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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#641 » by Kilroy » Tue May 5, 2020 11:57 pm

Watching the last dance...
More than anything, it makes me miss that era of NBA... The rivalries... The work ethic... When fan-bases and teams mattered more than personal brands... MJ changed that, but it didn't matter as much because of his nightly approach to the game...

Aside from that, it brought back something that stuck out to me during his career, and afterwords... And has spawned a conspiracy theory in my mind...
David Stern was a full-on MJ fan-boy... I remember thinking at the time that hearing Stern talk about MJ was nauseating, but it didn't bother me that much because he had liked the Lakers and Magic too, to a certain extent... But with Bird and Magic, his approach always seemed very professional... With MJ, it was different... You got the sense he was watching all MJs games and rooting for him...
Granted, MJ was the NBA's cash cow... He was basically printing money for the league... So a certain amount of promotion on Sterns part may have been understandable. But watching the last dance, it's clear that's not all that was going on...
Like has been mentioned in the film... MJ invented 'superstar rules'... Or at least took them to another level... There were rumors at the time Stern was protecting him... Sure seems possible watching this.

So now for my wild-ass conspiracy theory... Stern vetoed the CP3 trade to keep Kobe from passing MJ for 6 rings.
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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#642 » by Slava » Wed May 6, 2020 6:41 am

I think Stern would have been as much a fan of a Kobe-LeBron finals match up as he was of MJ and the league as a whole was basically raking in money in 2011 compared to Jordan's years when it was just realizing its potential to a foreign audience. As much of a Lakers fan as I'm, I don't even think the Lakers beat Miami 2011-2014 with CP3 who was unreliable health-wise to tag along to an aging Kobe, busted Bynum or immature Dwight Howard. Those Miami teams were a buzzsaw on defense for less athletic and aging ball handlers.

I don't think there was anyone in the MJ orbit that wasn't a fan of him, he was utterly charismatic, maniacally focussed on his craft and winning.

NBA probably invented the superstar call for MJ but every star wing since then has benefitted from them without taking the kind of abuse MJ and Scottie took at the hands of the Pistons. The most physical facsimile for wing defenders since the bad boy Pistons was Ron Artest in his prime.
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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#643 » by Landsberger » Wed May 6, 2020 2:18 pm

As a guy who's watch the NBA since the mid 70's as a kid I can say the superstar call has existed well before MJ. Adrian Dantley and Moses Malone were the ones that stand out in my memory as players that without them they would not have been nearly as effective.
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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#644 » by Kilroy » Thu May 14, 2020 3:32 am

Aaaand Dwight needs to STFU... Don't blow it bro and talk yourself out of LA... Again.
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Post#645 » by LAKESHOW » Thu May 14, 2020 5:03 am

I dont know and frankly dont care what he said. I have no problem with Dumping him.
He Promised to be a soldier, and we had to get folks to sign off on bringing his a@@ in.
And ive seen him in the crunch, big games. HE DOES NOT SHOW UP. When he shoots 3s, plays around, yeah, he plays big. But not dependable in my opinion, when we are going to need him the most.
I was on board to bring him in. I wanted to see and evaluate. After a season with dwight, you cant teach an old dog new tricks. He is who he is.
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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#646 » by Kilroy » Sat May 23, 2020 4:27 am

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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#647 » by Slink » Sun May 24, 2020 7:18 pm

LeBron James' media company producing docuseries on Astros cheating scandal

https://sports.yahoo.com/le-bron-james-media-company-producing-docuseries-on-astros-cheating-scandal-224559811.html

“The documentary will transcend the baseball diamond to explore larger themes of greed, cheating, corruption, sportsmanship and social media activism,” Quibi said in a press release, courtesy of the Houston Chronicle. "Sign Language will be the definitive documentary about the scandal that rocked America's pastime."

Major League Baseball initiated an investigation in November after former Astros pitcher Mike Fiers revealed elements of the team’s illegal sign-stealing scheme to The Athletic. At the conclusion of its investigation in January, MLB fined the Astros $5 million and suspended manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow for one year after discovering the team used a camera to illegally steal and relay signs to hitters during games.

Both Hinch and Luhnow were immediately fired.

LeBron James was among the athletes to publicly condemn the Astros for cheating and call out commissioner Rob Manfred for his handling of the situation.
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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#648 » by snaquille oatmeal » Tue May 26, 2020 9:04 pm

Lol at Chick closing the refrigerator door in the first quarter

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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#649 » by Kilroy » Wed May 27, 2020 12:03 am

snaquille oatmeal wrote:Lol at Chick closing the refrigerator door in the first quarter



Watching that... I miss Chick, but I also wonder if anything like he did could happen again. He's talking the whole time... That's just not done anymore. The game speaks for itself a bit more these days with all the camera angles and stuff like that. I'm not sure you could have a true play by play guy rattling off all the events in the game anymore.
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Post#650 » by Landsberger » Wed May 27, 2020 12:55 am

I was at that game!! It was complete destruction.

