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Jamal Mashburn Jr and Terrence Clarke

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The "star system of the NBA" has reached college basketball (and football) through the able guidance of ESPN. Clarke to Duke already?

Build up certain programs so the viewership will be brought in to see the teams anointed as the best to watch. Probably a contributing factor to no penalties for "ole Roy" and his merry band of fraudsters. Get the ratings now and worry later about the long term effect of the Power Five killing off all the competition and likely losing many of the viewers who are alums or supporters of the majority of schools not deemed worthy.

It's fascinating how ESPN, influenced by Vitale, deified Calipari and Valvano and is now doing the same to possibly an even greater degree with Coach K. The little vignettes they produced featuring him and showing the reverence his former players show for him that are shown during half time breaks prompt me to change the channel as soon as they start.

Then, there's the round table of K, Williams and Boeheim (the jewelry broker, afro fraudster and academic genius) they've shown repeatedly. I keep waiting for them to ask those guys if it worries them that a school with four national championships (UConn) may bring dishonor to the college game because of Ollie's violations.
 
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I keep waiting for them to ask those guys if it worries them that a school with four national championships (UConn) may bring dishonor to the college game because of Ollie's violations.
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It won't happen because it would be an acknowledgement of UConn's four national championships.
 
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I saw mashburn play once and wasn't overly impressed. Might have been an off game but nothing jumped out about him to me
 
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Every 90s baller has a kid whose a junior/senior in high school right now?
 
Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
Every 90s baller has a kid whose a junior/senior in high school right now?
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Basketball is a rich kid sport now filled with kids who grew up with personal trainers and expert guidance. Top players in high school, college or nba mostly have parents that were professional or at least division 1 athletes. The days of Lebron and d-wade coming from the hood are over with some exceptions. They were the last generation of that. Kid of sad in some ways.
 
Kenny11 said:
Basketball is a rich kid sport now filled with kids who grew up with personal trainers and expert guidance. Top players in high school, college or nba mostly have parents that were professional or at least division 1 athletes. The days of Lebron and d-wade coming from the hood are over with some exceptions. They were the last generation of that. Kid of sad in some ways.
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Ridiculous post.
 
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Kenny11 said:
Basketball is a rich kid sport now filled with kids who grew up with personal trainers and expert guidance. Top players in high school, college or nba mostly have parents that were professional or at least division 1 athletes. The days of Lebron and d-wade coming from the hood are over with some exceptions. They were the last generation of that. Kid of sad in some ways.
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Huh?
 
Kenny11 said:
Basketball is a rich kid sport now filled with kids who grew up with personal trainers and expert guidance. Top players in high school, college or nba mostly have parents that were professional or at least division 1 athletes. The days of Lebron and d-wade coming from the hood are over with some exceptions. They were the last generation of that. Kid of sad in some ways.
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Kenny11 said:
Basketball is a rich kid sport now filled with kids who grew up with personal trainers and expert guidance. Top players in high school, college or nba mostly have parents that were professional or at least division 1 athletes. The days of Lebron and d-wade coming from the hood are over with some exceptions. They were the last generation of that. Kid of sad in some ways.
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I mean this is not true, however what IS true is that the majority of NBA players have a family member that was a pro athlete in some sport or a high level athlete (Olympics, Major D1, etc)
 
polycom said:
I mean this is not true, however what IS true is that the majority of NBA players have a family member that was a pro athlete in some sport or a high level athlete (Olympics, Major D1, etc)
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Not as ridiculous as the other post but still a ridiculous statement.
 
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Kenny11 said:
Basketball is a rich kid sport now filled with kids who grew up with personal trainers and expert guidance. Top players in high school, college or nba mostly have parents that were professional or at least division 1 athletes. The days of Lebron and d-wade coming from the hood are over with some exceptions. They were the last generation of that. Kid of sad in some ways.
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There are probably more kids who grew up with trainers and all that, but its certainly not the norm.
 
Kenny11 said:
Basketball is a rich kid sport now filled with kids who grew up with personal trainers and expert guidance. Top players in high school, college or nba mostly have parents that were professional or at least division 1 athletes. The days of Lebron and d-wade coming from the hood are over with some exceptions. They were the last generation of that. Kid of sad in some ways.
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Best post in boneyard history
 
Kenny11 said:
Basketball is a rich kid sport now filled with kids who grew up with personal trainers and expert guidance. Top players in high school, college or nba mostly have parents that were professional or at least division 1 athletes. The days of Lebron and d-wade coming from the hood are over with some exceptions. They were the last generation of that. Kid of sad in some ways.
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“Kid of Sad” is a great name for a musical artist
 
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