Nothing meaningless about it.

newyorknewyork wrote:Hard to watch stuff like this.

And yet for some bizarre reason, despite the warnings, I couldn't help but watch the video

djsunyc wrote:team USA can go back to college players. if i am an owner all player contracts will now have a veto clause for non nba basketball activities.

But it's even more unfair for college players to risk injury- it means they'd never even get one pay day if something happened! This risk thing is a red herring anyways- every day a player could injure themselves- what, are they not suppose to play any basketball all offseason? Then they'd just be even more at risk of injuries in the regular season because they'd be out of shape. Life is a risk, it's unescapable.

djsunyc wrote:team USA can go back to college players. if i am an owner all player contracts will now have a veto clause for non nba basketball activities.

Nalod wrote:Typical over reaction the morning after.

Dude broke his leg in a game. Dudes used to go play Rucker, Olympics, Worlds, etc etc for decades and very few incidents.

IN the big scheme of things he did lose an limb, lose his career, lose his abilty to feed his family or sense of sight, hearing or taste. He broke his leg. Could have done it working out.

My prayers are for the children in Gaza and they be kept safe, Prayers for the children in Israel that a rocket does not kill them. Not praying for Paul George. I feel bad, but perspective.

Paul George broke his leg in front of a lot of people and will lose a year of his career.

Lets get perspective.

If a player don't want to play like Love did, then its cool. The young guys want to play, thats cool. I bet in the history of the olympics and other tournaments the injury frequency is miniscule. Free agents should not play. Free agents have to work out? You bet they do.

Bad things happen to all of us.

Be careful, don't get hurt!

+1

Vmart wrote:

Nalod wrote:Typical over reaction the morning after.

Dude broke his leg in a game. Dudes used to go play Rucker, Olympics, Worlds, etc etc for decades and very few incidents.

IN the big scheme of things he did lose an limb, lose his career, lose his abilty to feed his family or sense of sight, hearing or taste. He broke his leg. Could have done it working out.

My prayers are for the children in Gaza and they be kept safe, Prayers for the children in Israel that a rocket does not kill them. Not praying for Paul George. I feel bad, but perspective.

Paul George broke his leg in front of a lot of people and will lose a year of his career.

Lets get perspective.

If a player don't want to play like Love did, then its cool. The young guys want to play, thats cool. I bet in the history of the olympics and other tournaments the injury frequency is miniscule. Free agents should not play. Free agents have to work out? You bet they do.

Bad things happen to all of us.

Be careful, don't get hurt!

+1

Not sure I agree here.

Didn't Blake Griffin get hurt a year or two ago

BigDaddyG wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

Vmart wrote:

Nalod wrote:Typical over reaction the morning after.

Dude broke his leg in a game. Dudes used to go play Rucker, Olympics, Worlds, etc etc for decades and very few incidents.

IN the big scheme of things he did lose an limb, lose his career, lose his abilty to feed his family or sense of sight, hearing or taste. He broke his leg. Could have done it working out.

My prayers are for the children in Gaza and they be kept safe, Prayers for the children in Israel that a rocket does not kill them. Not praying for Paul George. I feel bad, but perspective.

Paul George broke his leg in front of a lot of people and will lose a year of his career.

Lets get perspective.

If a player don't want to play like Love did, then its cool. The young guys want to play, thats cool. I bet in the history of the olympics and other tournaments the injury frequency is miniscule. Free agents should not play. Free agents have to work out? You bet they do.

Bad things happen to all of us.

Be careful, don't get hurt!

+1

Not sure I agree here.

Didn't Blake Griffin get hurt a year or two ago

Blake got hurt in a preseason game. Should we end preseason? What about summer league or those stupid international exhibitions? I agree that players who are recovering from injuries or are in their free agency year should not be pressured into playing. But I don't agree that pro players should be restricted from playing international ball. If anything it's better that they get injured in a controlled atmosphere like Team USA instead of a pickup game in some college gym.

I think players should be stored in padded confined protection units in the offseason to minimise the chance of injury

yellowboy90 wrote:

holfresh wrote:Why are these players involved in these meaningless games...Why is the NBA risking so much for promotional purposes...Use first year and second year stiffs, if not college players...George is a great player with major upside and now who knows..Please stop involving our top athletes in these meaningless scrimmages, outside the Olympics...

So the answer is to let kids who may have bright futures but without the financial cushion pro athletes have play the game and risk injury? It's a risk either way and won't be fair either way but at least pro athletes have million dollar cushions to fall back on if they managed their finances right. It also helps that their contracts are fully guaranteed.

A guy like Paul George going down could be a game changer in Indy for the next decade..These games are meaningless..Who watches them??..