Excuse the thread necromancy... but I am wondering if the way that UK is playing in the tournament changes any of your minds about the possibilities of this matchup.
absurd to compare college stats to nba stats, and don't bring up wall's turnovers playing against inferior pgs not like harris. ANd these nets as most of the people in the NBA all tore it up in college...ridiculous logic, espn hype machine at work again
Yeah the Nets aren't as bad as made out to be. They could probably be competing for that #8 slot, at least in the East, if they didn't have that horrific start. After that start, they were like like F it, lets get us a top 4 draft pick. But yeah, the would murder Kentucky, especially playing with NBA rules.
So lets say they started like 1-30. You mean to say going 6-30 is good enough for the #8 east? I know the East sucks... but daaaaamn
Saying they could be competing for the 8th spot if they didn't have that horrific start is basically saying they could be competing for the 8th spot if they didn't suck.
Is this played in a NBA setting with their rules and regulations? If so, I'll give the slight edge to the Nets. Experience is pretty big.
Not at all. To even think UK could keep the game close is nonsense. The difference in sophistication between NBA offenses & defenses vs the college level is vast. If the game was played with NBA rules, the Nets would score 180 points because the UK players would have no clue how to stop them. On the other end, the basic math offense UK runs would be child's play for ANY NBA to shut down, not just the Nets.
Does it matter? What would be the odds of Kentucky winning with 100% college rules? Still slim to none. Yes, 35 seconds clock, 40 minute games are more conducive to underdogs winning, but Kentucky's still overmatched. To me. it's not even about the talent disparity. It's simply the lack of practice, coaching, training, and dedication. It's about comparing guys who does a part-time job on weekends vs those who dedicate themselves to the job 40+hours a week. If Kentucky kids played a pro-style offense, practiced every other day, skip every single class and watch game tapes in their spare time, go through strength training regiments of a pro-team, and has a long time NBA head coach like Adelman or Larry Brown.... Then MAYBE they can take on the worst team in the NBA. Basically, they'd have to be like a Euroleague team.
I dont watch many nets games, but the games I do watch, I see them hanging with some pretty good teams for 2-3 even half of 4th quaters and eventaully collapse at the end. I dont think Kentucky can hang to any NBA team for more than a quater
The size, speed, and athleticism of even crap NBA teams would overpower even the best college teams. Doesn't matter if the best college player is on that team, you're talking about an NBA team culling the best talent all over the world to fill 15 spots on its roster. Forget the argument that the college team play can overcome individual shortcomings, because the worst NBA teams still have a semblance of team play and can figure out a college team during the course of the game.
I think the real question is can Kentucky beat a NBADL team. I still think a good DL team will kill wildcats
Well, assuming NBDL plays a full 82 games schedule, can the Wildcats win more than 7 games to avoid being "the Nets of NBDL"?
Stupid to even argue this. Like someone mentioned way back then in the thread, you still have a team compromised of former college stars on the Nets. Players who were picked or played through camps to even get on their bench. Its men vs boys. Could Kentucky even handle an NBDL team? You'd still have a team of guys trying to play their ass off to get noticed by an NBA team vs some kids who usually rely on their athleticism to get that far.
Agreed, the nets are an NBA team, therefore they have the best college and international players in the world. The nets may suck, but they would whup kentucky
I think a team of the NCAA's best players and top players coming from high school might could beat the Nets. Besides, knowing the Nets they'd probably the game too lightly, while the college kids may come out with outstanding effort and actually play together as a team. Also give them a coach, like Mike K, Bobby Knight, Tom Izzo, or any other great college coach. To me, the Nets are pathetic. On paper, their team is actually pretty talented, but they haven't even won 10 games, yet. http://espn.go.com/nba/features/worstteams Of the worst teams ever, the Nets actually have the most talented of any of those teams. I could care less who the coach, there have been terrible coaches who have lead teams with less talent than the Nets to playoffs. I hope other teams end up with higher draft picks than Nets. They truely do not deserve the #1 pick.
