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Pau Gasol breaks his finger while training with Spanish national team.
Antonio:
--- Quote from: .:DaYg0sTyLz:. on August 11, 2009, 03:10:39 PM ---NBA Franchises really need to put a stop to this shit. Parker got injured already, although he is playing again. Gasol now. Just put a clause in the contract that says you cant play for another team during the offseason, simple.
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LMAO. You Americans always thinking you rule the world..
--- Quote ---I mean, u can put something in a contract that says they cant ride motorcycles...but you cant say they arent allowed to play elseware as long as they are signed with u?
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Welcome to the world, man! It's like that in EVERY SINGLE FUCKING SPORT. ;)
Football, Volley, Rugby, Basket, etc..
.:DaYg0sTyLz:.:
--- Quote from: Antonio on August 12, 2009, 06:37:11 AM ---
--- Quote from: .:DaYg0sTyLz:. on August 11, 2009, 03:10:39 PM ---NBA Franchises really need to put a stop to this shit. Parker got injured already, although he is playing again. Gasol now. Just put a clause in the contract that says you cant play for another team during the offseason, simple.
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LMAO. You Americans always thinking you rule the world..
--- Quote ---I mean, u can put something in a contract that says they cant ride motorcycles...but you cant say they arent allowed to play elseware as long as they are signed with u?
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Welcome to the world, man! It's like that in EVERY SINGLE FUCKING SPORT. ;)
Football, Volley, Rugby, Basket, etc..
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wtf are you talking about? "Rule the world"? It has nothing to do with rulling the world. It has to do with protecting your investment. They could allow players say, to play in the Olympics or whatnot. But it doesnt make sense when you are paying some guy 10 million dollars a year or more to allow them to play these games during the offseason and risk losing him for the entire year next year. Teams have done it before where they wont allow their players to play in off season pro/ semi-pro leagues out here. What makes you think they shouldnt do it if the player is from Europe? lol Euros should receive some sort of special pass because they are not quite as good as American basketball players? Franchises in Europe should do the same thing with their stars. Again, wtf are you talking about?!? You have a serious complex man...
wcsoldier:
By your logic , NBA teams should also forbid their US stars to play for Team USA ... As Antonio said , this is a culture to play for his nation in every sport in every countries ( outside the US ::) ) ... if the NBA teams are not sastified by this , fine, do not hire any non US players ... Spurs would have not shit without TP and Gino in the 2000s so I hate when your fuckin GM gave order to TP to come back in the US just to do medical tests ( results were the same than those done by the French doctors ::) ...
what makes me laugh is that the majority of the US NBA fans think that Euro or the World Championship are the equivalent of the summer league ... these competitions are MAJOR for every country in every sport ... again besides the great narrow minded USA ...
If I were the people who run things at FIBA Basketball , I'd say : " NBA teams annoy the national teams and try to prevent their players to represent their country , let's prevent the US NBA Players to play in FIBA competition" ...
.:DaYg0sTyLz:.:
--- Quote from: wcsoldier on August 12, 2009, 11:20:18 AM ---By your logic , NBA teams should also forbid their US stars to play for Team USA ... As Antonio said , this is a culture to play for his nation in every sport in every countries ( outside the US ::) ) ... if the NBA teams are not sastified by this , fine, do not hire any non US players ... Spurs would have not shit without TP and Gino in the 2000s so I hate when your fuckin GM gave order to TP to come back in the US just to do medical tests ( results were the same than those done by the French doctors ::) ...
what makes me laugh is that the majority of the US NBA fans think that Euro or the World Championship are the equivalent of the summer league ... these competitions are MAJOR for every country in every sport ... again besides the great narrow minded USA ...
If I were the people who run things at FIBA Basketball , I'd say : " NBA teams annoy the national teams and try to prevent their players to represent their country , let's prevent the US NBA Players to play in FIBA competition" ...
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wcsoldier is a Euro? LOL wow...you should represent where your from...and not the Westcoast of the US lol.
This shit is so simple. Playing in leagues other then the NBA when you are an employee of an NBA franchise is a conflict of interest. Its the same as ANY OTHER business. If you are an employee of Coca Cola, you are not allowed to also be an employee of Pepsico. A team has the right to make exceptions (as in, the Olympics..where players could play for their national team). My point is, that when a franchise spends the money on a player...they should also be able to dictate whether that player plays in other leagues during the off season. As I said before, if they can dictate whether you are allowed to ride a motorcycle...they should definetely dictate this. Also, as I said...Euro franchises SHOULD do the same for their players. The reason this isnt an issue on your side is because Europe gets most of the NBA's leftovers. The Euros playing here, are the stars from there. The Americans playing there, are NOT the stars from here. If the roles were reversed...and all of our big name players were members of Euro franchises and being payed a ton of money to win those franchises championships, no one there would want them coming out here for leagues in the off season and risking injury that would hurt your teams/ leagues.
tempo2:
too suggest that stars should be forbiden to play for there country is outlandish. for starters the players themselves "want" to play for there country and take the greatest of pride in doing so. the world is bigger then america.
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