Wasn’t Rondo technically drafted by Phoenix and traded to Boston?  Also, yes, I am an asshole.

I feel like Smoltz has actively gotten worse at broadcasting the last few years.

oooooof

If you came into this post and didn’t expect dicks, you’re probably gonna get fired from your job soon anyway.

So every time a non-QB passes the ball it’s gonna be called Phily Special now, isn’t it?

Are you saying there won’t be a lot of teams willing to do this or not a lot of teams worried about developing other players?  For the former, it doesn’t really sound like they have a choice, depending on how many players decide to go this route.  For the latter, I think it will be an issue for any team with one of…

Last night did not help support my “Devin Booker is butt” take but I will not be discouraged. 

I feel like the teams would need a right of first refusal for it to be worth it to them to fully invest in a kid but I don’t know how much that would be. Would the kid get paid like a #1 overall pick for every team? If so, I don’t think teams would use it unless they think they had a superstar. Otherwise it still…

Fire Lacob into the sun.

A year’s worth of lebron junior ticket sales, which frankly probably still wouldn’t be that much money in relative terms, would not be worth teaching him to shoot only to have him make 10 3's against you in the conference finals.

Which kinda works now because, for the most part, very few of these players have any real shot of playing meaningful minutes in the NBA. Add a bunch of lottery picks and it’s a different story.

1) Having an independent prospect team might work but if they’re trying to establish it as an actual competitive league, probably not a good choice. A team full of top 10 picks is gonna mop the floor with a bunch D-league scrubs.

It’s not about the coaches but about the organizations. I’m not saying the Maine Red Claws are going to sabotage a kid but why would they want to help a kid learn how to shoot if it could mean that jumper could knock you out of the playoffs for 10 years? There’s no benefit to the teams. Especially if you’re one of the…

I question how some of this will work though.  What incentive is there for a team to devote the time and resources to develop a player (who, considering it’s only a select number of the best recruits, would likely be a lottery pick at worst) only to have them drafted by another team?  For example, let’s say the one of…

He compared the Brewers’ move to Machado kicking Aguilar last night.  Come the fuck on.

Listening to Smoltz have a meltdown made the whole thing worth it, regardless of it actually works or not.

Accurate. I bought it day one as I really liked Recettear and only put a little time into it.  I’m sure the updates helped but I never felt the need to return.  It had a lot of good ideas and didn’t do any of them well.

Barf Pukepile JR sounds like a player in Mutant League Football.

As you say, all of this only happens because the NCAA doesn’t allow players to get paid.  Is there any way this either 1) forces the NCAA to allow players to be paid or (even better) 2) fucks the NCAA for some sort of lack of institutional control?  We all know the government wants to get its cut and the easiest way…

Aren’t most of those players likely bots farming for cards?