[TXSTYLE]

Oh My God....!!!! My wife and I are watching Team USA Basketball scrimmage and this horrific and gruesome injury happened on live television. Look closely at his "Right Leg". He was attempting to block James Harden but came down awkwardly on the back goal brace. I feel terrible for this young man. Pray he can recover....

I'm on my phone and not sure if photo will upload . But I took a pic and will share later...

[batchelorc]

Oh shit

[kscarrol]

Saw that! Makes Joe Thiesman's break look PG13... Awful to watch!

[DSB335d]

Too soon?

[dtn]

Anderson Silva all over again.

[Litos]

"...my trip to the Finals just got that much easier..."


- King James

[BayMoWe335]

Originally Posted by Litos

"...my trip to the Finals just got that much easier..."


- King James

Not that it wasn't a cakewalk even before this...

[adobeee]

Here's the original video:

[Litos]

Originally Posted by BayMoWe335

Not that it wasn't a cakewalk even before this...

yeah, that's why I put "that much" easier

[TXSTYLE]

Cuban wants the league to disallow players from playing in these international games. This is why.

Indy already lost Lance Stevenson so this is that much more difficult.

[NemesisX]

Originally Posted by TXSTYLE

Cuban wants the league to disallow players from playing in these international games. This is why.

Indy already lost Lance Stevenson so this is that much more difficult.

Then why not reduce the regular season from 82 games to, say, 60 games? That would help to reduce the risk of injury far more than preventing players from playing for USA basketball. Hell, let's go to 40. Reducing player risk has never been the only goal of the NBA. They are an entertainment business first and foremost.

There's nothing inherently more dangerous about playing in a USA basketball scrimmage than there is playing in a typical, regular season or pre-season practice scrimmage with your own team. Paul George unfortunately fell victim to a freak accident.

Now, Mark Cuban's more subtle point is that neither players nor owners are paid to play international basketball but players (and owners) assume non-zero risk for zero immediate, direct return on investment. But, playing in these international tournaments for free is the first step in expanding the NBA globally which will bring in more money (eventually), not to mention they provide entertainment value for the fans even if it's not (yet) as popular to watch as the NBA playoffs.

[richardbb85]

Originally Posted by NemesisX

Then why not reduce the regular season from 82 games to, say, 60 games? That would help to reduce the risk of injury far more than preventing players from playing for USA basketball. Hell, let's go to 40. Reducing player risk has never been the only goal of the NBA. They are an entertainment business first and foremost.

There's nothing inherently more dangerous about playing in a USA basketball scrimmage than there is playing in a typical, regular season or pre-season practice scrimmage with your own team. Paul George unfortunately fell victim to a freak accident.

Now, Mark Cuban's more subtle point is that neither players nor owners are paid to play international basketball but players (and owners) assume non-zero risk for zero immediate, direct return on investment. But, playing in these international tournaments for free is the first step in expanding the NBA globally which will bring in more money (eventually), not to mention they provide entertainment value for the fans even if it's not (yet) as popular to watch as the NBA playoffs.

NBA is not about the players, is all about the money.

[hongsc]

Hope he comes back from the injury. It took Shaun Livingston a long time to come back and Kevin Ware. He's probably for a year then mentally, who knows how he'll play.

[MrPrena]

OMG!!!! OUCH!!!!

[Q23]

Damn I feel for him... No chance for Indy this year.