As for Chick... I loved him too. He was a radio guy primarily IMHO. I could almost get a better feel for a game on the radio with him than on TV.
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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#651 » by dockingsched » Wed May 27, 2020 3:18 am

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snaquille oatmeal wrote:Lol at Chick closing the refrigerator door in the first quarter



Watching that... I miss Chick, but I also wonder if anything like he did could happen again. He's talking the whole time... That's just not done anymore. The game speaks for itself a bit more these days with all the camera angles and stuff like that. I'm not sure you could have a true play by play guy rattling off all the events in the game anymore.


Gotta remember that it used to be a simulcast where chick was on tv and radio, so he had to keep his radio listeners in mind. No one does that anymore.
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Post#652 » by LAKESHOW » Wed May 27, 2020 3:31 am

Chick was outright hilarious and ruthless at times, it was comical. Truly a guy who didnt give a chit and would put it straight about a situation or a team mistake, or sometimes persons.
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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#653 » by Landsberger » Thu May 28, 2020 3:15 am

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Kilroy wrote:
snaquille oatmeal wrote:Lol at Chick closing the refrigerator door in the first quarter



Watching that... I miss Chick, but I also wonder if anything like he did could happen again. He's talking the whole time... That's just not done anymore. The game speaks for itself a bit more these days with all the camera angles and stuff like that. I'm not sure you could have a true play by play guy rattling off all the events in the game anymore.


Gotta remember that it used to be a simulcast where chick was on tv and radio, so he had to keep his radio listeners in mind. No one does that anymore.



One of my favorite radio stations was KNW 1070.... Lakers simulcasts and retro radio like the Lone Ranger at 2am when I couldn't sleep.
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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#654 » by Kilroy » Thu May 28, 2020 11:49 pm

Folks calling out the NBA about the 'covid playoff' proposal, for trying to backdoor Zion into the playoffs...
Not in the least surprised if true, but if so, it's beyond lame... He'll have plenty of opportunities to be in the playoffs, don't be so desperate...
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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#655 » by Landsberger » Fri May 29, 2020 2:37 am

Kilroy wrote:Folks calling out the NBA about the 'covid playoff' proposal, for trying to backdoor Zion into the playoffs...
Not in the least surprised if true, but if so, it's beyond lame... He'll have plenty of opportunities to be in the playoffs, don't be so desperate...


Yeah... it's a real thing IMHO. Bron is toward the end... Durant is as well and never was the "face of the NBA" kind of guy and Curry is on the downslope. They absolutely need Zion to be that next guy. Magic/Bird, Jordan, Shaq/Kobe, Lebron. That's a string of all time greats. Not sure then next one of those Mt Rushmore guys is here or even in the wings yet. Zion is the closest and he already gets more NBA attention than the Freak. He seems to be the "next" contestant.
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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#656 » by snaquille oatmeal » Fri May 29, 2020 2:30 pm

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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#657 » by snaquille oatmeal » Fri May 29, 2020 2:31 pm

I’m reading that teams prefer a 1-16 playoffs based on records not conference standings.
That is most of the west teams with a few from the East.
Thoughts?
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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#658 » by Landsberger » Fri May 29, 2020 6:04 pm

snaquille oatmeal wrote:I’m reading that teams prefer a 1-16 playoffs based on records not conference standings.
That is most of the west teams with a few from the East.
Thoughts?



I'll bet that teams 5-8 from the East aren't in that group. You can bet that behind the scenes the NBA is going to spread the Playoff money around as well. This is about Zion and a post Bron face of the NBA it seems. Let's see if the promos for the upcoming playoffs focus on him (ads, NBA promos, staged interviews, NBA partner sponsor adds etc.). No problem with it... they are a business and they sell stars as much or more than teams these days.

I'd actually prefer that they only include 5 from each conference and have a first round bye. I actually liked the old short first round series. There are a lot of really crappy games in the first 2 rounds. I'd rather see the best get to it rather than 2 rounds of warm-ups to get to the real games anyway.
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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#659 » by TyCobb » Sat May 30, 2020 1:45 am

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Re: Around the NBA XI 

Post#660 » by tugs » Sat May 30, 2020 5:36 am

There's a lot of interesting matchups in the first round if that format pushes through. Middle of the pack teams should be a slobberknocker

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