The Lockout

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Re: The Lockout

Post by Bklyn » Fri Dec 02, 2011 1:30 am

Don't we all?
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Re: The Lockout

Post by Bklyn » Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:58 pm

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

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Re: The Lockout

Post by Jungle Rat » Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:00 pm

The NBA hasn't started yet?

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Re: The Lockout

Post by Bklyn » Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:53 pm

Kinda...yeah, it has.
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Re: The Lockout

Post by Jungle Rat » Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:30 pm

So Winter is over?

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Re: The Lockout

Post by Bklyn » Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:14 pm

Winter is coming...Spring of 2012.
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Re: The Lockout

Post by Hizzy III » Fri Dec 02, 2011 6:51 pm

BS! According to the (Houston) Chronicle, we can expect the first signs of the apocalypse on Sunday, when TJ takes his first snap from behind Chris's ass.

"Oh, save us, lawd! Don't whip da tired ol' bones."

And, as far as the upcoming NBA season is concerned Begin Sarcasm: According to ESPN, the NBA will consist of only six true teams with a bunch of practice squads thrown in for mere flavoring. Those six teams, in no particular order of favor: Lakers, Celtics, Heat, Bulls, Mavericks and Spurs. End Sarcasm

RANT:

I wish CBS was still in charge of NBA broadcasts. That way, you'd get a good late Friday night game ('member dem days? World B. Free trying to outduel Gus Williams from the Sonics at one in the morning eastern standard time?) between teams that you wouldn't normally see during the prime broadcasts. Hell, even TNT/TBS does a better job of giving you a broader range of games between teams than does ESPN, the most front-running network in history.

I know, I know, people want to see the best teams play. Yeah, they keep selling you that and at the same time have to admit that the NBA (along with baseball) is routinely getting its ass kicked by the NFL. Why? Because the NFL does a pretty good job of marketing all its teams or at least allowing for a fair amount of exposure of those teams. People will complain about the Chiefs playing the Cardinals on a Monday Night instead of two more traditional powers but that game will still get as good or even better ratings than a Bulls/Celtics game on a Sunday afternoon.

Granted, that's not ESPN's fault as much as it is David Stern's but still...

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Re: The Lockout

Post by AugustWest » Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:07 pm

Bklyn wrote:Winter is coming...Spring of 2012.
heh, and it will be brutal.
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Re: The Lockout

Post by Bklyn » Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:52 pm

KG is awesome
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Re: The Lockout

Post by Bklyn » Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:17 pm

Perk either worked really hard during the lockout to protect his knees and make a run at another title...

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or he's been smokin' that shit.
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Re: The Lockout

Post by Bklyn » Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:43 pm

baseball survives without a Salary Cap and has competition...why can't bball?
The critical difference between today's MLB and today's NBA is that baseball is no longer repeating the lie that that player movement and big contracts have weakened the sport. During each labor negotiation, the commissioner and owners have stopped saying they are collectively losing money -- a hard case to make in the age of huge television deals; team-owned local networks; the money machine that is MLB Advanced Media; and valuations of the Red Sox, Yankees, Cubs and Dodgers nearing or cresting $1 billion, all on top of an era of stadium building unseen in 100 years.

Instead, baseball has told a more honest, nuanced truth: The sport has problem areas in Oakland and St. Petersburg, financial issues in Queens and ownership issues at Chavez Ravine but overall is in good health.

http://espn.go.com/espn/commentary/stor ... y-next-nba
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Re: The Lockout

Post by Owlman » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:50 am

survives is a heck of a standard. Is baseball thriving? Like Football?

Do we want our sports leagues to be like football, baseball or basketball??
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Re: The Lockout

Post by BigRedMan » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:59 am

Every sport league should desire to be like the NFL. The NFL has an unfair advantage though. Short season and EVERY GAME is on television each week somewhere AND is usually seen by more than 50% of the country in some way shape or form. Like the 4 pm games, there might be 4 games at that time but each part of the country is getting one of those games.

Baseball has been trying to recover since the strike. It has done well but it still has the rich and the poor. Just because teams like TB sneak in every few years doesn't mean it is balanced.
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Re: The Lockout

Post by Bklyn » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:42 pm

Every sport league should desire to be like the NFL
and every athlete desires it to be like baseball...or at least not like football.
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Re: The Lockout

Post by Owlman » Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:18 pm

and every athlete desires it to be like baseball...or at least not like football.
But I'm a fan, not an athlete. I hate the way baseball works. Can't stand it. There could not be a Green Bay with baseball.
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Re: The Lockout

Post by AugustWest » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:46 pm

Owlman wrote:
and every athlete desires it to be like baseball...or at least not like football.
But I'm a fan, not an athlete. I hate the way baseball works. Can't stand it. There could not be a Green Bay with baseball.
Toronto?
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Re: The Lockout

Post by Owlman » Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:43 pm

Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is the largest metropolitan area in Canada, with a 2006 census population of 5.5 million


The 2010 population of the Green Bay metropolitan area was 306,241
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Re: The Lockout

Post by AugustWest » Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:02 am

dont be injecting facts and logic into my argument dammit!
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Re: The Lockout

Post by BigRedMan » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:48 am

Bklyn wrote:
Every sport league should desire to be like the NFL
and every athlete desires it to be like baseball...or at least not like football.
Nope everyone wants that NBA contract. Make a shit ton of money whether you play or not.
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Re: The Lockout

Post by T Dot O Dot » Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:17 pm

Owlman wrote:Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is the largest metropolitan area in Canada, with a 2006 census population of 5.5 million


The 2010 population of the Green Bay metropolitan area was 306,241
it's gotta be over 6 million by now, easily
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