Basketball from a
fans perspective
They were serious
Puma was serious about becoming a player once again in the shoe “wars”. They surprised by signing Marvin Bagley III of Duke and indicated “more” signings were on the way. Bagley III was followed by Zhaire Smith former Texas Tech guard. On Monday projected number one pick DeAndre Ayton from Arizona signed a 4-year multi-million-dollar shoe and apparel deal. Three projected lottery picks in the 2018 NBA draft have signed with Puma over Nike, Air Jordan, Adidas and Under Armour. As this story was completed news broke entertainer and mogul Jay-Z has been named president of Puma basketball.
LeBron in Philly?
Despite a host of Western Conference teams including my Lakers desiring to sign LeBron James it’s still got to remain in the east in my opinion. We covered LeBron in Boston but how about Philadelphia? The Sixers are slightly below the Celtics in the East, despite the playoffs they might now be superior to the Cavs. Okay you say LeBron needs the ball, Ben Simmons needs the ball, and both will suffer without one of them being the primary ball handler.
Despite a host of Western Conference teams including my Lakers desiring to sign LeBron James it’s still got to remain in the east in my opinion. We covered LeBron in Boston but how about Philadelphia? The Sixers are slightly below the Celtics in the East, despite the playoffs they might now be superior to the Cavs. Okay you say LeBron needs the ball, Ben Simmons needs the ball, and both will suffer without one of them being the primary ball handler.
Well you also said Chris
Paul and James Harden wouldn’t work, a hammy injury to Paul might have
prevented the Rockets from playing for the NBA championship. Simmons can’t shoot from more than 10 feet
from the basket he works best as a facilitator.
I could go on and on and on how the paring of LeBron on the Sixers won’t
work. Maybe there is a missing factor on
my part the desire to win, what says all parties don’t adjust their game to
accommodate the talented LeBron.
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By all appearances the 2021 NBA draft will be unlike any in recent years a change is pending. The argument has always been other professional sports (excepting NFL football) have no age restrictions. In addition, an American high school athlete could graduate and immediately go to work for Microsoft or Nike an adult job. 2005 would witness the last crop of high school players drafted in the NBA, the Bucks Thon Maker and Satnam Singh Bhamara of the Mavs are the exceptions.
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By all appearances the 2021 NBA draft will be unlike any in recent years a change is pending. The argument has always been other professional sports (excepting NFL football) have no age restrictions. In addition, an American high school athlete could graduate and immediately go to work for Microsoft or Nike an adult job. 2005 would witness the last crop of high school players drafted in the NBA, the Bucks Thon Maker and Satnam Singh Bhamara of the Mavs are the exceptions.
In any event that will
change now, it appears high school players will be allowed in the draft once
again. Before you do thumbs up, thumbs
down consider the present rule, college and International athletes must both
turn 19 years old by the June draft. For
American players there is one additional rule which impacts an American
athlete, they must be 1-year past their high school graduation. There is no such requirement for
International athletes, shouldn’t a rule affect all involved?
Makes sense I
believe
I don’t remember the name, so I can’t give him the credit. I listened to a Bay area beat writer and his comments regarding the Warriors was quite interesting. During the discussion he said, “The window for the Warriors is two years.” In other words, the Warriors should be favorites to win the championship for the next few years after that the story changes.
He went on to state, “Most of these guys are near the same age (29-30), they are not a young team.” I would add my viewpoint to the account, the Warriors have played deep into June for four consecutive years that’s a great deal of wear and tear on the body. Counting exhibition, regular season and post season games that’s a sizable number. I'm sure fans of the Warriors won't appreciate reading this but it well could be fact in a few years.
I don’t remember the name, so I can’t give him the credit. I listened to a Bay area beat writer and his comments regarding the Warriors was quite interesting. During the discussion he said, “The window for the Warriors is two years.” In other words, the Warriors should be favorites to win the championship for the next few years after that the story changes.
He went on to state, “Most of these guys are near the same age (29-30), they are not a young team.” I would add my viewpoint to the account, the Warriors have played deep into June for four consecutive years that’s a great deal of wear and tear on the body. Counting exhibition, regular season and post season games that’s a sizable number. I'm sure fans of the Warriors won't appreciate reading this but it well could be fact in a few years.
