part two of the nba 2020-21 anything but regular season

The current NBA sells the dream that it is a burgeoning global enterprise, poised to harvest big profits from merchandising itself on every continent besides Antarctica. There's just enough potential substance wrapped inside that cloud of hype to lure in new billionaire investors.

if i were an nba owner i would simply move my team from sacramento to seattle then sell it

also if TV contracts go down it means the salary cap will go down and player salaries will go down. plus there's revenue sharing between the franchises to cover losses accrued by the teams in small markets. sports leagues are structured (by owners) to ensure that the owners make money, which isn't to say that all owners do make money, but it's a pretty safe thing to do with hundreds of millions or billions of dollars. there's not a lot of ppl who just lose their shirts on major sports franchises, it's a rigged game

with the Timberwolves, Jon K the Athletic beat reporter was saying on a local radio show that one of the things about team is that -- despite basically all but a handful of years being the worst team in basketball -- the books are actually pretty good when you look into the financials, he said they are better than you would think and better off financially than some teams that are way better franchises

the league feels like it's a good market and if it even got an above average team it would be huge (the garnett era seems to confirm this, that was the biggest ticket in town)

if you look at this article from when brian windhorst was leaked league financial data, the wolves lost money initially but turned a profit after revenue sharing which means they're prob run pretty cleanly

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20747413/a-confidential-report-shows-nearly-half-nba-lost-money-last-season-now-what

idk what glen taylor could have been doing all these years if not keeping the books clean

the luxury tax is huge if you stay one of the teams thats receiving it rather than paying it thats good for you

marv albert’s signal has been dropped from the TNT broadcast which prompted reggie miller to announce “we’ve lost hall of fame broadcaster marv albert,” which i found quite startling. and now it feels like being trapped in a jail cell with reggie miller

rough lol

i think trevor ariza just told embiid he wants to fight him in the tunnel

udonis haslem just checked into a game for the first time all season, scored 4 points on 2-2 shooting and got ejected for shoving dwight howard in the face with his finger. iconic.

I went to UGA and used to go to games when Haslem was at Florida. I remember onetime during pregame shoot around, some dawgs fan was yelling at him and he wailed the dude with a basketball. iconic

lol that kicks ass

Just watched it lmao what a legend

Udonis looks like he’s 50 years old

it's insane the heat just sacrifice a roster spot every season to keep him around, nobody really talks about it but it's a crazy team building strategy

shit he's gotta be 40 right? he's stayed much healthier than me since our chance encounter when he wailed a ball at me

There’s gotta be a reason for it xp

they clearly value his presence as a locker room vet. it's not like they've needed the roster spot, but there's no other team who essentially keeps a retired player on the roster for that reason, maybe it's a better use of a roster spot than some random marginally skilled fringe player

Udonis Haslem per-36 stats this season:

48.0 PPG
12.0 RPG
100.0 FG%

He’s averaging 1 fight per minute this season. pic.twitter.com/KEpokh76of

— StatMuse (@statmuse) May 14, 2021

there is also some wink-wink stuff with continuing to pay him for taking less during the heatles years, no? am i right about that?

Dwyane Wade gave up $1.5 million of his annual salary to help the Miami Heat make room for Udonis Haslem in 2010, while LeBron James and Chris Bosh each gave up $1 million, according Brian Windhorst of ESPN.

The Heat notably signed James, Wade and Bosh that offseason to help build a team that went onto win two NBA titles and reach the Finals in four straight seasons. However, each sacrificed salary to help build depth on the roster.

The three superstars first agreed to take $1 million less than the max salary to bring in sharpshooter Mike Miller. They then took another hit to keep Haslem, who reportedly had offers of $34 million over five years with both the Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks but accepted a five-year, $20.3 million deal from the Heat.

thanks! and i fully support keeping him on-roster because it's funny and clearly works for them.

udonis haslem just checked into a game for the first time all season, scored 4 points on 2-2 shooting and got ejected for shoving dwight howard in the face with his finger. iconic.

― J0rdan S., Thursday, May 13, 2021 8:24 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I went to UGA and used to go to games when Haslem was at Florida. I remember onetime during pregame shoot around, some dawgs fan was yelling at him and he wailed the dude with a basketball. iconic

― Heez, Thursday, May 13, 2021 8:30 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol respect

the thing i dont understand with haslem is every other team just gives guys like him assistant coaching jobs

right, lol. i guess it's a way of not taking away from the coaching staff?

herro came back from injury 4 games ago and looks like a different player

most assistant coaches couldn't check into a game and go 2-2 tho

giannis always looks like a lil kid hamming it up when hes mean mugging

Sheesh, Giannis 😤pic.twitter.com/omM6UAAQq9

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) May 14, 2021

herro came back from injury 4 games ago and looks like a different player

he is jumping noticeably higher on his jump shot despite allegedly nursing a bad foot.....

udonis, from one 1980-born thought leader to another: bless you

NEWS: No. 1 analyst Chris Webber and TNT have parted ways on the eve the NBA playoffs, The Post has learned. https://t.co/an1jJR972j

— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) May 14, 2021

hmm. ah well

weird timing

apparently means more games for grant hill and jim jackson which would def be an upgrade

guys really do not like dwight howard...

hes very annoying

dwayne deadmon the second heat center to get t'd up for going at dwight tonight

reggie notes that diwght howard has "championship-like DNA" which is interesting phrasing

kinda funny after the dwight redemption arc where he humbled himself and became a good teammate hes leading the league in techs and everyone still hates him

yeah he just turned into a hockey goon because he doesn't know how to do anything like a normal person.

and he doesn't even get credit for full championship DNA

not watching the game but embiid has 6 points and two rebounds at the end of the 3rd huh

sixers starters never really got engaged and doc has played long stretches with an all bench line up out there

first quarter was 38-22 heat, not much to play for after that

if a 7 seed loses the play-in tournament do they get in the lottery? asking for a friend

yes it is possible for the 7 to lose out into the lottery

i was also pondering this possibility for no reason

i hope jimmy butler does something fun in media after he's done playing. one of the sharpest guys out there and i think he'd be a straight shooter.