Some how it didn't happen but I think they should try again:
- Black Mamba vs. King James
- Melo vs Durant
- Amare vs Dwight
- Anderson Varejao vs Joakim Noah
- Derrick Rose vs. Brandon Jennings
which match up am i missing?
Now if they added this to the NBA allstar, where fans vote for the match ups that would be sick.
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ReplyDeleteThis would be brilliant for the All Star game. I think my favorite is the Noah v. Varejao matchup! That would be funny to see. I'd like to see an old school Big Ticket v. Big Fundamental matchup. An all Mr. Glass matchup of Blake Griffin v. Greg Oden. Dirk needs to be matched up vs. someone, although he is a matchup nightmare. Maybe a Dirk v. Wade matchup (Big v. Small).
ReplyDeleteI do like the idea though. This would be a good way to spice up the all-star game.
Might send this idea to Bill Simmons to see if it makes one of his columns.
you forgot the Daren Williams and CP3 or as ace calls him: CP58...
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My thing is this if these players want money then this would be an interesting way to go, they could get all the proceeds from the pay per view, and its for one game to like 21. Get ride of that rookie horse game and get ride of the skills competition, the biggest angle would be let the fans vote for match ups.
folks wouldn't go for this albeit super interesting...
ReplyDeletebecause much of your brand lies in the perception of it being beyond real...
i think about like reality shows competitions especially ones of a musical nature... making tda band, american idol constantly kill their brand because you watch a season of judges tearing down the people you are later supposed to think are great and talented...
back to basketball... the problem would be if lebron or kobe got beat by someone they are not supposed to or anyone the league markets as good... we all know one on one isn't the same thing...
i could see a situation where danny granger beats kobe one on one for ONE GAME... this would mess up the nba marketing universe... what if rudy fernandez beat d wade (it could happen). i mean think about the times we hoop and we think a team is stacked and they get BEAT.
i would love to see it... also one on one isn't a good indication of who's better. size is huge in one on one...
more interesting matchups:
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melo vs bron vs kobe (3-way tourney)... melo would win and this would destory all born-kobe marketing going forward)
nash vs kidd (battle of the old PGs)
sibling rivalry:
2 on 2
blake and robin vs taylor and brook
battle of the smoothest NBAers:
shuttlesworth vs joe johnson
3 wat tourney for rookie of the yr:
evans vs curry vs jennings.
by the way noah would kill anderson... his offensive game is better.... out hustling dudes in one on one at worth too much because at the end of the day YOU have to put the ball in the hoop... you can't just tip it to lebron for a new 24 sec shot clock...
oh yeah we gotta get a matchup for rondo.... this is a prime example of what i was saying earlier... people say rondo is a top 5 PG now (i agree)... but can he beat ty lawson, collison, or chalmers one on one... i don't think so.
you people are destroying my fantasy here, all this crap about brand equity, blah blah blah, that was why i said there is too much money in the NBA, what happened to who is the top dog, who is better than whom, everyone hiding behind their LLC and LLP nobody can just play ball, if anything the NBA is preventing the players from being players.
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