Takes a blowtorch to 3-on-3 basketball.
Ice Cube is on Line 1, and pickleball players are on Line 2.
There will be hand-wringing. There will be smart people who make very serious suggestions about what we can do to prevent our men losing to Latvia and Poland like they did here. There will be more tournaments, more 3x3 camps, more pressure on NBA players and top-end WNBA players to get involved.
And I’m here to tell you something after watching it up close in Paris: The effort isn’t worth it.
Because this sport stinks.
Sorry to be the party pooper here, but it's true. And deep down, you know it too. If you really love the sport of basketball for its strategy and artistry and end-to-end athleticism ... well, this ain't that. And never will be.
It's what pickleball is to tennis. It's a fake Rolex you can buy for twenty bucks in Times Square. It's what Stars & Stripes Cola is to Coke.
It's not for me.
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Ice Cube is on Line 1, and pickleball players are on Line 2.
There will be hand-wringing. There will be smart people who make very serious suggestions about what we can do to prevent our men losing to Latvia and Poland like they did here. There will be more tournaments, more 3x3 camps, more pressure on NBA players and top-end WNBA players to get involved.
And I’m here to tell you something after watching it up close in Paris: The effort isn’t worth it.
Because this sport stinks.
Sorry to be the party pooper here, but it's true. And deep down, you know it too. If you really love the sport of basketball for its strategy and artistry and end-to-end athleticism ... well, this ain't that. And never will be.
It's what pickleball is to tennis. It's a fake Rolex you can buy for twenty bucks in Times Square. It's what Stars & Stripes Cola is to Coke.
It's not for me.
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