I'll sum up the entire modern NBA in one clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGDBR2L5kzI



edit: don't quit on the clip too early, one of the best lines comes in the last 10 seconds.

I'm actually not sure what your point is, but I happen to agree with him.

The same thing could be said of any professioal sport.

I think that both sides of this are right. In the NBA, just like in all sport and in life in general, there are good and bad seeds. Every time period in the NBA's history has prima donnas and selfless dudes. For every George Yardley there's a Bob Cousy. For every Wilt Chamberlin there's an Oscar Robertson. For every Dave Bing there's a Lenny Wilkens. For every David Thompson there's a Rick Barry. For every Bernard King there's an Isaiah Thomas. For every Dominiqe Wilkins there's a John Stockton. For every Allen Iverson there's a Tim Duncan. And for every Labron James there's a Chris Paul. So, no, this is not a problem just now and its not just true of the NBA. Human nature...heard of it?

Compared to the other north american pro team sports, it has always been my opinion that playing in the NBA requires the least strategy - you need to be quite athletic for the most part (relative to say many roles in MLB and the NFL), but as a strategic sport, the concept is pretty basic, relatively speaking. I'd imagine that makes practice seem overly dull, eventually. Not to say that's a valid excuse, but just the nature of the sport.

At the same time, using AI as the example is going to the extreme, clearly. He's the Terrell Owens / Sean Avery / ??? (couldn't come up with an active MLB example) of his sport of late.

We should have did a Fantasy BBall league.

I'm very disappointed you didn't think of it, Mr. Fantasy!

Somebody do it... I'm in.

I think LeBron would easily be the best pg in basketball if they played him there.

Bron-Bron could play PG on O and SF/PF on D.

If he's playing with two PG/SG types and just bringing up the ball, isn't it more like when Dirk, Pierce, Turkolu or young KG brought the ball up?

No. He could play the position the way that Magic Johnson did. That's what I meant.

Byron Scott just got shit canned.

Steven A. Smith is reporting that The Answer is gonna retire.

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Women could be playing in the NBA within a decade, league commissioner David Stern says.

When asked by Sports Illustrated magazine if there could be female players in the league someday, he answered, "Sure. I think that's well within the range of probability."

The magazine then asked Stern if he thought it would happen sometime within the next decade. He answered: "I think we might. I don't want to get into all kinds of arguments with players and coaches about the likelihood. But I really think it's a good possibility."

"The public would be excited about it," Kiki Vandeweghe, New Jersey Nets general manager and interim coach, told SI. "Whether you're in China or Europe or Africa, basketball is a common language and it breaks barriers. It's a language that's spoken all over the world, and this is another barrier that it would bring down. It's exciting, and it's a logical next step."

But there are doubters, the magazine said.

"Think about the overall speed, athleticism and strength (in the NBA)," an unnamed league GM said. "They can't take the pounding, the wear and tear, the quickness, the strength. It's not possible for them right now."