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re: Lebron drew the group of death
Posted on 7/8/23 at 8:11 pm to TomRollTideRitter
Posted on 7/8/23 at 8:11 pm to TomRollTideRitter
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Yeah and it’s a shame because an FA Cup would be wildly entertaining for basketball, but it simply can’t exist in our closed pro sports system.
And the owners will never jeopardize that closed system, so we’re left with this idea that just arbitrarily calls some games important because they’re “cup games”.
It can be done in this country. Hell, we have the US Open Cup in soccer that is a fun tournament. And if there are enough Americans and foreigners willing to play soccer in America to create 5 tiers of leagues to fill out the Open Cup, you can definitely do it in basketball... but that's obviously not what the NBA is doing here.
It's just another tournament that involves NBA teams.
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Posted on 7/8/23 at 8:30 pm to Broski
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And if there are enough Americans and foreigners willing to play soccer in America to create 5 tiers of leagues to fill out the Open Cup, you can definitely do it in basketball... but that's obviously not what the NBA is doing here.
Who plays in it though? The G League is an option, but that’s still not the same because those are affiliated development teams. So for the players it would matter, but it’s not organizations competing like a true Open Cup. That’s why Barcelona’s B side can’t play in Copa Del Rey or the top flight.
I don’t even know what the next league is after the G League.
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