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Originally posted by KSig RC
while rafer alston had a pretty solid season (enough to get horrifically overpaid - tough NBA market, lol), he's been cut something like 8 or 9 times before - only when he quit the and1 tour did he improve his game enough (specifically, his jumpshot and his d).
a couple of the dudes (escalade, et al) played low-level college ball, and they're all fairly solid - but in all honesty, it is 100% a sideshow, and any whining about the NBA (which happened more last season, admittedly) is totally posturing for the camera, as alston has proved the opportunity exists if you prove yourself good enough. i mean, the and1 team lost like 3 times this season to the goofball squads they played . . . it's entertaining, even if it needs to be separated more from 'real' basketball due to the extremely poor habits it promotes on the court (like 1-on-4 'handles' and rewarding cherrypicking).
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Skip didn't quit.
Where'd that come from? O he quit when he got a spot in the NBA. He wasn't getting overpaid IMO. LeBRON WAS OVERPAID! And if And1 being a sideshow was the case, then obviously the Harlem Globetrotters wouldn't exist by now.
That AND the fact that Earl "The Goat" Manigault would've BEEN making big money for embarrassing folks on the streetball courts at the Rucker. I don't know where folks get the idea that the And1 stuff is fake. IT'S REALLY NOT! I had a cousin who actually played with them when they was in New Orleans one year and he showed me the tape in which Main Event jumped over his big ass almost from the freethrow line and dunked on him!
And they didn't lose to goofball squads. So the NY Team is a goofball squad? If you ask me, the NY Team had people like Future, Booger, and I'll Be Right Back playing for them. They are Rucker Park legends. I tell you what.... Ask Kobe if the And1 streetballers or any other streetball legendary teams fake. Cause um, he sure didn't do to much when he got up at the Rucker.
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