“Bean Town Jaylen Brown” To Play In BIG3 All-Star Game With Former Celtic

dboss wrote:While growing up in Boston I mostly played 3 on 3 basketball.  I guess you could say that 3 on 3 basketball in in my DNA.

I think it is a significant decision by JB to participate in a tournament over in London that will raise money for youth programs.

Adam Silver is standing on the wrong side of history.

He has refused to get rid of a bylaw that would allow owners of NBA teams to invest in Big 3 basketball.

ktron you recently posted something about the Saudis investing in the NBA or launching a new league, or something to that effect.  Please correct me if I am wrong about the details.

I can see a situation where the Saudis invest in big 3 basketball.  Silver may want to rethink his position.

I disagree, let some other owners get their feet wet and get established, the owners already in the NBA have a charmed enough life, they don’t need a monopoly on everything. Do we really need the Steinbrenner’s, Kraft, Irsay, etc in on everything?

dboss wrote:While growing up in Boston I mostly played 3 on 3 basketball.  I guess you could say that 3 on 3 basketball in in my DNA.

I think it is a significant decision by JB to participate in a tournament over in London that will raise money for youth programs.

Adam Silver is standing on the wrong side of history.

He has refused to get rid of a bylaw that would allow owners of NBA teams to invest in Big 3 basketball.

ktron you recently posted something about the Saudis investing in the NBA or launching a new league, or something to that effect.  Please correct me if I am wrong about the details.

I can see a situation where the Saudis invest in big 3 basketball.  Silver may want to rethink his position.

Dboss,

The big dog always gets to eat.  The Saudis started that new golf league, LIV Golf.  They recruited a few name players by throwing tons of money at them, made a play for some more, and played on non-PGA sanctioned courses (e.g. Trump Bedminster and Trump Loral) with those few PGA pros they lured over, and filled out the field with a bunch of wannabes.

What happened then?  

The PGA bought them.  End of competition, end of threat.  The PGA gave LIV a chance to fail on their own and, when LIV failed to accommodate them that way, they bought them.  That's what happened with the ABA. The NBA gave them a chance to fail on their own and, when they didn't (in large part due to Julius Erving, but also others like Gervin) the NBA suggested a merger. The struggling ABA snapped at the offer with the financially weak franchises who couldn't pay the NBA's exorbitant demands folding.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the Saudis look to repeat that strategy with Big 3.  In the end, however, I predict the global prestige and money of the NBA with its TV contracts will prevail against any and all spoilers.  The question is "do they wait and see if Big 3 withers on the vine on its own, or do they pay more to eliminate them after they get a cash and marketing infusion from external forces?".  One problem Big 3 has that LIV didn't have is that the NBA has the G-League to tout as "real basketball, that actually has players who do make it to the NBA (e.g. Sam Hauser)" and there was no minor league golf league for the PGA to use as a direct competitor to LIV.  LIV played real golf, on real courses.  Big 3 is schoolyard ball, albeit with some NBA players who are too old or whatever to play in the NBA anymore, but it's not full court big-time hoops.


Bob

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It looks like disrespect for another member's opinion may have directly led to this board losing a second long-time member within one week.  Again, it is the same offenders who are not acting convivial.

People can go anywhere on the internet and interact with trolls, so why would anyone come here if that is what they get when they try to join a conversation?

If you cannot interact with other members here without showing anger and outrage at another person's opinion, this place is not for you.  Please take it somewhere else.  

Pretty soon, this board will just be two guys shouting at each other in the dark, the same way DSlack's board devolved in its sad end.

My advice:  Embrace conviviality, and don't be a dink.