Official March Madness 2024 Thread

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I was responding to multiple posts discussing his NBA prospects in this thread. Why is it being brought up to discredit him then?

There's as much discussion about that, as there is about his game and he's in the middle of a historic tournament run.
Because this is a board of mostly NBA fans that are watching a player and a version of a sport they don't watch often, so of course they'll relate it out to what they actually are fans of. College stars will typically have something in their game or personality that intrigues, entertains, or endears them to the general public. Despite all his accolades and success, Edey's appeal starts and ends at him being 7'4 and being able to walk and chew gum at the same time:manny:
 

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Because this is a board of mostly NBA fans that are watching a player and a version of a sport they don't watch often, so of course they'll relate it out to what they actually are fans of. College stars will typically have something in their game or personality that intrigues, entertains, or endears them to the general public. Despite all his accolades and success, Edey's appeal starts and ends at him being 7'4 and being able to walk and chew gum at the same time:manny:

And one of the things that intrigues casual viewers is NBA potential. That's what I was criticizing, discrediting Edey as a college star because he isn't a good NBA prospect.
People dismiss him putting up 6 straight 20 & 10 games, and having a historic NCAA run because he doesn't fit a modern NBA offense. :why:
 

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Zack edey aint shyt. All he does is be taller than everyone. Let him come to the NBA and get exposed :unimpressed:
American babble

If he's this trash it really is a statement on American Basketball tbh

Back to back player of the year, bout to win the title, rookie of the year Not American, MVP 6 years in a row Not American, DPOY Not American, ROY Not American, the #1 pick in the draft every year Not American. Lost to Germany , Canada , and Lithuania last year while finishing outside of the medal spots in the senior and u19 tournaments

We're watching the fall of an empire :blessed: The fattest country in the world is showing its man t*ts :blessed:
 

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American babble

If he's this trash it really is a statement on American Basketball tbh

Back to back player of the year, bout to win the title, rookie of the year Not American, MVP 6 years in a row Not American, DPOY Not American, ROY Not American, the #1 pick in the draft every year Not American. Lost to Germany , Canada , and Lithuania last year while finishing outside of the medal spots in the senior and u19 tournaments

We're watching the fall of an empire :blessed: The fattest country in the world is showing its man t*ts :blessed:
Uhhh, yeah. College ball is generally a bad product :dahell:

my post was 90% hate, but yeah NCAA ball is pretty mediocre.
 

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College basketball isn’t a bad product, it’s a different product

The nba has legislated defense out of the game. It mostly resembles rec league
it's different, but it's bad.

NCAA definitely looks like rec league. a ton of post ups and people passing around the perimeter for 25 out of 30 seconds
 

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American babble

If he's this trash it really is a statement on American Basketball tbh

Back to back player of the year, bout to win the title, rookie of the year Not American, MVP 6 years in a row Not American, DPOY Not American, ROY Not American, the #1 pick in the draft every year Not American. Lost to Germany , Canada , and Lithuania last year while finishing outside of the medal spots in the senior and u19 tournaments

We're watching the fall of an empire :blessed: The fattest country in the world is showing its man t*ts :blessed:
We still run the world with guards and small forwards. The international players only running the front court spots.
 

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And one of the things that intrigues casual viewers is NBA potential. That's what I was criticizing, discrediting Edey as a college star because he isn't a good NBA prospect.
People dismiss him putting up 6 straight 20 & 10 games, and having a historic NCAA run because he doesn't fit a modern NBA offense. :why:
Those specific fans have always been present though. It was the same thing with Christian Laetner and Bobby Hurley 30+ years ago, and I'm sure it was the case before that. It's just become louder as the games have grown further apart.
 
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