Buying idea of a “Rookie Curse” for Sixers?
Rookie, Zhaire Smith suffered a fractured left foot during a developmental camp in Vegas (Via Yahoo! Sports)
Today’s Panel:
First Half
Hollywood play biggest role in LeBron to Lakers?
Will produce a docu-series for Showtime called ‘Shut Up and Dribble’ (Via Variety)
“This has been in the works for a long time. They’ve been working on this” – Shelburne
“This is brilliant. They took an insult and turn it and flip it into generating more revenue for their pockets” – Haynes
Referring to LeBron’s friends Maverick Carter and agent Rich Paul
“He wants to be a political voice. A social voice” – Shelburne
John Wall a top-5 point guard?
Haynes top 5 PGs (Based off of last year):
-Stephen Curry
-Russell Westbrook
-Damian Lillard
-Chris Paul
-Kyle Lowry (And/Or James Harden, assuming he’s a PG)
“The reason why he’s not talked about that way is that the Wizards have continually disappointed people” – Shelburne
“This is extra motivation for him and he’s got to prove it” – Shelburne
Rudy Gay: “Night and Day” difference between Spurs, Raptors (Via Hartford Courant)
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Rudy Gay taking a shot at Kawhi?
“It’s kind of a strange thing for Rudy to have to answer because he got traded from Toronto. One place showed you the door and another place showed him the love” – Shelburne
“He feels good about the organization. But he wasn’t taking a shot at Kawhi. It was a shot at everybody else” – Haynes
Livin’; More taken aback by the car or the shorts? (Via dzandertraining/IG)
Shorts; 15 years ago today: Some shorts wore T.J. Ford (Via CBS Sports)
Mood; Ever seen Derrick Rose this happy?
Via alainataughtyou/IG:
Caring; P.J. Tucker trolls decision to suspend UNC football players
Throwbacks; Excited to watch Hornets on their ‘Classic Nights’?
Moving on…
Player most likely to become first-time all-star?
Part of ESPN’s Summer Forecast
“Off the grid: Zach LaVine in Chicago” – Haynes
“Ben Simmons. He should have been an all-star last season, but he just came on a little bit too late” – Shelburne
“The All-Star format should be revamped to the top 24 all-stars, regardless of conference. That way, we assure that the best are represented in the all-star game” – Haynes
August 7, 2011 – DeWanna Bonner (Phoenix Mercury) steals the inbounding pass to layup it up and in to tie the game in the finals seconds of the game vs the Connecticut Sun!
Second Half
“Over” – Haynes
“This is a sizeable decline. 10.5 games off of what they did last year?” – Shelburne
“Just about right, might be even a little bit high for them” – Shelburne
“I’m going with the under, slightly” – Haynes
“Just about right. But I would go over slightly. I’m still not sold on the pieces there” – Haynes
“That’s the right number to put them at because they underachieved. They should just be better” – Shelburne
“Under. This is the year where we find out if the Jazz are the new Spurs because they have that kind of system and players” – Shelburne
“Under. I do think they’re still a playoff team” – Haynes
“This is an easy over” – Hubbarth
“That’s pretty low for the Bulls” – Shelburne
“The Chicago Bulls can be the next coming of the Boston Celtics. That squad from top to bottom is promising” – Haynes
ESPN Draft Expert, Jonathan Givony joined the show!
NBA Prospect Brian Bowen to play in Australia
Ineligible for 2018-19 NCAA season; Will play for the Sydney Kings
Started a new initiative called ‘The Next Stars’ program
Australia viable alternative for one-and-done prospects?
“They’re really making an aggressive play here at elite high school players and make this a pathway. A lot of people are fed up right now with college basketball” – Givony
“I think it’s good. It’s the right level. It’s not the strongest league, it’s not the Euroleague, or ACB” – Givony on the development in Australia
Ever seen a prospect like Zion Williamson?
Fact: Has a 6’10” wingspan!
“In my 15 years, I have never seen a player like him who is so strong and athletic. The closest comparison is Charles Barkley” – Givony
“The thing with Zion is that he’s that big and another guy I would put in this category would be LeBron James” – Shelburne
“He’s a very good passer and a great basketball IQ. He’s a lot more than a highlight reel” – Givony
Inside the gambling story that rocked the league (The Action Network)
Rob Perez, World Wide Wob, joined the show!
Insight on Arenas-Crittenton showdown?
Card game: Bourré
“It is UNO. It’s a combination of UNO, poker, spades and the final rap battle from 8 Mile. It’s all about privado. It’s all about flexing on your opponent. Majority of it is luck. But you just do it to clown the people that you’re playing against” – Perez
“This is an X-Files NBA story” – Perez
“It develops into the infamous incident” – Perez
2009 locker room confrontation with Javaris Crittenton
