Nets-Sixers Rivaly Rooted in Rap?
by Net Income on Oct 19, 2011 5:53 PM EDT
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PrintThe Nets and 76ers have never had much of a rivalry even though the two teams are only separated by about 90 miles and in the past few years have basically swapped front offices. For years, Ed Stefanski commuted from Philly to East Rutherford and now Billy King does the reverse.
Moving to Brooklyn is likely to diminish the rivalry unless it becomes rooted in rap. Jay-Z is reportedly good friends with Will Smith and now the two of them are minority owners of the Nets and 76ers. Smith, a Philly native, owns a small piece of the 76ers.
- Will Smith Buys Stake In 76ers, Enters 'Hip Hop Artists Who Own Minor Slices Of NBA Teams - Tom Ziller - SB Nation
- Can We Get a Rivalry! Jay-Z's Nets vs. Will Smith's 76ers, Anyone? - Natalie Finn - Xfinity
- Will Smith or Jay-Z: Is Stake in Sixers or Nets More Worth It? - Jason Van Hoven - International Business Times
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15 years ago his style is dated I like his acting better
I doubt he would do it but he’d get destroyed if he challenge Jigga man.
When you have to shoot, shoot don't talk.
by universal on Oct 19, 2011 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
of course he would
Will was a competent rapper in his day, but never the innovator Jay was.
by sheepareevil on Oct 19, 2011 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
If he wanted to jump start his rap career yeah but he’s got it good now.
He doesn’t need to put records out.
In his heyday I don’t remember him battling other rappers.
When you have to shoot, shoot don't talk.
no cause he was more pop-rap than anything
some good fun hits, but pretty lightweight at the end of the day. but IMO that’s nothing to dismiss him for, he still had competent rhyming skills.
by sheepareevil on Oct 19, 2011 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Will Smith was never trying to be a battle rapper.
2010-2011 = acquire an All-Star via cap space as Thorn himself said
2011-2012 = make the playoffs without hindering future flexibility
2012 off-season = sign the second All-Star
2012-2013 = make a run for the championship
Mission accomplished thus far.
lol what
You can say a lot about Jay-Z, but innovation is not his strong suit.
2010-2011 = acquire an All-Star via cap space as Thorn himself said
2011-2012 = make the playoffs without hindering future flexibility
2012 off-season = sign the second All-Star
2012-2013 = make a run for the championship
Mission accomplished thus far.
Jay was not an innovator
He gained fame by copying the style of others.
Timeless - The 2001-2003 NJ Nets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nima3dmLrcw
by GMJigga on Oct 19, 2011 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
There's a good chance he had access to Biggie's stuff
Jay, Puff, and Biggie were on the East Coast side, but Jay was now “Coming Up” and he finally came up after Biggie Died. Its a conspiracy theory, but I agree with it.
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
hmmm never though of that he's friends with Puff too
He didn’t stop till Nas called him out.
How much of Biggie’s rhymes is gonna come out yo fat lip
-Ether
When you have to shoot, shoot don't talk.
Another good rapper ruined by the Popular Rappers
Nas was a great rapper, Top 5 alive After the Pac and Biggie Era. Jay and Diddy has really fail to help any of the rappers they signed, but thats basically a WHOLE other topic or fanpost.
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
by this theory
shouldn’t we already be rivals with the Cavs (minority owned by Usher) and the Bobcats (minority owned by Nelly) already?
"Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for Steve Jobs to win the lotto." - Chris Rock
The NBA - Where 2012 doesn't happen
Patrick Ewing - The NBA's all-time leader in rushing yards
No Lebron and No Playoff Wins....Next Question.
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
Difference is that Jay-Z and Will Smith are good friends
There around the same age.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
Well I hate the Sixers for buying Dr. J, that's about it.
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
You wouldn't have jumped at the chance to acquire one of the all-time greats if you knew he was for sale?
It’s not their fault. As soon as we set foot in the NBA, the Knicks made us sell him for “encroaching” on their territory. And thus, our greatest rivalry was born.
Dr. J~Super Buck~Draz~JKidd~Deron
yea, blame the knicks here
“territory rights” my ass, give me a break. typical of NY to think they own the other side of the river as well.
by sheepareevil on Oct 19, 2011 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually
More typical that Jersey fans forget that they were the New York Nets then.
