I'm in need for competitors around the local area of Los Angeles. This is a crucial, hard-hitting, sport. There are no rules, just as long as you put in the basket. I need about 50 individuals, a chance to play and be seen on ESPN 2... All I need is your first name and email information to send you your info so that you don't think I'm just BS'ing you. We pay you to play, does $200 sound good enough for you. Its bloody, someone is going to be punched in the face or mouth, bone breaking, skin lacerations, and much more; but c'mon, all wounds do heal right. We'll be sending info and be meeting at the Los Angeles Convention Center on July 1st at 0800-1200. This is no prank, C'mon enter, that is if you're down to play with the Big Boyz from the West Coast...
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Hi my name is Kobe Bryant. I love basketball, and so I adopted my favorite player's name. My email adress is Kobefanatic8888@yahoo.com . I live in LA. I will definately be there, and I will beat your "Big Boyz from the West Coast". Peace
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Doing it might work for some local affiliates, but it certainly wouldn't work on a national level. There simply isn't enough viewership (and therefore money) to get sponsorships for the games. I would think that a few cities with big college programs would get those games on TV somehow, but those would probably be the exception. You have to get enough money to pay for the TV crew to travel to the road games, and that expense adds up pretty quickly.
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HELL YEAH YOU DEFITINETLY GOING TO MAKE TO MAKE THE BASKETBALL TEAM  YOU BETTA GO GIRL E-MAIL ME IF YOU MAKE IT @ cooltyme45@yahoo.com
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I think you should learn how to get your teammates involved. I know making buzzer beaters and shooting three pointers out of now where are cool but If you wanna win a title and get your name out there you need to learn on how to get your team to make more points and score ALOT. Maybe even more than you. Be there for your team but more importantly let your team be there for you.
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sh it   man  ,,,,,  you  say  hay  i got  a  bunch  of  pre maddonnas  on  my  team,, an  besides  im  waiting  to  beat  you  in  the  play offs!!  besides  the 420 ballaz   wich  is  i,,,,  is 9-0-0  baby,,  when  i  win  i  walk  with  400$ cash!! you  guys  got  cash  on  the  line????
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basketball should be reflection of its player.  the argentinan singer doesn't have rap album coming out soon.  basketball has become to bland.  there aren't personalities in the league anymore.  the are a bunch of millionares worrying about their contracts and mistresses.  if you make 10 million dollars a year, what do you care about allstar weekend for.  keep enough fans happy so they will buy your 150 dollar shoes.  david stern is disconnected from his employees.  basketball is nothing how it use to be during the bird and magic era
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try the message boards at espn.com... good luck
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The Euroleage has been thriving for some seasons now and basketball is very popular, particularly in Spain and some Eastern European countries. The standard of competition is very high indeed. One key thing to note is that the fundamentals in European teams are very very sound, some would say even more so than in the NBA, and every player will be expected to be able to set picks, do pick and rolls, shoot a decent mid range jump shot, set effective screens and so on. If you are with the air force, I would suggest trying to get a posting in Germany, where Basketball is getting increasingly popular, and perhaps seeing if you could play in a semi-professional league there first.
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You can try but I doubt you'll make it.  There are 250 lbs. men out there who have one thing on their minds, and thats knocking the nearest opposing player on his/her ass.  The sport is way too physical for a woman.
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I think u r totally wrong when u say he is doing it for money. B/c he doesnt really need it,he has a nike contact and he is also one o the highest paid basketball player s in the NBA. Dunno y he is doing it, maybe he doesnt want to always be remembered as Kobe #8 for the rape. Besides 24 isnt a bad number, do u think MJ changed to #45 for marketing purposes? Besides, u could just wait till someone asks him why he wants to change his number and im sure he isnt going to say anything vaguely concerning money, b/c thats not a good reason to change your number. When u think of great players, u signify them with their number, KObe might just want to be 24 b/c he cant be 33. Would also like to say S0ng is a dumdum.
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I mean we technically bribe our clients everyday in America. We've bought so many lunches, dinners, tickets to the college game etc. The world is about networking and we do these things to entice potential clients and keep current clients. So there is a real grey area between bribe and taking our A+ client to the Laker game. Yes you should be able to win people over with reputation and great work, but your competition will win them with a meal. :) Good luck just something to think about when writing the paper.
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I'm in. Where do we meet. I have plenty of relatives that would help. Oh, by the way we also get free pizza for a year at our local pizza shop, that's what their "Wanted Dead or Alive" poster says. I'll do a search and see who else is offering rewards. $50 billion plus free pizza, plus a book deal "How Onlinegamer and Help Me Please Caught Osama Bin Laden" and how about a sequel "How To Catch An Elusive Criminal" and who knows what other rewards or ventures we could come up with.
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Ha! Not much chance of that mate. I'm sure people play it here, but you'll have to get your gear ordered in from overseas. And finding a team will be really difficult. Try rugby. Or League. Heaps of people play it, and it's easy to find a team and gear.
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Hahah, im pissed i dont get to watch knicks games living in Massachussetts cuz they are my fav team...but my buddie back home gets nba league pass, and he always leaves me a voicemail when the one man show nate robinson tries to do soemthing outrageous....i heard he didnt even get taken out of the game for that......but since the knicks arent going anywhre, i dont mind him pullin stunts like that.
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No, this is not out on the street.  People pay for this and some come with anticipation that something outside of just the game happens.  Hell look at boxing over half go to see someone hurt,  racing take wrecks away and people wouldnt go .  Reallity sucks but it is what it is.
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A quick summary, tip-off, warning. \n\n"Did you know that ... they want three of us to work late this Saturday?"\n\nsort of thing. \n\n"Watch out, that price is for flight-only, not accommodation."  \n\nI think it comes from sport - asking players to look up before the ball hits them.
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It is very sad that they would walk out over money, however....do you know that the average income in Togo is less than $400 a yr? For what the country (team?) is getting paid for the appearance the can afford to set the players up for life! It is all well and good to say "do it for pride" but this is THE opportunity of a life time for these guys, maybe the only chance they would have to help their families. We could say we would do it for free but we obviously all have computers (that probably cost at leat 5 yr annual income for them) and enough to eat!!!