THe Nets would crush the Wildcats, but ... I do think good to great Euro team could beat the Nets. I think an all-star Euro team could crush the Nets, as I believe a Euro team with players at the age 17-19 could give the Nets a decent game. I also think some of the college teams from the past could beat the Nets, as they were, especially the ones with future hall of famers and players who were already playing at high level coming out of college. Like some of these teams: http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/greatestcollegebasketball.html http://*******************/articles/147886-10-greatest-college-basketball-teams-of-all-time http://www.americasbestonline.com/Cbasketball.htm I'm being serious in way, because teams as bad it sounds, have greater all-around talent, and are way better than what the Nets have. I haven't even brought up the coaching aspect. You don't think some of the best college coaches wouldn't capitalize on the mistakes of the "hapless" Nets. If the Nets play a team, like UCLA or Georgetown, who is going to guard their centers. If the Nets play a team, like North Carolina, Arizona, or Duke, who is going to stop their wings and back-court players. Unrelated to basketball, didn't the Americans beat the Soviets and Swedes for the gold medal in 1980, even though they had nothing, but college hockey players? The Pittsburgh Pirates (split squad), just last year, lost in a exhibition game against ... Manatee Community College. That's the definition of embarrassing. http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-04-02/pittsburgh-pirates-lose-to-manatee-literally/ http://ballhype.com/story/pittsburgh_pirates_lose_to_manatee_community_college/ http://mobile.bucsdugout.com/2009/4/2/819856/pirates-lose-to-manatee-community I don't think it could happen in football, because the games are so much more physical and complicated at the pro level than these others sports are. Look at how many players come out of high school straight to pros in the NBA, MLB, and NHL. I've even seen accounts of how Kobe coming out of high school did really well against pro players in training and practices.
this. is. true. and really, don't matter if half of that college team end up in the lottery. most of those players don't pan out in the first place.
70 is an exaggeration. But let's just say that at no point in the game would the result be in doubt. This is assuming that the pros had something to play for and are motivated and take it seriously. So hypothetically speaking, let's say that the winning team's players each get $10M dollars... do you really think the Nets are going to lose? Of course not. The competition levels and overall depth is no comparison.
A college all star team of UPPERclassmen can give a poor pro team a challenge. Not a bunch of teenagers. The '84 college Olympic team would beat the select NBA pro teams on the regular. The '96 UK Wildcats team had a mix of upper, under, star players and great coach. Ron Mercer > Chris Douglas Roberts Antoine Walker > Yi Derek Anderson = Courtney Lee Tony Delk < Devin Harris Walter McCarty < Brook Lopez The Nets best 2 players (Harris and Lopez) are better than their counterparts more than the 'Cats best 2 players are (Mercer, Walker). Sometimes with Tony Delk you never know, he could light you up for 40 if you let him.
Are you trying to say the KY Wildcats would beat the New Jersey Nets? Uhm, as horrid as the Nets are, I have to disagree.
UK fans' arrogance at its finest. They're not even the best team in college basketball. At least 3 teams in the Big 12 would beat them on a neutral court.
I would rather see how the Rio Grande Valley Vipers do against the Kentucky Wildcats in a exhibition game. Now that would be harder to predict.
You beat me to it. Kentucky is a great college team but no chance against an NBA team. They'd probably get beat handily by most, if not all, D-League teams. The best college team in any given year would lose convincingly to the worst NBA team in any given year.
Well, it was a pretty bold topic for discussion and likely stuck in some people's minds. I happened to catch most of the second half of the game tonight and this thread just popped into my mind after completely forgetting about it. Wall's speed and athleticism are off the charts. This is the third time I've seen him play now and I can increasingly see what makes him special. I'm still not convinced that he'll be better than Rose or Evans in the long run as an NBA player but he's certainly going to be an impact player at the next level.
You actually watched him in a poor performance. He was missing layups that he typically doesn't and looked a step slow defensively tonight. That may be because Downey was super hyped though. But yes I knew this would be a hot topic when I posted it... part of the fun!
Exactly, it was an interesting discussion, even if somewhat out there. Yea, I saw his numbers and some of his mistakes. He played better in one of the other games I caught. Still, I see the upside and his unique attributes. If he can finish around the basket and get to the line at the next level like he's shown he can do at times as a freshman at this level, I think he can certainly be as good or better than Rose and Evans. That is really my only question with Wall right now. I think everything else will translate well to the next level. I also think his shooting form looks good enough that it will become a plus in the NBA eventually.
http://www.bustersports.com/blog/bu...vs-new-jersey-nets-a-statistical-simulation-/ It is a common topic of conversation in sports: Would the best college team be able to beat the worst professional team? Obviously all common sense says the answer is no, but it's 2010: who is listening to their common sense these days anyhow? So I decided to sit down and create a fictional scenario between what is likely going to be one of the most historically bad NBA teams and one of the most highly regarded semi-professional NCAA teams. Kidding aside, the 2010 Kentucky Wildcats are loaded with talent and have torn through some of their competition (South Carolina aside, obvs) looking as though they are on a completely different level. So here are the premises of my statistical simulation: 1.) The two teams square off in a 40 minute pick-up game. Each team plays 6 players equally (33.3 minutes per player) 2.) The statistics used for the Nets will not be their professional statistics, but instead the statistics of each player the last year they spent in college.* 3.) The Kentucky Wildcats will be using their averages thusfar in the 2009-2010 season. *in the case of Yi Janlian, his rookie season statistics were used for this simulation. Statistical Breakdown We begin by creating calculations of efficiency per minute for each of the 12 players involved in the game. Using their point, rebound, and assist averages and dividing by their minutes per game, we can calculate each players statistics per minute from their most recent collegiate season. Summary and Prediction In this fictional pick up game of course there is no fatigue. Each player plays an equal amount and unfortunately thanks to the coaching genius of Calipari and Vandeweghe, there are no matchup problems. So using the per-minute statistics we have calculated, let's see what happens when the collegiate Nets face the Wildcats. FINAL SCORE: COLLEGIATE NETS 106, KENTUCKY 96 Fictional Spin: DeMarcus Cousins and Brook Lopez had a phenomenal showdown inside, with Cousins dropping 25 and 15 and Lopez answering on the other side with 21 and 9. John Wall did a good job spreading the ball around and Darnell Dodson made the most of his ultra-increased minutes. CONCLUSION: No matter how slanted I made this analysis towards the Wildcats, they still fall 10 points short of the New Jersey Nets. And while there were definitely some flaws in the logic, the point remains the same: no matter how bad a professional team may appear, they are still professionals for a reason.
This thread is ridiculous. College basketball consists of dribbling down 30 seconds of the 34 second shot clock, passing it around, and then taking a desperation three. NBA teams actually have set plays. Nets would wreck the Wildcats.