76-0
by jabez on Oct 19, 2011 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
No we all know that and why Dr. J got sold but
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
One of the few to be highly successful in music, television, and movies
Dr. J~Super Buck~Draz~JKidd~Deron
The only artist to be born as a rapper and then totally transcend it.
Everybody else has an image tied to their hip hop roots — for example, 2pac, L L and others were rappers who branched out into other media forms, but they never transcended being “rappers who…” Will is the only one to break that mold.
2010-2011 = acquire an All-Star via cap space as Thorn himself said
2011-2012 = make the playoffs without hindering future flexibility
2012 off-season = sign the second All-Star
2012-2013 = make a run for the championship
Mission accomplished thus far.
he's a good actor him and Jazzy Jeff were good
Summertime/
When you have to shoot, shoot don't talk.
Classic Song right there
Lebron and Bosh theme song for last year should’ve been Miami lol “We’re Going to Miami”
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
by Shameer1016 on Oct 19, 2011 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
heard this on the radio the other day
seemed inappropriate cause it’s clearly fall now, but I still enjoyed it. gotta hand it to him, the man does a spot-on Rakim impression, albeit with sillier lyrics.
by sheepareevil on Oct 19, 2011 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
people still question whether Ra ghost-wrote the lyrics
2010-2011 = acquire an All-Star via cap space as Thorn himself said
2011-2012 = make the playoffs without hindering future flexibility
2012 off-season = sign the second All-Star
2012-2013 = make a run for the championship
Mission accomplished thus far.
there is only one cultural icon
and thou shalt have no cultural icons before him.
"It's as sweet as it ever was, I'll tell you. Now, hopefully, we started something and we can win some more championships, but we're going to enjoy this one right now. Have a little champagne." --Julius Erving, May 12, 1976, ABA champion Nets locker room.
I do not understand this.
Will Smith does not rap anymore. Jay-Z is 41. He will retire eventually. Why would there be a rivalry because of these two? If Nas or Lil Wayne bought some of the Sixers than I would understand.
I think it's fine.
because we need SOMETHING to get both Sixers and Nets fans interested in their team
deadest teams in the tri-state area.
by sheepareevil on Oct 19, 2011 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Sarcasm text
Extremely useful
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Oct 19, 2011 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Put @ signs around the text. like this:
Outlaw is underpaid
by Scooby803 on Oct 19, 2011 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I actually really hope this isnt true.
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Oct 19, 2011 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Not good news for Nets fans and Billy King.
Hump may want to stay clear of New York area if marriage falls apart.
He's screwed
way to waste millions on a ring
unless of course, like most rumors, this isnt true
Nets Mets Giants ALL DAY
as Iannnazzone has written
no one has ever said he paid $2 million, only that it is VALUED at $2 million.
Lorraine Schwartz, the designer, got a lot of free publicity and I assume Hump got a huge discount.
That’s how they MADE money on the wedding. They got companies to pay them for product placement.
"It's as sweet as it ever was, I'll tell you. Now, hopefully, we started something and we can win some more championships, but we're going to enjoy this one right now. Have a little champagne." --Julius Erving, May 12, 1976, ABA champion Nets locker room.
-_-
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will smith is hip hop???
Next people will say Drake is hip hop
My lil man.....can't tell me god don't exist.
by killa kadafi191 on Oct 19, 2011 5:22 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
or worse, ME!
"It's as sweet as it ever was, I'll tell you. Now, hopefully, we started something and we can win some more championships, but we're going to enjoy this one right now. Have a little champagne." --Julius Erving, May 12, 1976, ABA champion Nets locker room.
Exhibit A
of what I wrote above. People don’t even credit Will’s hip hop roots because he’s totally transcended them.
2010-2011 = acquire an All-Star via cap space as Thorn himself said
2011-2012 = make the playoffs without hindering future flexibility
2012 off-season = sign the second All-Star
2012-2013 = make a run for the championship
Mission accomplished thus far.
Like it or not, Drake is the future of Hip Hop
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
a shame
I liked him and Nicki Minaj at first but they were overexposed. Good for sales bad for longevity.
When you have to shoot, shoot don't talk.
