SEA vs. ATL: On Like Donkey Kong?

[TheNorthCydeRises]

if you could get a credible entity to put it together, this might actually be a marketable concept to put forth in the absence of the NBA. Or at the very least, it would be an interesting summer type league.

Create a league based on ballers who were either born or played college or pro ball in a particular city/area . . . and have them play other teams from other cities . . for money . . BIG MONEY.

Take the ATL vs Seattle concept that was going to occur. Would those guys pulled out of that game if they were playing for a pot of say $200,000? With the winner getting $150,000 to split and the loser getting $50,000 to split?

Could a concept like that, if marketed correctly, draw 10,000 people a game . . if tickets were say an average of $30 apiece? Would the average basketball fan pay to see games such as these?

It may not have the intensity of an NBA game, but it would be a lot more intense than a regular exhibition type game. And the end of games would be highly intense, if it came down to those players splitting $150,000 compared to $50,000.

Possible teams:

TEAM ATLANTA: Teague - JJ - Josh Smith - Derrick Favors - Howard

TEAM CHICAGO: Rose - Wade - Iguodala - Maggette - Noah

TEAM PHILLY: Jameer Nelson - Tyreke Evans - Kobe - Dejuan Blair - Rasheed Wallace

TEAM LA: Baron Davis - Westbrook - Harden - Kevin Love - Gasol

TEAM NYC: Johnny Flynn - Artest - Melo - Odom - Hibbert

TEAM DC: John Wall - Delonte West - Durant - McGee - Greg Monroe ( Georgetown )

Sort of looks like our Hawksquawk Draft over the summer.

[lethalweapon3]

~lw3