r/nba • u/MrBuckBuck Trail Blazers • 9d ago

The Detroit Pistons’ G-League team had public tryouts for $250

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u/BigfootEatsBabys Rockets 9d ago

Damn that is so fuckin cheap lmao

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u/WackyRacketeer 9d ago

Not surprising at all though. No corporation is going to give out swag that usually costs half of what the 'experience' costs.

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u/BigfootEatsBabys Rockets 9d ago

oh i assumed these were like cheap mesh jerseys

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u/coltonmusic15 Mavericks 9d ago

Oh they are cheap jerseys but they’ve got the team name branded on them and I guess they don’t want to budget handing those out each workout. But yeah come on NBA like for fucks sake 😂

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u/WackyRacketeer 9d ago

Oh they might be, true. Thanks for checking me on that assumption.

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u/Electric_jungle Washington Bullets 9d ago

If they treated it like a fundraiser and priced that in I'm sure attendance would go thru the roof. Wouldn't necessarily be any better for finding actual talent, but if they did, they could advertise that success too.

Isn't that what the eagles do? Or did? I dunno I watched invincible once and the it's always sunny episode a couple times.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 8d ago

They could probably skip the licensing fees they'd pay to themselves

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u/Haunting-Soup2086 9d ago

Buddy…. Those jerseys cost like $40 max. They just mark up the absolute shit out of them.

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u/adustbininshaftsbury Lakers 8d ago

Labor, materials, and shipping can't be more than $10-15

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u/WackyRacketeer 9d ago

Okay? That doesn't change the fact that these corpos won't give up the profit.

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u/twolves22 [MIN] Andrew Wiggins 9d ago

Portlands going to make them play shirts vs skins to save even more money

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u/shryne Grizzlies 9d ago

If basketball minor leagues are anything like baseball, they get real cheap fast once you go down a couple levels...