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Cry Baby Ice Cube
Will Ice Cube have enough time to commit to this? Seems like he’s licking boots 25 hours a day lately.
50 cent posted something today about how Biden shouldn't be going to the Beach because of Israel-Palestine. I don't understand where these guys heads are at and who their target audiences are now
They’re old. And set. They don’t think about a “target audience” any more. They’re not selling themselves. They’re just old heads with old head opinions and a platform.
I mean I actually get that, you wanna be the “leader of the free world “ head of the most powerful country on earth you better be working at that all 4 to 8 years. I don’t ever wanna see you on vacation.
So you want someone who’s completely stressed out overworked to be banned from recreation while they lead the country for 4 to 8 years?
That’s an awful idea.
We have two aircraft carriers and their fleets (no other country has more than two in total), we’ve had 5 attacks on our bases in the Middle East, we are getting so much reconnaissance that Iran wants war.
If Biden doesn’t take a break now he’ll be worked to death between the war and election.
…. And? Do you think a successfully run government is incapable of running itself unless the president is actively involved 24/7? Do you really think it’s impossible to have Biden, I don’t know, delegate those duties out to someone else while he’s busy? Just spit-balling here, but perhaps a Vice President?
Presidents have been dealing with crisis since forever and they still take vacations. Expecting otherwise is the definition of silliness.
Perhaps taking a break allows his mind to critically think better.
Works for me quite often
Also, he was literally just on the ground in Israel and we have things called "cell phones" that let you stay connected everywhere.
Paying more taxes is more important to them than human rights. That said I’m not shocked in the slightest.
It does seem weird the nba wouldn’t have any interest in the league considering it’s an Olympic sport now
The Balkans have it on lock the same way the USA had the full-court game in the 1990s.
not on the women's side though, still think the talent level for the US women is very far ahead even in 3x3. US threw together Jackie Young, Kelsey Plum, Stef Dolson and Allisha Gray last minute and I'm sure as hell none of them really played 3x3 on a regular basis and they still won a gold.
3v3 is also the most popular version of street ball.
I wonder why the NBA doesn't have mini-events during all-stars doing 1v1s and 3v3s, I am sure there are players who would LOVE to take part.
no they wouldn't, for the same reason why the stars don't do the dunk contest anymore and why they half ass the ASG. a lot of these dudes live through social media and they're afraid to get embarrassed.
Plenty of players talk about enjoying and growing up playing streetball in that format, some even brag about being the best at it.
1v1s(sometimes 2v2/3v3s when its a grp issue) are also how many players use to settle beef and compare skills during practice.
It's nothing like the dunk contest where points are arbitrary.
I'm sure there will be players jumping in to prove themselves just for bragging rights if nothing else. (along with claiming their team is just holding them back, which is gonna be hilarious)
This is bullshit as players played in pro ams recently. It’s injury concerns
Players play in non-nba games literally all the time. Injury concerns are always present. If they didn't want them playing in exhibition games, they wouldn't play in the actual all star game to begin with.
Have you watched an all start game?
They're not exactly going hard.
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Its definitely injury concerns lol
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The BIG3 is in direct competition with the WNBA season.
Ice Cube wanted to work with the NBA as a developmental league even though the NBA has the G-League and the BIG3 is a roadshow of retired NBA players.
Why would the NBA work with BIG3?
It’s not in direct competition
They are when it comes to TV broadcasts.
If the BIG3 comes to an WNBA city, they are competing for ticket sales and sponsorship dollars.
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Settlement reached. Cube’s attorneys entered negotiations with garlic and holy water. They didn’t even have to bust out the stakes. Ice Cube will be the new Count of the NBA. I mean Commisioner. Silver will be able to feed and then slumber for a century or two.
Didn’t the new CBA try to limit Big 3’s? Seems open and shut.
Didn’t the new CBA try to limit Big 3’s
You have a source? Or any info? Or are you just guessing?
I was making a joke about the second apron. It was a word joke because Big 3 in the NBA might mean 3 good players whereas Ice Cube’s Big 3 is a league.
It went right over my head. That was pretty good
No idea why but I kept thinking you meant oversized small forwards, like the CBA was literally trying to prevent exceedingly big dudes from playing the 3. My mind was like “damn they re-upped Jaden McDaniels without considering this?”. It’s been a long couple of weeks for me.
Open and shut lol
Everybody’s a lawyer with no access to contracts or nothing lol
Imagine you taking the stars we marketed to uplift your off shoot league
Don't think people got your joke
“I don’t think about you at all”
No possible way Ice Cube is spreading conspiracy theories!?! I am flabbergasted
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Yeah I wouldn’t put it past the NBA, the rich/corporations don’t get where they are because they played by the rules.
Lie,Cheat and Steal is the motto of the powerful.
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Please, the big 3 was never going to be a threat to the NBA. Ice Cube has become a clown.
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Interesting.....
The Big3's average viewership (500k) is less than 1/3 of a regular season NBA game (1.59MM) and wouldn't crack the top 250 shows in terms of viewership.
This has everything to do with being a niche product; of course you aren't going to draw the same advertisers as the NBA with such limited reach.
Is it not common for large companies to have “moonlighting” rules where employees can’t take another job that could interfere with their current one, especially if within the same industry? That does not strike me as illegal. Putting pressure on sponsors would be lame. But it seems perfectly reasonable for Adam Silver to tell NBA players they are not allowed to play in any other professional leagues while under contract with a team.
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Seems like that would a Federal Trade Commission issue first.
Lol
Ha
NBA interfering with sponsorship deals, discouraging television networks from broadcasting games
if true not a good look.
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If I'm an NBA owner, I would not want my players in a separate league, seems like an injury risk.
Controlling regionality, blacking out games, mobster back room persuasion.. how about promoting the sport globally to compete with soccer and cricket instead of self cannabilizing
Maybe it being a 3v3 league full of washed up old men sabotaged it?