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birdman:
Did she take his offer? No. So he just ate bad press for the fun of it. Now you see why cube should have shut up?

Bad press where? From a few angry woke black women maybe.

Their demographic is not enough to make any dent on his project, the angry people are not even his target market so they don't matter in the grand scheme of things.

Let them use that anger to power their league

RIP Warriors

The Zion injury looked pretty bad. Warriors have zero excuses.

Zion hurt, Ingram shyte. The Kings ceased to be a threat once Malik Monk went down. If you can't beat the broken down Kings and Pelicans just blow the team up

Roland17:
They can’t afford to play Ajala more games. If they lose today, they play one of the Warriors/ Kings and if they scale through, they face a young OKC looking to make a statement. Win today and get Ajala the rest he needs to have any chance against Denver.

Adam Silver will make the call. The league probably wants Lakers v Denver first round

Lakers will wipe OKC like small pikin. Denver and maybe Phoenix are the only ones with medicine for Lakers, maybe big maybe Dallas but that's about it

Roland17:
Here come the Pelicans. They go on a run with CJ on the bench. Not sure why Green decided to bring him back.. only for him to pick a foul against Ajala

He's a rank bum. Funny he looks like a decent player in regular season ball.


Seems Zion is hurt. Even Ingram has been benched (good decision with his terrible shot making)

Lol. Abi are they tanking true true. Cos this 4th quarter I don't understand what I'm watching

I no see wetin this Ingram dey play sha.

Roland17:
CJ is killing the Pelicans with his snail pace at the point.

They didn't stand a chance really. CJ has been average since he left Portland

The Pelicans are 5/18 from 3. How do you tank that one

Lakers couldn't even tank this game if they tried. From the Pelicans and their stagnant offense brick merchants, can't shoot 3s. And the refs bailing the Lakers out when all else fails.

And Ingram. Why do he take the most boneheaded shots. You're not like that bro

Zion must be on NL or something. He's the only one that's looked half decent compared to his scrub teammates especially that goofy Steve Urkel doppelganger CJ McCollum.

You just know in big games he would go full Bricko mode

Roland17:
If they like, they should allow their insecurities and jealousy ruin it for them. They are not getting this opportunity again in the nearest future. There is nothing remotely close to her anywhere right now for Women’s game.

There are levels to greatness and It is okay to accept she is one of those rare ones. The average prices for the Indiana Fever away games have jumped 151%, that means everyone is trying take advantage.

The Angel Reese that they are making noise about did not even get drafted top 5. Abeg make we talk another thing jare. Na that person dem want make Cube offer that kain money.

If they like let them fumble her. There's almost 200million women in America. If they can't rally to support their first bonafide star, irrespective of race or identity politics then they need to pack up that league

I've said it that Angel Reese is like a Valanciunas, Clint Capela type. Rebound and putback merchant. Britney Grindr, Breanna Stewart, Delle Donne etc all play similar pattern. Even Liz Cambage who's far more skilled

What's helped her is she's at least feminine and not trying to look and appear manly to scare away straight male fans. She will move more numbers with her looks than her game

https://twitter.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1780060114185064590?s=19

Where is our resident socialist economist @birdman you now see why Cube wanted to pay Caitlin Clark that much?

This girl represents their last chance for their league to break even. If the BWs and Woke mafia like let them kick against her push to become the cash cow with their agendas and let's see what becomes of their semi professional league

birdman:
Win and face the nuggets. Darvin Ham is about to get fired depending on how this goes. Some would argue he gets fired regardless. Might as well try ya luck lol

Lakers will soon run out of coaches to fire atp. Like the Bucks are in if they lose to the Pacers

Honlucas:
Correction they have the best player in NBA.

Not best player in the world


The best player in the world is Dennis Schroder.

greypencils:
Zion is indisciplined and has obviously lost that fire to compete with the huge salary given to him. Ingram on the other hand is the Pelicans best player. Dude has been aggressive since his Laker days.

Besides that, if I was the Pelican coach, I'll just rest my first team against Lakers and bring the firepower against the winner of the Sacramento- Warriors matchup. The winner would be gassed and can't match the Pels first team. Being the 8th seed would have them go against playoff newbies, OKC, a team much weaker than Denver.

Zion is proof that all the muscles mean nothing without the right mentality. The fact that he's refused to work on any type of jumper makes me feel like he's just Ben Simmons with muscles.

