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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

You missed the point. The most talented players are the one and dones and most of them don't care about impacting the college game. Their draft slots are established well before there is even a midnight madness held.

Do you think that Jayson Tatum went all out? How about that Jackson kid? You think they didn't take note of Embiid, Giles, Smith Jr and say F that?

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Once again, basketball talk ruins everything.

This thread was really fun while it lasted.

That's one of the dumbest things I've ever read here.

To answer your idiotic question, yes I think Jayson Tatum went all out in every game he played this year.

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Tell that to the projected top 5 pick in this video.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=de%27aaron+fox+crying&view=detail&mid=303B5AC51278023133C8303B5AC51278023133C8&FORM=VIRE

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Keep following the logic, shakes. Does figure skating require more talent than basketball?

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Not being shakes, but I would say it does. Definitely requires a lot more balance and coordination...

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What was idiotic about? Ben Simmons admitted he didn't really care much for the college game and most the top guys probably would admit the same thing.

When your very best players are guys that are fringe NBA players at best it sort of validates the point I'm making.

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Yes. Easily.

If we're in agreement, I'm fine with that.

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Baseball has to take the most talent. The best players in the world fail at their job 60-70% of the time. What other sport does that happen?

Edit: nevermind, the answer to the above is probably college basketball.

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It's definitely more difficult to become a top figure skater as opposed to a top basketball player.

But, figure skaters don't also have to carry a stick and play a fast moving team sport with 9 other grown men skating around at top speed trying to hurt you so its not as difficult as hockey.

That said, I've been skating for 40 years and I couldn't imagine even trying some of the stuff that figure skaters routinely do.

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Frank mason dominated those players. They should play better.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

That's fine. I just think shakes has an emotional attachment to hockey and lox.

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I don't think it's about talent as much as it is athleticism. I would agree baseball takes the most talent but a chain smoking fatass can be good at it.

no.

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I love how these one and dones are choosing not to dominate because that's obviously a smart move.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

But those players weren't trying!

Signed,

LTG

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I thought we were arguing athleticism, not talent.

Those are two distinctly different things. I thought we were arguing talent. Baseball takes the most talent. It takes the least amount of athleticism. Basketball takes the most amount of both to play.

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Which top tier NBA talent did he dominate? I don't watch much college hoops but something tells me they were the bball equivalent of tomato cans. College basketball is bum city these days.

Local steak and shake employees to be. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

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Spoken like a guy that just stated that LeBron James is the only shutdown guy in the league. He isn't even top 5 or 10 at this stage when it comes to that.

You look at the mock drafts prior to the start of their freshman year. It rarely changes after the conclusion of their freshman season.

These guys already know where they are going to be drafted and so do NBA scouts. No incentive to go hard because it may lead to injury.

Harry Giles's entire career is in jeopardy because of injuries suffered prior to playing college ball. This stuff matters.

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Disagree. Hockey takes more. I can give you basketball at #2 though.

That doesn't mean anything since it just means the other guy is succeeding 60-70% of the time

LTG summed up: I don't watch CBB, but let me tell you all about CBB.

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Unless the other guy is Jose Quintana.

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I have watched enough to know it sucks! It's why don't watch

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To be fair, that's every NBA opinion in this thread outside of mine, ltg, and db's.

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Hockey requires a high level of hand eye coordination like baseball coupled with physical contact and having to skate around on ice. I don't think any other sport comes close to the level of talent needed to play professional hockey.

Jordan picked up a bat and went to the minors. Tebow picked up a bat and went to the minors. They were never going to be in the MLB but they could hang with other pros. No other athlete from another league is jumping over to the AHL and going to be able to hang.

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