TheNorthCydeRises Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 if you could get a credible entity to put it together, this might actually be a marketable concept to put forth in the absence of the NBA. Or at the very least, it would be an interesting summer type league. Create a league based on ballers who were either born or played college or pro ball in a particular city/area . . . and have them play other teams from other cities . . for money . . BIG MONEY. Take the ATL vs Seattle concept that was going to occur. Would those guys pulled out of that game if they were playing for a pot of say $200,000? With the winner getting $150,000 to split and the loser getting $50,000 to split? Could a concept like that, if marketed correctly, draw 10,000 people a game . . if tickets were say an average of $30 apiece? Would the average basketball fan pay to see games such as these? It may not have the intensity of an NBA game, but it would be a lot more intense than a regular exhibition type game. And the end of games would be highly intense, if it came down to those players splitting $150,000 compared to $50,000. Possible teams: TEAM ATLANTA: Teague - JJ - Josh Smith - Derrick Favors - Howard TEAM CHICAGO: Rose - Wade - Iguodala - Maggette - Noah TEAM PHILLY: Jameer Nelson - Tyreke Evans - Kobe - Dejuan Blair - Rasheed Wallace TEAM LA: Baron Davis - Westbrook - Harden - Kevin Love - Gasol TEAM NYC: Johnny Flynn - Artest - Melo - Odom - Hibbert TEAM DC: John Wall - Delonte West - Durant - McGee - Greg Monroe ( Georgetown ) Sort of looks like our Hawksquawk Draft over the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lethalweapon3 Posted November 26, 2011 Author Moderators Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 ~lw3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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