention that they had him posting up instead of picking and rolling like he’ll do here. He’s actually quite good at the latter. He also took about 100 long 2s and only hit 28%. You can go ahead and kiss those good-bye. His close 2 and dunk percentages are a bit behind Bediako in 2023 but we are talking about different stratospheres in terms of support
Between support and the new system, his admittedly average shooting numbers are about to get a big boost
Rutgers’ Kenpom Offensive Efficiency: 300th
3pt% Made: 349th
Effective Field Goal Rating: 357th
2pt% Made: 354th
Far 2% Made: 358th
Holy fricking oooooff. To put things into perspective, our worst offenses in the Grant and Johnson eras was 152nd. Cliff is about to be dumbfounded at how much space he has. Not to mention that they had him posting up instead of picking and rolling like he’ll do here. He’s actually quite good at the latter. He also took about 100 long 2s and only hit 28%. You can go ahead and kiss those good-bye. His close 2 and dunk percentages are a bit behind Bediako in 2023 but we are talking about different stratospheres in terms of support
Between support and the new system, his admittedly average shooting numbers are about to get a big boost
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:49 pm to Glorious
Yeah Pickiell is basically Anthony Grant. He can coach up some smothering defenses but the offense is always going to be anywhere from unimpressive to downright putrid.
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