Basketball from a fan’s perspective
Daishen Nix is
a Rivals 5-star prospect, Nix was headed to UCLA. Notice I used the word was, Nix a 6-4
shooting guard has decided to cast his future lies with the NBA’s
G-League. He becomes the third athlete
from the Class of 2020 deciding on a professional career over attending college. I have stated all alone the next move is on
the NCAA, does the body have any plans in the works to combat a rising
tide.
All future
5-star prospects will not head in this direction, the majority are likely to continue
heading off for college for one or two years.
A payout must have been a factor in the decision by Nix, he will sign a
$300,000 contract. Three players headed to the G-League is certainly nowhere
close to rushing tide, but it is different. Up to this point few high school players have left high school for the G-League.
You thought I would
not go there
The Lakers
received a $4.6 million loan from the federal government’s Paycheck Protection
Program. The money has been returned
however there are questions from this fan.
We realize the season to date has been a problem, the Lakers suffered
financial loss allowing them to apply for a loan. If they did not need it why apply, better yet
why was it returned if needed? We have
no opportunity to see the “books” so the answer will never be known.
Sonics
The franchise
is in Oklahoma City, it’s been in Oklahoma since 2008. There is a connection to
Seattle. Although no present Thunder players remain from those days Kevin
Durant (inactive this season) spent his rookie year in the city. With that said
how about an all-time Sonics time, after all there was history from 1967-2008. For several years,
any mention of the franchise “The Reign Man” was mentioned, Shawn Kemp. Although
his NBA career sputtered at the end his years in Seattle were exceptional. With
that these are the names:
Shawn Kemp
Gary “The
Glove” Payton
Ray Allen
Spencer Hayward
Jack Sikma
Honorable
mention might include
Gus Williams
Sam Perkins
Fred “Downtown”
Brown
Detlef Schrempf
Xavier McDaniel
With any list
depending on your age some of the names might be unfamiliar. Check out YouTube
or historical .com NBA sites for yourself.
What do you think?
I read a bleacherreport.com article discussing past NBA drafts, which was the worst draft in history, it might depend on how you might rank basketball talent? The focus was the 2000 NBA draft however a respondent mentioned 2005. How do we value a good versus a poor draft? In 2000 Kenyon Martin was the number one pick that season, Martin had a 15-year career playing for several NBA teams…was he an All-Star?
The balance of draft picks 2-10 had careers, what did they do
to distinguish themselves besides several years of play? Not a potential Hall
of Fame among any of them. We could make a similar statement regarding the 2005
NBA draft with one exception. At number four the Hornets (Pelicans) selected
Chris Paul, the only likely candidate for the Hall of Fame of any of the Top 10
of that draft. Is it necessary for every draft class to contain a Hall of Fame
candidate…of course not? In this instance we can say with certainty these two
drafts might be the worst in recent history.
