shhh
when we bought the tickets we thought we were gonna be able to see AI before he retired.........but that was a fail. no thaddeus young, AI, david lee, it was brutal

CSN

United States175 Posts

March 22 2010 05:37 GMT

#1982

woottttt i just beat the most feared team in my league with roy's last minute 3 pointer!

advanced to the 2nd round

PanoRaMa

United States5069 Posts

March 22 2010 16:32 GMT

#1983

Been kinda out of the scene recently, but anyone see this article on Antoine Walker?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?page=100320otlwalker

Pretty interesting, guy squandered the $110 million he got over his career :|.

Ace

United States16096 Posts

March 22 2010 18:00 GMT

#1984

Yea thats well known news ^_^

Antoine Walker wasn't the smartest of dudes

XaI)CyRiC

United States4471 Posts

March 22 2010 18:55 GMT

#1985

On March 23 2010 03:00 Ace wrote:
Yea thats well known news ^_^

Antoine Walker wasn't the smartest of dudes

What's sad is that he's not alone amongst NBA players who squander their millions. There have been many articles on it, and it's so bad the NBA players association has started programs trying to teach young players how to manage their finances. I see the biggest problem being that these are young kids who make a ton of money, and who are surrounded by people who want to get as much of it out of him as possible.

eStoniaNBoY

Switzerland439 Posts

March 22 2010 18:59 GMT

#1986

It reminds me what Jordan said.. starts 5:14.

edit : although he also lost millions and enjoyed the success of previous greats something just reminded me this video. same problem with every major sport league these days. prices/salaries have inflated and competition to join or stay in these leagues is also tougher.

Heheh. "He hopes to own a NBA team someday". 5:55

eStoniaNBoY

Switzerland439 Posts

March 22 2010 19:03 GMT

#1987

KOFgokuon

United States14899 Posts

March 22 2010 19:31 GMT

#1988

I think it's really important that these NBA players surround themselves with people who can both fit their needs and won't steer them in the wrong direction. I remember reading a lot about Kwame Brown, how he just didn't fit in with the Wizards and he didn't have anyone that was a contemporary and how hard it was on him. It doesn't really excuse his being such a huge draft bust, but it does explain some about his lack of development.

It's good that the NBA is trying to help their players develop some sense of financial knowledge though

eStoniaNBoY

Switzerland439 Posts

March 22 2010 20:05 GMT

#1989

Kwame got to try more than some other guys who were thrown into the spotlight and faded.

About big men in general:
Duncan-Robinson,
Yao-Olajuwon,
Dwight-Ewing,
Bynum-Kareem,
Kevin Love- Al Jefferson.

I doubt Kwame or Thabeet would of prospered if they were in that kind of a position.

bdams19

United States1316 Posts

March 22 2010 23:21 GMT

#1990

What's the scoop on this Reggie Williams cat? Led the ncaa in scoring 2 years in a row and was ripping up the D League.

Make7UpYours

893 Posts

March 22 2010 23:38 GMT

#1991

On March 23 2010 04:31 KOFgokuon wrote:
I think it's really important that these NBA players surround themselves with people who can both fit their needs and won't steer them in the wrong direction. I remember reading a lot about Kwame Brown, how he just didn't fit in with the Wizards and he didn't have anyone that was a contemporary and how hard it was on him. It doesn't really excuse his being such a huge draft bust, but it does explain some about his lack of development.

It's good that the NBA is trying to help their players develop some sense of financial knowledge though

Kareem worked with Kwame when he was on the Lakers and it doesn't seem to have made much difference. One could argue that Kwame was already damaged goods by then and that Bynum was receiving more of Kareem's attention, but I think this suggests that Kwame just never had it in him.

KOFgokuon

United States14899 Posts

March 23 2010 01:15 GMT

#1992

It's not even about skill development, it's about just being a mature adult. When you're surrounded by people that aren't really that close to your age or mental state, you just don't develop correctly

tenbagger

United States1289 Posts

March 23 2010 02:31 GMT

#1993

On March 23 2010 05:05 eStoniaNBoY wrote:
Kwame got to try more than some other guys who were thrown into the spotlight and faded.

About big men in general:
Duncan-Robinson,
Yao-Olajuwon,
Dwight-Ewing,
Bynum-Kareem,
Kevin Love- Al Jefferson.

I doubt Kwame or Thabeet would of prospered if they were in that kind of a position.

Robinson, Olajuwon, Ewing, Kareem, and..... JEFFERSON?!?!?

tonight

United States11130 Posts

March 23 2010 03:49 GMT

#1994

Jefferson is a baller don't argue it.

Xeris

Iran17695 Posts

March 23 2010 03:54 GMT

#1995

ya he's really good oo ~

igotmyown

United States4291 Posts

March 23 2010 08:18 GMT

#1996

I'm not sure Al Jefferson's enough of a veteran to be teaching Kevin Love, he was probably focusing on his own game.

It should be Kevin Love/Kevin Garnett-Kevin McHale
McHale's well known for spending a lot of time individually teaching his studs low post moves.

bdams19

United States1316 Posts

March 23 2010 12:49 GMT

#1997

lol al jeff is not a vet... hopefully next year he can return to his beastly self with his knees under him

KOFgokuon

United States14899 Posts

March 23 2010 13:18 GMT

#1998

love only overlapped with mchale for a season
I guess that's still some time thuogh