anomander
Living Legend
- Joined
- Nov 30, 2012
- Messages
- 14,608
- Like
- 27,469
Easy take to have when your not a lock for the 1st rd
"NBA looks boring"
- Thread starter Pat Kelly
- Start date
Easy take to have when your not a lock for the 1st rd
Kaminsky easily could have been a first round pick.
Eric15
Living Legend
- Joined
- Aug 28, 2011
- Messages
- 29,346
- Like
- 108,853
I'm not sure where you got 14th from, but according to a Harris Poll conducted earlier this year, the NBA was the 5th most popular sport behind the NFL, MLB, college football and NASCAR.
djcon57
Living Legend
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2011
- Messages
- 15,334
- Like
- 54,364
Inside the NBA on at 1 AM EST doubled pretty much every NHL Playoff game. It's not even worth it to have this debate with someone ignorant to TV ratings.
Eric15
Living Legend
- Joined
- Aug 28, 2011
- Messages
- 29,346
- Like
- 108,853
But Marsh, the same honesty rule goes for college basketball fans, as well. 9 times out of 10 when a college basketball fan says that a player needs to "go back to school to work on his game and work on his degree" what he really means is "I want my team to compete for a national title."
shandeezy7
Living Legend
- Joined
- Aug 28, 2011
- Messages
- 14,665
- Like
- 36,655
Yeah I don't think that is anywhere near accurate.
Not all the time, The only cuse player I ever had an issue with leaving early was Donte. Obviously everyone wants to have the best team that they can, but Ennis and Grant really do need work on their games.
orangepassion
Nunzio Prophet
- Joined
- Aug 14, 2011
- Messages
- 10,210
- Like
- 20,910
Love his honesty and humble self-assessment
"I don't think I would be able to live with the regret of skipping my last year of college to be a potential D-League player or end up in Europe," he wrote. "I have no doubt in my mind that I would have been drafted. I believe that one day I will be put on an NBA roster, but that doesn't happen right away for most people. Especially for a 7-foot white kid with average athleticism."
"I don't think I would be able to live with the regret of skipping my last year of college to be a potential D-League player or end up in Europe," he wrote. "I have no doubt in my mind that I would have been drafted. I believe that one day I will be put on an NBA roster, but that doesn't happen right away for most people. Especially for a 7-foot white kid with average athleticism."
Marsh01
Living Legend
- Joined
- Aug 26, 2011
- Messages
- 15,654
- Like
- 24,045
Big difference is I am not getting paid. Noone would EVER leave college if the starting salary was $100,000 for a mid first round pick. Funny how their "dream" would be put on the back burner.
Its grab the cash and run and it sucks and that is why the NBA is dead to me.
Lawrinson14
Master Image Editor
- Joined
- Oct 11, 2011
- Messages
- 2,553
- Like
- 8,202
Here's my issue with the NBA...
The level of play is TOO high.
The fact the players are soooo good comes off to me like they are not even trying.
The level of play is TOO high.
The fact the players are soooo good comes off to me like they are not even trying.
NineOneSeven
2018-19 Iggy Hoops Leader Scorer
- Joined
- Aug 30, 2011
- Messages
- 40,677
- Like
- 70,979
Shaq, Charles, Kenny, and Ernie, with the occasional Webber and Grant Hill are incredible together.
djcon57
Living Legend
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2011
- Messages
- 15,334
- Like
- 54,364
During playoff season, I watch every night. 10-10:30 out here in the west coast.. better than any late night show out there
NineOneSeven
2018-19 Iggy Hoops Leader Scorer
- Joined
- Aug 30, 2011
- Messages
- 40,677
- Like
- 70,979
It's incredibly good TV. They all feed off of eachother so well.
JrodCuse
All Conference
- Joined
- Sep 24, 2011
- Messages
- 2,447
- Like
- 4,419
You can not like the NBA, that's fine and to each their own, but to come out and say flat-out that it is unwatchable? Cmon maaaaaaan. These playoffs have been AMAZING. Maybe the best first round, collectively, in the past 20 years. Some of these games are truly epic.
The kid is 7 feet and can shoot, of course he is a big prospect.
He is much better than pittsnogle. If you were an nba team and you were looking at Grant or Kaminsky, who would you take?
OrangeDW
Living Legend
- Joined
- Aug 8, 2012
- Messages
- 65,383
- Like
- 200,513
From his perspective, I guess. His NBA career as a marginal big man probably will be boring compared to being the star player at a big time program with a great atmosphere.
two3zone
RIP Shark58
- Joined
- Aug 23, 2013
- Messages
- 65,595
- Like
- 61,821
Briancuse said:
Depends what team I was. If I'm looking for young talent and hoping to catch lightning in a bottle then I'm going Grant 10 out of 10 times. If I have a solid team and need some quality minutes off the bench and want more of a finished product I can't get from free agency then I draft Kaminski. But I think in most circumstances I would take Grant.
If you can do one thing really well, then your chances of having a good career increase. Kaminski does one thing really well. Grant doesn't have that one thing, nor does he have a position.
Good to know your an NBA scout now like newmexicuse is. My god its your opinion Grant doesn't have 1 thing he is good at. Grant is one of the best athletes and can defend in the NBA. His athleticism is off the charts and he can improve in the NBA just as much as he could at SU. If Kaminski was safely in the lottery like Marcus Smart was last year his comments would carry weight, but he is a fringe 1st round pick so he can make these comments.
OrangeDW
Living Legend
- Joined
- Aug 8, 2012
- Messages
- 65,383
- Like
- 200,513
Grant may have that one thing...he may be that versatile forward who can defend both the 3 and 4 spots. It's hard to know because we play zone, but he would seem to have all of the tools needed to be a good defender at both forward spots.
Ok then tell me the one thing that Grant does really well. He is a very good athlete, but there have been a lot of really good athletes who didn't make it.
Similar threads
