Pretty sweet concept with some good analysis and discussion. There is even a tidbit about Marquette and how we are not like the other top ranked teams in this "tournament".
It's a long off season so this is kind of a good way to kill some time! Enjoy and Go MU!
http://crumpledpaperjumper.com/2016/03/29/alumni-3-on-3-tournament/
Quote from: fjm on March 29, 2016, 01:34:41 PM
Pretty sweet concept with some good analysis and discussion. There is even a tidbit about Marquette and how we are not like the other top ranked teams in this "tournament".
It's a long off season so this is kind of a good way to kill some time! Enjoy and Go MU!
http://crumpledpaperjumper.com/2016/03/29/alumni-3-on-3-tournament/
This is a cool idea. Some of the seedings make me scratch my head.
What about a no-college team with Kobe, LeBron, and Giannis?
Or whoever. I don't follow NBA ball close enough to know who the three best currently are.
With no true big, we're screwed.
But it's a guard's game!! Haven't you been paying attention?
Quote from: warriorchick on March 29, 2016, 01:50:31 PM
What about a no-college team with Kobe, LeBron, and Giannis?
Or whoever. I don't follow NBA ball close enough to know who the three best currently are.
Best 3 high schoolers of all time?
Hmm, definitely Kobe, LBJ... You could go Moses Malone or KG, then a next tier of Amare, Dwight Howard, Shawn Kemp
Davis and Cousins side-by-side sounds pretty intimidating.
Quote from: reinko on March 29, 2016, 04:38:00 PM
Best 3 high schoolers of all time?
Hmm, definitely Kobe, LBJ... You could go Moses Malone or KG, then a next tier of Amare, Dwight Howard, Shawn Kemp
Gotta be current players and is based on their present day vorp.
I'd probably go Greek Freak, Lbj, and Howard for non college.
Interesting that Marquette's seeded higher than Kansas, Michigan State and UConn — and equal to UNC, Duke and Florida. Pretty good company.
I think Jae instead of Wes makes them better.
If it's make it-take it, play Novak when on offense.
Jae-wade-jimmy, I like best.
Quote from: reinko on March 29, 2016, 04:38:00 PM
Best 3 high schoolers of all time?
Hmm, definitely Kobe, LBJ... You could go Moses Malone or KG, then a next tier of Amare, Dwight Howard, Shawn Kemp
Serious oversight as you've left out Ners
We would also win a coaching staff 3v3.
Quote from: Skitch on March 29, 2016, 07:38:32 PM
I think Jae instead of Wes makes them better.
Jae > Wes
Tougher Defensively. Banger.
Though, Wes can get hot from the arc.
The kids and I did an NBA 5 on 5 playground game on whatever their video game thingie is - I'm too old to keep up with the versions.
We put Jae, Wade, Jimmy, Novak and Wes against Kobe, LeBron, Durant, Westbrook and Chandler.
The MU guys lost... until we reconfigured it and put specific positions with Wade at the 1, Novak at the 2, Wes at the 3, JFB at 4 and Jae at 5. Then the MU guys won every time, even with different "operators" at the controls.
It was a great way to kill a rainy day.
Quote from: TSmith34 on March 29, 2016, 08:56:15 PM
Serious oversight as you've left out Ners
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Final Four! I knew we'd be back to one soon.
Good mention of MUScoop there too.
UNC will have these wins vacated
Here's a man who clearly respects the power of the invisible hand of Scoop
Some dude with a blog does an entirely hypothetical tournament, and his inclusion of Marquette causes us all to jump on it to the point of influencing his picks. This is about as Scoop as it gets. Only thing better would be if he did it in the middle of the summer when the off season boredom was at its height.
That said, I think this was awesome. The basketball stuff was legit, and the humor (but wait, you have to play the law school; are there even refs in this tournament?) was appreciated. Nicely done.
Just wait til HE starts tearing it up! No way we lose this fake tournament then!
Quote from: fjm on April 08, 2016, 11:26:30 AM
Just wait til HE starts tearing it up! No way we lose this fake tournament then!
We're making D League rosters now?