⭐ OFFICIAL 2020-2021 NBA Off-Season Thread: Olympics begin 7/23; NBA Draft 7/29⭐

[storm2006]

This is awesome man. As a jazz fan, i'm excited for what Wade can bring to the table as part owner.

I read this and at first I 100% thought it was an aepps post until I looked over

The Jazz are worth about $1.7B. Any idea how much he had to put up? I'm not sure when these ownership groups come together if stakes are revealed.

 

[Coupé It]

Love this.
First order of business should be going back to these uniforms and dumping that gradient bull**** forever

Nah, first order of business would be to give the “Jazz”name back to New Orleans.

There is no Jazz in Utah, there are Mormons and mountains.

These things always bugged me out about the NBA. Franchises changing locations but not changing their names

There is no Jazz in Utah...
There are no Grizzly bears in Memphis....
There is no water in LA, why are they named the Lakers?

 

[spacedoodoo]

There is no Jazz in Utah...

https://www.visitutah.com/articles/taste-of-slc-jazz-music-scene

this is what I found

 

[mrswagtastic]

Ben Simmons Explains Why SportsCenter Isn’t Allowed In His House and He Doesn’t Just Care About Scoring

The three-time All-Star also discusses his business investments, the best dunk he’s seen this year, and embracing big fits.

www.gq.com

 

[spacedoodoo]

I read this and at first I 100% thought it was an aepps post until I looked over

The Jazz are worth about $1.7B. Any idea how much he had to put up? I'm not sure when these ownership groups come together if stakes are revealed.

I'm not sure, I haven't seen any reported figures. Could he have gotten a 'deal' since he's a former player and Ryan Smith is a young dude? Idk

 

[lawdog1]

I read this and at first I 100% thought it was an aepps post until I looked over

The Jazz are worth about $1.7B. Any idea how much he had to put up? I'm not sure when these ownership groups come together if stakes are revealed.

Didn’t Jay-Z own like half of one percent of the Nets?

 

[MVP]

Stop it Benjamin

 

[tay1]

 

[vood99]

Nah, first order of business would be to give the “Jazz”name back to New Orleans.

There is no Jazz in Utah, there are Mormons and mountains.

These things always bugged me out about the NBA. Franchises changing locations but not changing their names

There is no Jazz in Utah...
There are no Grizzly bears in Memphis....
There is no water in LA, why are they named the Lakers?

You are right, but the 3 teams that you mentioned are quite established. Charlotte was smart to drop the Bobcats moniker and get back the Hornets name but that in itself took a decade.

As an older cat, I wish the Bullets would come back too but it is what it is.

 

[pmatic]

Stop it Benjamin

 

[storm2006]

Benjamin out here arguing and defending himself like an NTer

 

[antidope]

Ben Simmons is getting clowned in rap now, and these crazy comments aren't gonna help things.

 

[lawdog1]

Man is really campaigning for DPOY based on +/- stats

 

[xxpizzo]

Rent Free

in the same heads every damn day

ya know the "Narrative"

 

[addict4sneakers]

Jrue would guard KD and Myrie too

 

[dman14]

i have dray ahead of ben and rudy for DPOTY

 

[lawdog1]

Nic Batum guards every position on the floor from one game to the other. Takes his turns on the other teams best players. Benny definitely isn’t the only one.

 

[HNL HI]

It only took Devin Booker to play alongside a top 5 PG of all time to start winning.

Mitchell better.

isn't Mitchell playing alongside a multiple dpoy? Jazz a well built team last time I checked, Suns been matching the Kings as far as team building goes.

 

[MVP]

He's drunk man

 

[N41D]

Yall didn't know Pizzo was Ben Simmons?

 

[ill steelo]

I read this and at first I 100% thought it was an aepps post until I looked over

The Jazz are worth about $1.7B. Any idea how much he had to put up? I'm not sure when these ownership groups come together if stakes are revealed.

It’ll come out at some point, I remember people having jokes for Jay’s stake in the Nets

 

[storm2006]

Didn’t Jay-Z own like half of one percent of the Nets?

It’ll come out at some point, I remember people having jokes for Jay’s stake in the Nets

Jay-Z's ownership of the Nets was the biggest pop culture charade of the 00s. He had dudes thinking he was running the show.

Forbes

] reported that Jay-Z bought a stake of the Nets in early 2004, putting $1 million of his money into the deal. If you’re curious as to how much that got him, the answer is not a lot.
It qualified him to own 1/15th of 1% of the team. He owned more when it came to the Nets arena, the Barclays Center, owning one-fifth of one percent in that building (which is worth over $1 billion).

Green Bay fans on NT probably own just as much of the Packers

 

[WASHED KING]

Yall didn't know Pizzo was Ben Simmons?

It all makes sense....thats why he wins all those Sixer bets.

 

[amitt5504]

Talk that **** Benjamin

 

[xxpizzo]

He's drunk man

bruh you on my mans nuts hop off

every player in the league thats in a playoff push will say they they think this is the year

what you want him to say nah we not doing it this year you corny bruh