I know people buy into how he's the most explosive player blah blah but I saw Reign Man Shawn Kemp and he is nowhere as powerful a PF as he was and even Shawn Kemp had a solid jumper so it's surprising to me that 5 seasons in he's still pretty much useless outside of 5ft

Resting players in a winner goes home scenario is far too dangerous. All it takes is for a team to spam 3 pters at a 50+% clip and you go cold and next thing you're out entirely.

Neither team should duck the Nuggets. Denver IMO are not as unbeatable, their bench is dodgy I know benches are far shorter in the playoffs but I don't know for certain that Watson and Braun can do what Brucey B did last year

Do Lakers tank their play in game and duck the Nuggets? Or win and damn the consequences.

I don't know why everyone will write them off yes they've been losing but I'd argue they're deeper than Denver. Presently there's 5 guys averaging at least 15pts per game. The idea that Lakers will stand no chance is a bit weird.

birdman:
No be half time? Dey watch...

You dey whine Federal Government?

Pelicans do not match up well with the Lakers especially this season. I can't quite place a finger on why they seem unable to compete but it seems they quickly gave up knowing the Suns were beating the TWolves and knowing they didn't have it in them to mount a comeback



One more thing. I don't know if it's just me but it seems with every passing game I get less and less impressed with Zion. His numbers might be gaudy but his game don't be passing the smell and impact test for me especially in big games. Anyway I'm open to new information in the future though

Be like na Lakers vs Pelicans again for play-in

Warriors vs Kings

birdman:
Lol, actually I need to stop explaining money to you guys. Lezz move on, ice cube is a business genius! this move has cemented his business good vibes for another year! yaaaaay!

Nothing you can explain to me. Don't gas yourself.

Just take off your Woke Socialist hat and act like you have a clue on how these things work

birdman:
Exactly! Now you get it! By himself giannis brother is not a smart financial move. But as tag along to his brother, it is. You have to think through your move, not just on immediate dollars and cents.

So now, back to ice cube. Follow me now. Caitlin likely will not play for Cube anyhow. So net net, do you think this whole episode is a positive for cube or a negative? Ahan, now you gerrit.

You sound goofy. Now I get it?

Pass that Igbeaux to the left hand side man

Giannis has made a small market Bucks team relevant, they can increase prices on season tickets, merchandise, concession stands. You're comparing what Giannis a franchise player means to the ecosystem of pretty much the state of Wisconsin to WNBA players? Apply some critical thinking nauu

It's a 100% positive for Ice Cube. That's more free publicity for his league. Look at this thread for example. Who has mentioned Big 3 before the offer

The demographic outraged at Cube do not matter in the grand scheme of things. This is not politics

Let them use that outrage to make the WNBA profitable so they're not NBA tax write off for another 30 years

birdman:
Sorry boss, but this is not really true in any business. Some people get hired for talent, others get hired to keep things smooth. You think Giannis brother was hired by Bucks based on his skills? Even where you work, Im sure you know folks like this lol.

This is the nature of things, and good businessmen know to stay out of these type of controversies. Notice how no other black mogul touched this matter with care, focusing on S Carolina coach instead.

Giannis is the goose that lays the golden egg and puts butts in the seats. Hiring his brother is not a charity move. With the value Giannis provides to the Bucks having his brother tag along is one of the perks of the office. Completely different scenarios

You keep infusing race into this matter and that is always the problem. Putting color before greenery.

If the Big 3 is going to grow and be more than just a circus show and niche league then this your Black vs White agenda must be discarded. Anything you tie or restrict to race in a multicultural society you're setting a ceiling for it. Even the NBA had to expand and embrace international products for it to reach where it is now.

The onus is not on Cube but on BW to push and present marketable and undeniable stars with crossover appeal.

birdman:
Im not claiming that he isnt. Me personally, I dont have any issues with him. But all decisions are not purely financial. There is always history and recency bias in these things. Any good businessman knows this. Forbes 500 companies spend billions on goodwill all the time, even accountants recognize it can have cash value on a balance sheet. For Cube to jump into the fray this way was not smart imo. Just because it makes you money doesnt mean its good business. He should have stayed faaaar away from this

Lmao is the Big 3 a Forbes 500 company? Wtf are you waffling about blud

There's nothing profitable or sustainable about picking up a non draw BW to a Big 3 league. The WNBA is a 70% BW league and black women are not supporting it so why in the blue hell should Cube be arsed about signing a BW player who cannot bring him any business or ratings

Comparing a small company to institutions that have ran for 50 plus years is absurd. Cube is not at a financial level where he can afford to carry and pay non contributors that will not bring back money's worth in ads and revenue. It's a business not a socialist brunch

The Kings season was cooked the second Malik Monk got hurt.

