OT: African League Launch

Post #1 » by **magnumt** » Sat Feb 16, 2019 8:32 pm

Read on Twitter

Good long game move

--Mags :beer:

poeman · Post #2 » by **poeman** » Sat Feb 16, 2019 8:38 pm

Dikembe gonna be commish?

Fury · Post #3 » by **Fury** » Sat Feb 16, 2019 8:41 pm

poeman wrote:Dikembe gonna be commish?

Obama about to be commish

Post #4 » by **Capn'O** » Sat Feb 16, 2019 8:50 pm

Cool!

Stannis · Post #5 » by **Stannis** » Sat Feb 16, 2019 8:54 pm

Overdue

BallSacBounce · Post #6 » by **BallSacBounce** » Sat Feb 16, 2019 8:57 pm

Nice!

SelbyCobra · Post #7 » by **SelbyCobra** » Sat Feb 16, 2019 9:14 pm

magnumt wrote:

Read on Twitter

Good long game move

--Mags

12 teams from across the continent? The only thing going through my mind is what an absolute nightmare the travel component of playing in the league might be. The African continent has 17 - seventeen! - countries that are larger than Texas. It's just an absolutely massive place with a good deal of logistical complication. I really hope it works because I think it'd be amazing for the sport of basketball and hopefully for the people in the cities that get teams.

I'm sure the league has already thought the travel aspect through to get the best they can out of it, placing teams strategically to maximize travel efficiency, but I'm not sure how much they can do to hold off the impact the sheer size of the continent might have on a sports league.

Post #8 » by **King of Canada** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:26 am

Wow what a cool announcement! I bet some former players will get involved too.

AllanHoustonFan · Post #9 » by **AllanHoustonFan** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:50 am

Mudiay gonna be MVP of this league next year.

IllmaticHandler · Post #10 » by **IllmaticHandler** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 2:06 am

2010 · Post #11 » by **2010** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 2:44 am

Knicks better start scouting tf out of Africa. Time to get ahead of the curve. Lots of unrefined talent to be found in the mother land.

HarthorneWingo · Post #12 » by **HarthorneWingo** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 2:52 am

magnumt wrote:

Read on Twitter

Good long game move

--Mags

How long before they start kicking our asses here in the U.S.?

TruthBeTold · Post #13 » by **TruthBeTold** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 11:08 am

Is someone playing chess?

Who exactly will own the 12 teams in AFRICA?

JBreezeNY · Post #14 » by **JBreezeNY** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 4:06 pm

About damn time.

Post #15 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 4:16 pm

SelbyCobra wrote:
magnumt wrote:

Read on Twitter

Good long game move

--Mags

12 teams from across the continent? The only thing going through my mind is what an absolute nightmare the travel component of playing in the league might be. The African continent has 17 - seventeen! - countries that are larger than Texas. It's just an absolutely massive place with a good deal of logistical complication. I really hope it works because I think it'd be amazing for the sport of basketball and hopefully for the people in the cities that get teams.

I'm sure the league has already thought the travel aspect through to get the best they can out of it, placing teams strategically to maximize travel efficiency, but I'm not sure how much they can do to hold off the impact the sheer size of the continent might have on a sports league.

i bet schedule will reflect that. can't see them trying to do an 82-game season. european leagues already have like 1-2 game per week schedules.

Post #16 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 4:18 pm

hope nba TV televises some of this. i'd love to see it in action.

spree2kawhi · Post #17 » by **spree2kawhi** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 5:52 pm

It's insane that this hasn't been considered earlier. Same goes for improvement of humanitarian infrastructure as well as African economy in general.

CDAZ · Post #18 » by **CDAZ** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 6:08 pm

So europe will be where you go for good passing and Africa will be where you scout for good defense. I'm not mad at it at all.

Adelheid · Post #19 » by **Adelheid** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 3:15 pm

Mudiay has found his calling...

Stannis · Post #20 » by **Stannis** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 3:51 pm

CDAZ wrote:So europe will be where you go for good passing and Africa will be where you scout for good defense. I'm not mad at it at all.

What about the Asian and South American league?