They work for Wayne
That Young Money crap is one reason why they became crap. Those are the only two thats keeping that label’s head above water.
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
true what ever happened to Jae Millz?
He was good without them then he signed with them and….nothing.
When you have to shoot, shoot don't talk.
That's what im saying
Most of that Young Money team is basically dead or must really be working hard for there leaper year album(1 every 4 years). We haven’t heard much from Tyga, Millz, Gudda, Chucky, Twist, Shannel, etc. But my man Joe Budden got his team on the rise with help from Eminem.
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
I heard something from Tyga (nothing special)
but seems like he signed all those artists for show. Even Cory Gunz hasn’t put out anything except that verse on 6 foot 7 foot.
When you have to shoot, shoot don't talk.
Yep, I mean there are probably some underground musics and "Freestyles"
on youtube, but nothing original from themselves. But give Wayen credit, gather up the upcoming talent and there fanbase and live off of that lol. But rap isn’t as great as it use to be, but there are a few rappers that’s keeping rap alive.
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
No.
Kendrick Lamar is.
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Oct 19, 2011 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe, but for now Slaughterhouse is on the rise
Want to make a good group? Get 4 underrated rappers along with good beats to murk some tracks.
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
Steven Jo >>>> either of those guys
Timeless - The 2001-2003 NJ Nets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nima3dmLrcw
Im not sure who Steven Jo is
but he better have some legendary lyrics, rhymes, and punchlines to be better than not just 1 of them, but ALL of them…..I’ll look him up though.
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
its the autotune man! its so cool and like the new thing.
larry bird cant touch the rim, he sucked
miami heat 73-9 one day
go back to Degrassi, dude is the biggest flake out there. Not once has he tried to connect to his memphis rooots where he lived over summers with his dad. just another sellout puppet rapper to sell records for the devil
The realist keepin it real amongst the surrealists
R.I.P. Big Homey Nate Dogg: "Cuz Iiiiiiiiii have ne-evv-ver met a giiiiiiiiiirrrrrrllllllllllllllllllll tha-at I loved in the whole wide wooorrrlllllddddddd"
by starbury_to_s-jaxci2000 on Oct 19, 2011 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hes talking about Drake lol
Im guessing he’s been watchign them Illuminati videos on youtube
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
lol isn't Drake Canadian?
hip hop is truly dead
2010-2011 = acquire an All-Star via cap space as Thorn himself said
2011-2012 = make the playoffs without hindering future flexibility
2012 off-season = sign the second All-Star
2012-2013 = make a run for the championship
Mission accomplished thus far.
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how reliable is Woj exactly?
60% Nets 40%Giants fan
OMG!!!!!!!!
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Well, looks like this thing might be going into the AM again.
by dwill8brooklynbound on Oct 19, 2011 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Alan Hahn As sides take a short break, one weary source from the room told Newsday, "It's not that we're doing nothing, it's just a very wide gap."
Brooklyn we go hard...
when I read "very wide gap" , I thought, "isn't it too early for the hookers to be in the room? "
MIKE, I’m starting early tonight!!
my guess: "I did the best I could, my work here is done, now I leave it up to them"
in other words..they’re a lost cause.
by soul driver on Oct 19, 2011 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
MSG chairman James Dolan has left hotel, deferring comment to mediator Cohen. "I'll leave it to him," Dolan said. Union execs also leaving.
this doesn’t seem good guys.
We're no long cool lol
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
Everyone has there preference, but rap boring?
Your listening to the wrong rappers or something.
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
The beatles? I thought you were in High School jk
Nirvana was the fecal matter.
When you have to shoot, shoot don't talk.
Depends on who you listen to
Yes, there are many rappers that probably would’ve been working at BK or McDonalds if they never signed a contract, but there are also many good rappers and music artist left.
"Most people on this board are like a broken clock, Only right two times a day"
I'm stuck in the past when it comes to rap music
The new stuff is mostly dumbed down or if a new style comes out every one bites.
When you have to shoot, shoot don't talk.
by universal on Oct 19, 2011 7:45 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Gotta look for the right guys.
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Oct 19, 2011 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Well guys...
I been getting alot of calls from my inside sources,,,
And they tell me…they can see the promised land.
They haven’t set foot in it yet…but it’s right there, right around the bend…
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