What Sabonehead and Fox did the last couple of minutes of that game was a complete war crime

15 double digit leads blown this season. 15!

birdman:
Well, when cube was a nobody, they were the ones watching his movies and listening to his music until he became big enough to do his own thing. It would be like Davido or Wizkid getting this big and thinking they can stop catering to the nigerian base. Las las it wont end well. I think guys like Cube should learn lessons from dem Denzel, etc the older generation. Everything is not simply about the dollars

Lmao. You will make a fine comedian.

So BW are Ice Cube's biggest demographic or what are you claiming

This man no take laugh kill me abeg. Basketball is not a race based product. Besides you're suggesting Cube pay BW that can't draw money just because

You will make a sensational businessman.

Oprah is a literal billionaire I don't see you asking her to start a league for BW

Cube is pushing his late 50s. He is the older generation, He doesn't need to learn nothing from nobody. Are you kidding? We're talking about someone in his 4th decade of relevancy

Everything is absolutely about the Almighty dollar. Are you serious? You want the league to pack up? Leagues are not run by sentiment and vibes, they're run by cold hard greenbacks, revenue. There's a reason so many WNBA teams have packed up in the past, they're being subsidized by the NBA now, Cube's league doesn't have such luxuries

birdman:
Interesting response from both of you, and I think this is what black women are driving at. You are trying to have the conversation based solely on performance, implying that there are no other underlying issues.

Lol. What yeye underlying issues. What have black women done for Ice Cube's Big 3 league?
Why should he pander and bend over backwards to a demographic that has not supported his brand for the most part?

Maybe it's their culture but I've never seen any other group of men who are groomed as indentured servants to their women. The level of entitlement and ownership I've never seen elsewhere. The women demand it the men enforce and police it. Pure insanity

I've always told Black women it's either you need Black men or you don't. You don't get to pick and choose when it's convenient

birdman:
But lets take that apart: If driving sales is all its about according to you Roland17, shouldnt Reese's notoriety also have been an asset last year? Because it looks like Ice Cube is only welcoming popularity accepted by mainstream americans as opposed to more black american.

Duhh. Black people are less than 13% of American population. Only a silly businessman will not tailor his products to the mainstream. When you factor that said black women don't even support their own WNBA which is predominantly black women and wannabe men why should Cube be arsed?

I've told you before Angel Reese is a putback/rebound merchant. Her game is not what puts butts in seats. She's been fortunate to leverage her sexuality and rivalry with Caitlin. Talent wise she's not in the same zip code. There's no aspect of her game that will hold up in a contest with men

birdman:
A40 you say Ice Cube is just a capitalist and he looks at it from just money angle. OK, lets accept that. Why didnt he capitalize last year or other years? Granted Caitlin is more skilled, but if its just about making money why was that not offered last year to drive sales as well? Unless Cube is not as politics agnostic as he would like to think

Maybe cos there was need to be sure that the Caitlin Clark phenomenon was not a fluke. Whatever you want to call it. No businessman with any sense God gave geese won't try to capitalize on someone that can get 15million people watching a basketball game. If you like make it about race or politics na you sabi

Not surprising that players get up for the teams that drafted and traded them

Roland17:
Ice Cube is about to add more petrol to the fire. Baba has offered Caitlin $5M to play in the in his BIG 3. If she accepts that offer, that would be monumental earnings for just 8 games and it doesn’t stop her from playing in the WNBA. I imagine WNBA players will die even further of hate and jealousy.

Many of these women are being unnecessarily bitter and petty about everything.

Hmmm there are pros and cons to it. If she looks bad competing among men it would badly hurt the WNBA. I'm sure the WNBA begged her feverishly not to accept the offer

Remember when Clay Travis said he would give the WNBA champions $2m if they beat a Male high school basketball team of his choosing and they never responded

Roland17:
Fair question for black women to ask, however, an offer like this is primarily about driving sales, rating and revenue for Ice Cube. While Reese is a dominant player, she did not drive the attendance or rating like Caitlin did. The NCAA Womens tournament had its highest watch rating ever this year.

