i remember specifically a game that JVG commentated, he said kobe was one of the best offensive free throw rebounders in the game and the very next play kobe grabs one.

Ace

United States16096 Posts

November 21 2014 01:11 GMT

#804

Still laughing at pundits that think Kentucky's basketball team would beat the Sixers

Jaaaaasper

United States10225 Posts

November 21 2014 01:12 GMT

#805

I mean the sixers might not break 5 wins this year. I don't think all of their starters would start in the d league.

Ace

United States16096 Posts

November 21 2014 01:14 GMT

#806

Eh they've got a few guys that really shouldn't be in the league but would dominate D-League basketball.

zev318

Canada4306 Posts

November 21 2014 01:57 GMT

#807

people dont understand how different it is from college to d league and to the nba

zev318

Canada4306 Posts

November 21 2014 02:01 GMT

#808

On November 21 2014 06:41 Jibba wrote:
Kobe h8 and all, this is pretty awesome.

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twitch chat would have been a constant spam of "SO SMART"

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

November 21 2014 02:12 GMT

#809

^giving twitch too much credit. for starters, twitch would not into english at all.

but yea kentucky would win like 2-5 games in 100 vs sixers? maybe less

Ace

United States16096 Posts

November 21 2014 02:49 GMT

#810

Looking forward to seeing the rise of Jimmy Butler continue tonight

red_

United States8474 Posts

November 21 2014 03:43 GMT

#811

On November 21 2014 10:11 Ace wrote:
Still laughing at pundits that think Kentucky's basketball team would beat the Sixers

It's hilarious how many average joes believe it as well. Sportscenter had a poll asking who wins a 7 game series and UK got like 52% of the vote.

Go look at Philadelphia's roster, it's basically a bunch of dudes that killed it in college, except they're older and more developed now. UK is a bunch of prospects, even a bad NBA player is already beyond 'prospect' status, especially when the college team has nobody we believe is a can't miss transcendent type player either(no Davis, Oden, Durant, Melo, to use recent examples from the college game).

Ace

United States16096 Posts

November 21 2014 04:02 GMT

#812

Yea, Tony Wroten, Nerlens Noel, Hollis Thompson (I think), KJ Mc Daniels and MCW were all notable college players in their conferences. Put them against Kentucky and they would look like an All Star team. NBA rookies like Durant and Oden who absolutely DOMINATED college didn't come out of the gate just cutting through NBA level players. Yet they think Kentucky dudes who won't have massive size or speed advantages vs Philly is going to compete. I'd really love to bet against that 52%.

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

November 21 2014 04:29 GMT

#813

fans don't have the proper reference frame between the two worlds because they mostly just understand the college world as its own sphere of hype. college is worlds away vs the nba, but there's no long chain of minor league development like there is in baseball to give proper skill gap perspective.
the evolution of the modern game and schemes probably also widened the gap and learning curve.

RowdierBob

Australia13241 Posts

November 21 2014 05:12 GMT

#814

Would the Sixers beat the best d league team? I think that's a more interesting discussion.

cLutZ

United States19574 Posts

November 21 2014 05:12 GMT

#815

Easiest way to show Sixers>UK would be to compare their Points Per Possession. I'd assume the sixers would win just there. If not, figure out a multiplier for Pros>College and poof.

andrewlt

United States7702 Posts

November 21 2014 05:17 GMT

#816

MCW was the best player on an NCAA champion, something that no Kentucky player can say right now. Noel was arguably Kentucky's best player when he was there two years ago. Philly has a roster of college all-stars. They just haven't developed in the NBA yet.

edit: New, calmer Cousins is just impressive. Would be nice if he can keep this up.

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

November 21 2014 05:36 GMT

#817

sixers could probably put better on court performance if they used veteran d-league players instead of raw rookies. but playing rookies generates valuable game time experience. i'd think a proper d-league team could crush the UK team as well.

the UK team is itself raw as hell

cLutZ

United States19574 Posts

November 21 2014 05:39 GMT

#818

Yes, its smart for you all to continue to employ anecdotal evidence to "disprove" something that people only think...because of anecdotal evidence. If you have a drunk friend who thinks KY could beat the 76ers, nothing said about wold calm him down.

Ace

United States16096 Posts

November 21 2014 05:43 GMT

#819

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/writer/ken-berger/24821237/as-kidd-returns-nbpa-looking-at-agent-rules-that-helped-him-leave?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=NBA National Newsletter&utm_campaign=GMIB 11/20/2014

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

November 21 2014 16:10 GMT

#820

On November 21 2014 14:12 RowdierBob wrote:
Would the Sixers beat the best d league team? I think that's a more interesting discussion.

Most likely. D-League teams get jumbled up quite a bit, between stuff like their own draft and their NBA partner's moves, for the 50% or w/e teams that are associated with NBA teams. The privately owned teams get a bit more stability, but they still have a lot of player movement. Remember that there's really no role for veterans in D-league. They're looking for young talent that can be developed, and a skilled veteran (with no shot of making the leap to the NBA) will make way more money in Europe.

By the time D-league teams develop cohesion/teamwork, this Sixers team will have as well.

I'm not sure about the college team vs. D-league. A lot of D-league players were only role players in college. Some were stars at small schools, but a good chunk were just average NCAA players.

An example would be Brent Petway. Super athletic dunker at Michigan, but never averaged better than 7ppg/6rpg in college. Was a starter in the D-league for 2 seasons, but as he got older he realized he wouldn't make it so he went to Europe. He was replaced by some young kid worse than him, but the kid has more potential. A team full of Petway's would probably dominate a young college team, but Petway's leave the D-league pretty quickly.

Plus every year it seems like a rookie comes in and dominates the D-league, straight outta college. I mean at a level you'd never see in the NBA - more dominant than Lebron was as a rookie.