If you could pick one NBA player....

Texas Longhorns · Post #1 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:48 am

to be a future NBA commissioner, who would it be?

Texas Longhorns · Post #2 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:48 am

My pick is Shane Battier.

Joseph17 · Post #3 » by **Joseph17** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:51 am

Elton Brand easily.

Post #4 » by **King Roosk** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:54 am

Charles Oakley or Shawn Kemp just to make things interesting.

Farsi Man · Post #5 » by **Farsi Man** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:55 am

Former player? Jerry West for sure.

Current? Derek Fisher for sure.

tkunit · Post #6 » by **tkunit** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:57 am

Kwame Brown......... KMFB baby

Post #7 » by **King Roosk** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:58 am

Farsi Man wrote:Former player? Jerry West for sure.

Current? Derek Fisher for sure.

Hell no...

AgEnT50 · Post #8 » by **AgEnT50** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:59 am

Farsi Man wrote:Former player? Jerry West for sure.

Current? Derek Fisher for sure.

He'd trade all your great players to the Lakers for d-league material

Vinsane15 · Post #9 » by **Vinsane15** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:01 am

Texas Longhorns wrote:My pick is Shane Battier.

Yea I agree with Battier.

Seattlesun · Post #10 » by **Seattlesun** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:02 am

not a player but i would love to see Bryan Colangelo become commisioner. sooner rather than later

TruSkool · Post #11 » by **TruSkool** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:16 am

beau outlaw....or (bo) outlaw..
hes suppose to be one of the smartest players in the nba...or is that travis outlaw?

damnit.. OUTLAW!

The Laker Kid · Post #12 » by **The Laker Kid** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:07 am

Ron Artest

Kweli · Post #13 » by **Kweli** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:09 am

iki4life wrote:beau outlaw....or (bo) outlaw..
hes suppose to be one of the smartest players in the nba...or is that travis outlaw?

damnit.. OUTLAW!

Considering Travis Outlaw came straight out of High School I'm guessing it isn't him.

mattyBoi · Post #14 » by **mattyBoi** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:14 am

Elton Brand...Highly intellegent

Abyss Impact · Post #15 » by **Abyss Impact** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:14 am

Stephen Jackson, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Andris Biedrins, Andrew Bynum.

shawngoat23 · Post #16 » by **shawngoat23** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:20 am

Rasheed Wallace for kicks.

Battier or Brand sound good though.

jax98 · Post #17 » by **jax98** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:52 am

Grant Hill

I think he is a player who has carried himself well, and will likely try to inject that into new generations.

But Elton Brand & Shane Battier aren't bad choices.

(All Dukies. Hmm..)

Duiz · Post #18 » by **Duiz** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:18 am

Farsi Man wrote:Current? Derek Fisher for sure.

Bingo. Derek Fisher has great experience with the NBA players association, and will likely get a great chance to be part of the intense negotiations when the CBA expires on 2011-2012 if not terminated by the league in 2010.

Also Etan Thomas is an extremely intellectual person who is also part of the NBAPA.

It think they would be the best for the league to have as commissioners when speaking about former players.

Post #19 » by **Slava** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:36 am

Brand is a fantastic choice from a professional as well as business point of view but someone like Steve Nash might make a more player and fan friendly commissioner.

Post #20 » by **Schad** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:09 am

Morten Jensen wrote:Grant Hill

I think he is a player who has carried himself well, and will likely try to inject that into new generations.

But Elton Brand & Shane Battier aren't bad choices.

(All Dukies. Hmm..)

Grant Hill would be my choice, too. If he doesn't run for political office (and he has hinted that he might), commissioner might not be a bad fall-back option.