The rating bettered the mens by a long mile and improved from last year’s and these metrics were primarily influenced by one person.. Caitlin Clark. So no, Reese isn’t getting that type of offer because it is not charity.

S. Ionescu is a player with similar playing style when she was in college but she never came close to what Caitlin is doing neither did she get any invite from any other league.

Caitlin isn’t your regular type of player and we have to accept that. Once everyone is on the same page about that, we shouldn’t have some of these issues/ debates.

Laughable that people try to compare putback merchant Angel Reese to Caitlin.

Fairplay to Angel for leveraging her physicality both on and off the court, it's at least refreshing to not see wannabe men like Griner, Taurasi and co but comparing her to Caitlin as a star would be like comparing Steph to a Rudy Gobert

birdman:
The offer is at about 2 weeks old and she hasnt spoken on it, so I doubt she will take it. But it has raised questions for black women. A fair question to ask is where was this effort for black women like Angela Reese? I think black women are frustrated with the type of answers black men in power often give to these valid questions. Its like black men try to play pretend when it suits their pockets. Kinda like what Emmanuel Acho did some days ago. Acho is my guy, but he is very tone deaf on these matters.

Forgive me yall if I m starting a fire in a dry forest

Ice Cube is a capitalist trying to make money. Nothing consign am with all this una socialist talking points

There's no real bankable black female basketballer out there. Don't mention Angel Reese pls we are not talking about twerking here.

Caitlin can do TV numbers alone Reese can't. You think he won't offer a black woman money if she's box office? These guys only see green mayne

Besides how is it that the same Black women that say they're doing better than black men still turn around asking to be saved by black men when it hits the fan. You can't have it both ways. A Black man do not owe you anything just cos you're a black woman btw

Speaking about Acho I hate that he didn't stand on what he said and allowed himself get sonned and lil bro'd by these pandering charlatans like Ryan Clark and Matt Barnes of all people. Why didn't they tackle Shady McCoy and the other guy James Jones who said the same thing or even worse. Still this their useless African immigrant hate that 'FBA' (goofies that are still in denial that their ancestors were all shipped from Africa) and excuse making black Americans cling on everytime

Seems like the Kings are going to ruin the Lakers x Warriors matchup after all.

At this point Warriors might jump to 8

greypencils:
Clark passes as someone who is comfortable in her own skin. She has left all on the floor in back to back NCAA finals. She didn't win on both occasions but she clearly made a name for herself. She is etched in history as having scored the most points in NCAA both Men and Women. The haters can hate. I found myself disliking BET for their 'excessive blackness' posting content on Angel Reese and LSU with the 'Black Queen' mantra. It suddenly began to reek of inferiority complex to me when they posted reactions of black celebrities to South Carolina's NCAA win with their followers on social media hawking the 'black queen' mantra like gala. I just tire. When it comes to BBall, no one cares your race, just play ball. C.Clark has been able to draw the attention of the world, Male, Female, Black & White. I just pray she continues and ups that level at the WNBA. Let the hate continue. Boys go still tune in to watch her assists and 3-points shots.

Exactly. All that counts is that she brought historic number of eyeballs to their game. Whether the other women rally round her remains to be seen. You know these people have a socialist mindset they don't know the league needs revenue to pay them. They think they're owed money cos they throw balls in a hoop

They for the most part seem bitter and jealous even the white ones among them which is why I don't think it's just a race issue. The fact that she's not bent the knee to the Woke/LGBTQ mafia is also no bueno. You see one of the primary reasons for the existence of that league is to push that agenda. Caitlin Clark is a contrast to that. If you want to see real hate. Let her bring up God or declare her support for Trump that's when you will see real outrage

Black American people especially the women are always on some victimhood P. That one is not new. All I'd say is they should stop celebrating and embracing degeneracy and maybe people will start taking them seriously.

It's in the interest of that league if they ever want to be profitable to know the demographic that gives a damn about sports (straight 15-65 year old males) and keep pushing women like Caitlin Clark not masculine presenting women like Britney Griner or Diane Taurasi that don't even have the athleticism to backup their masculine costumes