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  1. abeer3

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    re: expansion:

    this was interesting to me:

    this guy is paid a lot of money to know what his product is, so i find the precise phrasing here peculiar. i wonder if we all agree on this. i can assume that the league has done some research to support the idea that what people want is good competition (as opposed to good basketball). i've always considered myself more into the latter. like i'm sure college wrestling is GREAT competition, but i've never wanted to watch it nor enjoyed it when i accidentally watched it.
     
    abeer3, Mar 26, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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    Completely agree.

    And yeah, it could work out well for Denver if they are willing to work with us a bit. I'd think the odds of that were higher with Malone gone but we will see.
     
    ElginTheGreat, Mar 26, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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    That sounds a bit dangerous to me if I'm being honest.

    I would think the product still needs to be at a certain level for fans to be happy with it precisely for that reason. I enjoy college basketball but a lot of people don't because the play on the court isn't as good. I think the overall ratings of the different products reflects that.

    With rumors of a rival league from deep pockets in other countries continuing to swirl, I'm not sure you want to dilute your product like that. Maybe the play is to take away more of the potential talent a rival league could pull from but still. Seems risky even though I think Vegas and Seattle will certainly support a team.

    Those are my immediate thoughts on it and it could all be off. Definitely something to watch.
     
    ElginTheGreat, Mar 26, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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    52years, Mar 26, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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    wtf another @Slick2021 ? what is this - did Slick get banned and this is his burner lol
     
    Pioneer10, Mar 26, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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    It was a Slick burner account which is now deleted. I have no idea why @Slick2021 would create a site burner, but it violates site rules. Consider the burner burned.
     
    TIME, Mar 26, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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    I will only disagree with one detail. No one is more unlikeable than Harden.
     
    TIME, Mar 26, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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    NOOOO ..... seriously? I had just checked with him 15 minutes ago by PM to the new tag, to see what was up with it, and he explained it's hopefully temporary. He got a new laptop and had problem with not having the old password and somehow it affected access to LB, so had to create new one. Then contacted Cookie and she directed him to PM Barns, which he has done but hasn't heard back yet. Poor guy. :clap:


    :LLLLLebronlaughing:

    :Crazyartest:
     
    LTLakerFan, Mar 26, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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    He forgot his password and couldn’t get into his old account. I told him to send @Barnstable a PM to see if he could help him recover it.
     
    Cookie, Mar 26, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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    It's just like Slick to put his money where his mouth is and go ahead WestBRICK his account ;)
     
    Pioneer10, Mar 26, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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