BBA - Death of the NBA

[Tyler]

[dare]

Blacktop? I'm interested

[Houndy]

Streetball?

[rise]

Seems interesting. I'll keep my eye on this.

[megarover]

This catches my attention.

[rise]

Well, it's a concensus!

START!

[Tyler]

New League Announced
July 19th, 2011

NEW YORK - Two days after the Chicago Bulls were crowned the NBA champions; Commissioner David Stern announced the cancellation of the 2011-2012 NBA season. Now just a month into the lockout, it is reported that NBA players Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook have come together to create their own league played on the streets. Oklahoma City Thunder teammates Durant and Westbrook, along with 2010 FIBA World Champion teammate Rose, announced their new league titled the "Blacktop Basketball Association". Also a part of developing the league will be recently retired NBA player Shaquille O’Neal, who was named League Commissioner.

The league will consist of 16 teams, 64 players and will be enforced with 4-on-4 play. The 64 players, who will only consist of guys from either the 2007 NBA Draft or 2008 NBA Draft, will be selected through a draft. The draft will be constructed out of 4 rounds, 16 selections each round. Round 1 will be determined by Shaquille O'Neal, who will select his top 16 players. The 16 players chosen will determine the location of where his team will be based out of, preferably by their hometown. The player will then become the team's captain and will choose the rest of their team's picks in the draft. Once the draft is over scheduling will begin and teams will be split up into 2 conferences, 4 divisions. If injuries are to occur during the season, teams can sign players who were not chosen in the draft.

“Of course we have no knowledge of how long this lockout will last, but for now we are just creating a league where players can continue competing at a high level,” exclaimed Shaquille O’Neal. “We are definitely looking at the possibility of bringing in other players from different drafts classes if we are able to last a whole season. If the lockout does indeed continue over a year, then we may look at having our own rookie draft made up of players from the 2009 draft.”

[Tyler]

Not sure what you guys will think about this, had an idea in mind and thought I would share it with you guys. Hope it turns out the way I plan on it to!

[Houndy]

That sounds fucking awesome. Keep it up bro

[hova-]

I like

[Mandich]

Man this is the most original idea in a long time. Good luck !

[Kubik]

It's sounds great! I can't wait

[Radioman]

This is very interesting, and very unique. I am sure i will visit this more often.

Shaq as the Commissioner, 16 teams 4 on 4. cant wait


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[|Migs]

Awesome.. Great idea on these.. Following..

[George7]

Wow!This is interesting!I like it!

[megarover]

Brilliant Idea Man.

[Tyler]

List of Eligible Players for Selection Revealed
July 20th, 2011

Point Guards	Shooting Guards	Small Forwards	Power Forwards	Centers
DJ Augustin Jerryd Bayless Aaron Brooks Mario Chalmers Mike Conley Goran Dragic George Hill Acie Law Gabe Pruitt Derrick Rose Ramon Sessions Rodney Stuckey Russell Westbrook	Aaron Affalo Marco Belinelli Corey Brewer Chris Douglas-Roberts Rudy Fernandez Eric Gordon Courtney Lee OJ Mayo Brandon Rush Bill Walker Sonny Weems Nick Young	Nicolas Batum Micheal Beasley Wilson Chandler Jared Dudley Kevin Durant Danilo Gallinari Jeff Green Donte Greene Dominic McGuire Luc Mbah a Moute Al Thornton Julian Wright Thaddeus Young	Darrell Arthur Glen Davis JJ Hickson Serge Ibaka Yi Jianlian Carl Landry Kevin Love Josh McRoberts Anthony Randolph Maurice Speights Tiago Splitter Jason Thompson Sean Williams Brandan Wright	Joey Dorsey Marc Gasol Spencer Hawes Roy Hibbert Al Horford DeAndre Jordan Brook Lopez Robin Lopez JaVale McGee Joakim Noah Greg Oden Nikola Pekovic

[Tyler]

Thanks for all the interest in this so far guys. Updates may be slow, but there is much more to come!

Also, let me know if there are any notable players that I missed.

[Fresh8]

Something like this in real life isn't quite far off as FIBA has been experimenting 3 on 3 games in their comps.

Good luck with this D

[Mandich]

The power forwards spot is the weakest in the draft , by far.

[dare]

The power forwards spot is the weakest in the draft , by far.

Nah, PF have more depth I think the SG's are the weakest spot in the draft.

[Mandich]

Love , Ibaka , Landry and Davis are in mi opinion the only really god PF's in the draft.

On shooting guard you have Mayo , Gordon , Young , Lee , Afflalo and over-rated Fernandez

[dare]

You also got Thompson, Splitter, Speights, Hickson.

[Mandich]

Thompson is only solid , Splitter isn'treally that good , Speights is becoming a good player this year , Hickson is absolutely terrible this season.

[Tyler]

The thing is though this is 4 on 4. Small Forwards will play the 2 or 3, depending on what the team's style will be. Some may roll with double Small Forwards, who knows?