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Great reasons as to why you think that. Thank you for your input.
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well I was wrong about green getting traded, but I was right that there would be lots of activity at the deadline this year
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Lol, Ive stated them before. :tongue:
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Good Lord, give me OKC and Golden State in the first round. Would be insane!
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I'm sure even you didn't expect THIS MUCH lol. Crazy how many people got traded.
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I didn't expect so many damn buy-outs this season.
If I had to guess, I would say the NBA has seen as many contract buy-outs in 2014-15, as it has for the rest of its established existence. The only exception would be all of the ABA teams that weren't included in the merger that had to buy-out contracts.
If I had to guess, I would say the NBA has seen as many contract buy-outs in 2014-15, as it has for the rest of its established existence. The only exception would be all of the ABA teams that weren't included in the merger that had to buy-out contracts.
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Here's a summary of all the trades: http://www.nba.com/2015/news/02/19/...uards-wire-wrap.ap/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpts
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My guess is Tayshaun is on his farewell tour and wanted to end in a Pistons uniform.
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Imo it's kinda cool for Pirnce and Garnett to close out their careers with the teams that they started their careers with and had a lot of their career moments with.
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Here's a better list of the trades: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/tradetracker/nba-trade-tracker-2015
Not trying to up you, I just like something that simply gives me the trades listed.
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I was actually just about to add that link
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I think the Thunder are going to benefit the most this season. Bucks, maybe, long-term.
OKC has struggled offensively this season. Enes Kanter is a beast scoring in the paint and can even stretch the floor a little bit. He can make free throws as a center which is huge down-the-stretch. He's a nice complementary piece for Ibaka who can play better defense. But he's a great fit for OKC's offense all-around because he and Ibaka are perfect big men to open up the floor for KD and Westbrook.
They also got D.J. Augustin who can allow Westbrook to slide over to the 2 down the stretch a little as well.
I have a gut feeling OKC wins the West and the championship this year. Yes, as an 8th seed.
OKC has struggled offensively this season. Enes Kanter is a beast scoring in the paint and can even stretch the floor a little bit. He can make free throws as a center which is huge down-the-stretch. He's a nice complementary piece for Ibaka who can play better defense. But he's a great fit for OKC's offense all-around because he and Ibaka are perfect big men to open up the floor for KD and Westbrook.
They also got D.J. Augustin who can allow Westbrook to slide over to the 2 down the stretch a little as well.
I have a gut feeling OKC wins the West and the championship this year. Yes, as an 8th seed.
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Noel almost got a tripdub that hard way.
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Suddenly Durant is sort of turning into a whiner in OKC. Probably setting up for free agency. When the new salary cap rolls in we sure are going to see some great big player collusion going on that'll make the Heat experience seem paltry.
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I've got a question:
The new TV revenue contract and its explosion into team revenue buckets. Anyone know WHY? Anyone know why these sponsors would want to pay big money for these games? Seriously.
Usually, when someone has a product and they want to raise their prices for the product, the product should be better that it was before, right? Or there has to be a shortage of the product, right? So tell me............ has the NBA product gotten any better in the last five or so years? Have teams disappeared thereby causing a scarcity of their games? Are there some super teams out there that casual fans will migrate to? So, where is this big time DEMAND for an NBA game featuring lets say the Boston Celtics versus the LA Lakers which was on last night? Two formerly great NBA teams with national followings including casual fans who now are two of the worst teams in basketball.
So in two years we will have some back-up small forward in a middle market team making somewhere around $9M per year who might average about 7 ppg and play 15 mpg. WHo pays to watch him play?
The new TV revenue contract and its explosion into team revenue buckets. Anyone know WHY? Anyone know why these sponsors would want to pay big money for these games? Seriously.
Usually, when someone has a product and they want to raise their prices for the product, the product should be better that it was before, right? Or there has to be a shortage of the product, right? So tell me............ has the NBA product gotten any better in the last five or so years? Have teams disappeared thereby causing a scarcity of their games? Are there some super teams out there that casual fans will migrate to? So, where is this big time DEMAND for an NBA game featuring lets say the Boston Celtics versus the LA Lakers which was on last night? Two formerly great NBA teams with national followings including casual fans who now are two of the worst teams in basketball.
So in two years we will have some back-up small forward in a middle market team making somewhere around $9M per year who might average about 7 ppg and play 15 mpg. WHo pays to watch him play?
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You, the fan pays.
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TV ratings for NBA have been on a steady rise for years & the sport is the most popular it's been worldwide than ever. The previous TV contract was essentially stealing money from the NBA. Due to that, a new contract was negotiated at a higher price. It's happened in almost every major sport in this country (not sure about soccer but I mean really who watches soccer in the US anyway).
Inflation my man, it's just a fact of life. And as Scoot said, we, the fans, are paying for it.
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IN addition, haven't NBA Finals ratings been getting higher and higher every year since that lowly Cleveland/San Antonio Final in 2007?
I mean LA vs Boston is always a ratings grabber..then the whole "EVERYONE WANTS TO WATCH AND HOPE THE HEAT LOSE" Finals series for 4 years.
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The 2007 ratings dropped because of the betting scandals. I would guess the rating growth has improved as time has healed those wounds.