At first, I thought LaVar Ball was....

[cavsfever]

The Lakers could have had Tatum lol

They could have had Ingram lol

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

There is a sad symmetry to this....

 

[PIP]

$495.00 for a pair of unproven shoes is a tad much.

 

[2 For The Brew]

Shoes are like tires on motor vehicles. Tremendous force and stress under different conditions, need durability as well and they are the only parts of the athlete that normally touch the floor. Tires are by far the most technologically advanced part of any car and require a massive amount of R&D. Same with really good basketball shoes.

I wouldn’t want to drive a vehicle on tires designed and engineered on a shoestring budget and I wouldn’t want a pro athlete I cared about wearing shit shoes.

Awful for Lonzo who had developed a really good shot and now might be done.

 

[Deezus]

Shoes are like tires on motor vehicles. Tremendous force and stress under different conditions, need durability as well and they are the only parts of the athlete that normally touch the floor. Tires are by far the most technologically advanced part of any car and require a massive amount of R&D. Same with really good basketball shoes.

I wouldn’t want to drive a vehicle on tires designed and engineered on a shoestring budget and I wouldn’t want a pro athlete I cared about wearing shit shoes.

Awful for Lonzo who had developed a really good shot and now might be done.

I'm not discounting the importance of tires, but this sentence seems like hyperbole. Direct injection, variable valve timing, self driving/parking capabilities, intelligent on-board diagnostics and computer systems, hybrid drivetrain setups, intelligent all wheel drive... I can think of a ton of things I would consider more technologically advanced than tires. Curious as to why you think that is the case (also, happy to take this to PM, as I know I'm straying off topic)

 

[Bob_The_Cat]

I'm not discounting the importance of tires, but this sentence seems like hyperbole. Direct injection, variable valve timing, self driving/parking capabilities, intelligent on-board diagnostics and computer systems, hybrid drivetrain setups, intelligent all wheel drive... I can think of a ton of things I would consider more technologically advanced than tires. Curious as to why you think that is the case (also, happy to take this to PM, as I know I'm straying off topic)

I wouldn’t be surprised if the tire/wheel has spent more combined time in r&d than all of those things combine. No idea how to quantify that, but it wouldn’t surprise me.

Look at it this way…if the bottom of your shoe was just flat without any tread, starting, stopping, and cutting basically becomes impossible or dangerous when trying to do so at high speeds. Doesn’t matter how well-conditioned of an athlete you are if you’re sliding around on the ground and make any quick movements.

In this case, playing professional basketball in BBB shoes is probably akin to taking the stock tires from a Toyota Camry and putting them on an Indy Car thinking they’re going to work the same.

 

[Kizzle]

He’s a clown but i cannot just ignore him being 3/3 on raising hard working men, who are all great at basketball. Im still pulling for Liangelo to make a roster and last all season. He can shoot just needs to round out his game.

 

[PIP]

Mental trauma…