Not sure why we kept the old thread going, but probably has to do with the sports lack of popularity.
So, Congrats to [strike]Pacers[/strike] SoonerSonics!
Meanwhile, DAL sees what a lemon they got last year, but found a dumber buyer. Four players and 5 draft picks for Davis and 3 others? Could be a good team in four years.
Article says “10-Time All Star” but how many could he actually participate in, since he’s always so injured?
End of OT - Knicks up by 2, Denver misses shot, bonehead loose ball foul, with .3 left
Denver ties on two free throws
End of 2nd OT & Game Knicks win by 7
Some roller coaster for the Nuggets fan that bet on them
Oddly enough my NY based child is a huge Jokic fan. NYK fan too but hasn’t gotten over them dumping Divincenzo a couple weeks after he saved up and bought his jersey.
Apparently, tanking is a really really REALLY big problem in the NBA.
Mark Cuban, not a majority owner anymore, thinks differently:
There are two rounds of draft. Take away their first draft pick if someone healthy-scratches X number of games. Now, the counter-trick would then be to convince the star player to tank his per-game stats by playing only five minutes of a game. “Hey, didn’t scratch him!”
Or, the obvious:
Dump the draft altogether and let the hard-market cap determine who plays where.
Pro/rel with a team in every town. Not that basketball is all that popular or interesting. Nor will current owners like it.