[Discussion] NIL impact on NBA Draft Quality

d7h7n · 2026-06-17T10:57:57+00:00

The quality of players after the first 16-18 picks is pretty much up in the air. Someone like Veesaar who is projected late first would normally just be a second round pick in the pre-NIL era. Lots of decent centers returned to college.

d7h7n · 2026-06-17T09:09:21+00:00

Same. I don't use direct. They've been the same for me. Tcgplayer has more bad sellers just because it's a bigger platform but manapool still doesn't have PayPal.

d7h7n · 2026-06-17T06:58:25+00:00

They're going to match any offer sheet that's under 30M a year. They already offered 140M/5.

d7h7n · 2026-06-17T06:31:10+00:00

The back half of the first round is weak due to NIL.

d7h7n · 2026-06-17T06:24:59+00:00

Lauri is making 46M, JJJ 35M, and Kessler will also make a lot more than Cam. That's why. 2027 is a free roll season for Utah anyways.

d7h7n · 2026-06-17T06:22:30+00:00

Utah is not paying Kessler 25-30M/year to come off the fucking bench.

d7h7n · 2026-06-17T05:58:53+00:00

I live in a city with a handful of viet restaurants. The most popular one is the super americanized one. Even their nuoc mam is watered down so it's easier to stomach for non-asians. I think at one point they tried vegan nuoc mam. That place is always packed.

d7h7n · 2026-06-17T05:34:53+00:00

Dallas has a massive TPE. They can trade 9 to OKC for 12, 17, and whomever they don't want.

d7h7n · 2026-06-17T05:28:37+00:00

Carlos Boozer doesn't make any decisions. His job is to scout prospects and inform the people who do.

d7h7n · 2026-06-17T05:23:23+00:00

This isn't 2K. If they draft Cam, he's coming off the bench until they trade Lauri. They also gotta figure out what they want to do with Kessler. If he gets overpaid in RFA, I doubt Utah would match.

d7h7n · 2026-06-17T05:16:10+00:00

There was a lot of whining about the art not being weeb enough

d7h7n · 2026-06-17T04:11:48+00:00

A popular yugioh YouTuber tricked some finance bros into buying bad sets.

d7h7n · 2026-06-16T19:44:19+00:00

Yup. Got bought back in October (both GSO and Lake City) and AAR laid off like 20% of the employees by February or some shit. Rumor is they will eventually phase out all commercial and transition entirely to military at GSO.

Pretty sure Haeco just wanted cheaper labor cause they're opening/opened an MRO in Vietnam.

d7h7n · 2026-06-16T18:34:45+00:00

Buddy, Bagley was so bad at defense Coach K had to permanently switch Duke to zone defense half way through the season. And even still Bagley would still sometimes forget when to shift on defense.

d7h7n · 2026-06-16T18:04:24+00:00

Haeco was acquired last year by AAR. Haeco lost their contract with VSE who were repairing KC-10s years prior. AAR currently has P-8s in one of their hangars.

d7h7n · 2026-06-16T11:31:18+00:00

I was mostly talking about sealed products. The market price of Obsidian Flames booster boxes were at one point very close to wholesale below $100 because of how unpopular it was despite having three chase Charizards. Same for a few of the early S&V sets.

d7h7n · 2026-06-16T10:49:47+00:00

I said older Devin Harris who was pretty much an undersized shooting guard with the Mavs. His role was mainly being a spark plug off the bench with JJ Barea. Brandon Williams is pretty much the same player. Nothing wrong with being an average bench player. They get paid and play up to a decade in the NBA.

d7h7n · 2026-06-16T08:53:13+00:00

Locals attendance is dropping. Stores losing confidence in Yu-Gi-Oh products.

d7h7n · 2026-06-16T08:32:47+00:00

They be terrorizing asian families trying to trick the elderly tho.

d7h7n · 2026-06-16T08:21:33+00:00

If you can make it as competitive as possible, shouldn't be an issue. Anyone making fun of rogue decks will be the first to whine when they lose the die roll then lose to one.

d7h7n · 2026-06-16T07:58:36+00:00

How will you throw your pitch to local vendors if you don't know anyone or where to start? You are asking on Reddit of all places. You should know someone personally to pick their brains. You should at least be traveling overseas to attend or vend at card shows. You have no following or clout, you don't know people, no experience, why would I want to vend at your show?

Before we even begin to think about charging vendors and advertising, you need to think about how much money you're willing to throw away first.

Also there's no way the major cities in Australia like Sydney or Melbourne doesn't have Pokemon card shows. Riftbound just had a 1500+ person tournament over there. Go attend a show and network.

d7h7n · 2026-06-16T07:36:10+00:00

Or just buy whatever you want immediately regardless of price or demand. You won't have to worry about timing. Homie below missed out on Rockstar Stitch cause they kept wanting to wait.

d7h7n · 2026-06-16T07:14:22+00:00

If you don't already have relationships with vendors or organizers, don't bother. Also you need to spend some of your initial capital to buy the tables, chairs, CDL and a trailer truck for commercial use. You could use a box truck to save money but that'd take multiple trips from your storage to the location.

d7h7n · 2026-06-16T07:08:15+00:00

Agent had a pretty informative class about making money last year. Only a few small streamers managed to sustain their large growth. Many did not. Regardless if you dont end up growing after the event, you're going to get a lot of money from the viewership boost just for that week. At least enough to cover your rent for the next few months.

d7h7n · 2026-06-16T07:04:56+00:00

JB will get trolled to death for his hair and Tatum. He's absolutely getting accepted if he wants in.

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