Kind of an old school point guard. Do you know that John Stockton, one of the best PG's ever, never averaged 20 PPG in any season. His top was 17PPG. Pretty good PG back in the day was Mark Jackson, his tops was 16 PPG, his career average was only 9.6. Maurice Cheeks, tops 15PPG, career ave. 11.
I don't even really consider Conley a Buckeye, he was there for one year, and if they didn't go to the final four, probably would have forgotten it. Kind of like Kevin Durrant and Texas. Unless you follow that school, you forgot they were even there.
Yes...old school in the sense of running and facilitating the team, initiating the offense often through the post. Much of his career was in Memphis playing through Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol inside being it became entirely about pick and roll and shooting the 3.
You think it should be illegal for a player to do a podcast with his coach? Or with another consenting adult who might become his coach? It is a podcast - they talk about stuff. Who cares - it does not influence the outcome of games. What is wrong with that? More to the point, what is wrong with you?
Yes. In fact the NHL (Bettman) and the MLB (Manfred) both have worse guys right now.
Growing the game??? NBA ratings keep dropping and the game is run by the players. The NHL is fortunate to still be running. They nearly ran out of business years back but the die hards and smart owners put a strong salary cap on teams and has made the league functional. I don't watch any hockey, it's a nitch sport like golf and tennis. Those that like it, love it and that's fine.
You're right, I don't care. But it's a narrative and the Lakers are just like the Dallas Cowboys now. There is no interest by those teams to win, they just want to be in the limelight and they do things that keep them there.
Think you’re missing the forest for the trees here. Domestic ratings may be dropping, but domestically their strength is those in the mid-30s and younger…nearly matching if not exceeding the NFL in popularity with kids and young adults.
Ok then, I'll say this....globally isn't the US. and I don't care how big soccer is around the world, it's still not big here for most. Jokic and Luka do not do a thing for American fans.
After LeBron and Curry (big drop off) probably half of the 10-15 next most popular players are foreign.
The picks are stretched so far out it’s inevitable 1-2 selections will be high lottery when they get to rebuilding and have no assets. Sold the farm to try to win now for the next few years with all of the Villanova guys.
What are the odds of him starting that now?
The tail wags the dog in LeBron world.
The NBA sadly loses credibility by the day. Leadership, at the top with Adam Silver are so scared to rein in any players. Owners don't care about winning, they are making money regardless. LeBron has been known for having a great basketball IQ. Well, in terms of running a franchise, his IQ is that of an ant. Why would a guy in his position, with more money than he or his kids would ever need, sign a max option? Moreover, why not just sign Brony as a FA then you can save some cap money to go get talent to help you win? I don't know how people can take this league seriously anymore.
It's really sad how all this has gone down. And it just is amazing to me that a guy like LeBron, as the kid's father, would set him up to fail like this. That presser and all the attention makes it look like Bronny is going to go right in the rotation? He's G league bench talent at best. What an awful prescient to set.
