2013-2014 NBA Thread - IND @ WAS and OKC @ LAC on ESPN

[Ja's 2¢]

Man o man if wade could only make fun of himself and be okay with it. Nickname should have been "whistle"

 

[had pants]

Birdman should be Jax Teller.

 

[akhi]

Allegedly DC and Nintendo were hatin cause Chalmers wanted to use "Super Mario" and Battier wanted "Batman"... no word on Flash being copyrighted

 

[rck3sactown]

Jax Teller.

 

[ravagebx]

 

NBA To Pay $500 Million To Get Out Of The Worst Deal Ever Signed
Deadspin.com

Ozzie and Daniel Silna owned the ABA's Spirits of St. Louis, but when the NBA merged with the ABA in 1976, the Spirits were one of two teams the owners didn't want to join. The owner of the other team, the Kentucky Colonels, took a $3 million payment. But the Silnas negotiated something a little different. They took just $2.2 million, plus one-seventh of all future TV revenue for the four ABA teams joining the NBA. Basketball blew up not long after, and that small fraction of TV royalties has netted the Silnas $300 million so far, with payments set to continue on forever.

The NBA has long tried to get out of the infamous arrangement, which paid out a reported $19 million last season alone. In recent years, it has threatened to become even more onerous—the Silnas filed suit for a share of revenue streams that didn't exist in 1976, like international TV deals and online streaming. Now, says the New York Times, they're close to a buyout.

It's not cheap. The NBA will give the Silnas a reported $500 million dollars up front to drop their lawsuit. The Silnas will retain an unknown but smaller share of TV revenues, but the NBA will have a future option to buy them out.

When it's all said and done, shortsightedness will cost the NBA near a billion dollars. But consider it a hedge. The alternate reality, where the payouts to the Silnas remained small, was a world in which the NBA didn't become big enough to sign $7.4 billion TV contracts.

Jesus Christ talk about a comeup! 

 

[sea manup]

 

[Peep Game]

Nicknames for the Heats Friday night game

King James
D. Wade
CB
Rio
UD
J. Shuttlesworth
Battle
Birdman
Cole Train
Sweet Lew
Doc
GO
Be Easy
Moneymase
JJ

(bolded the ones that are somewhat cool)

Sweet Lew

Who's Battle??

Bosh should've trolled and went with Spice

 

[Master Zik]

With teammates allegedly smangin' each other's wives in San Antonio,

you want Bynum there?

Julius F. Wrek

Who knows, if he was on the team earlier Timmy might still be married

 

[grandtheftbike]

^ battier

i thought doc was oden but looked it up and its joel anthony

 

[Master Zik]

"D. Wade" 

I thought he was Flash for the longest. Did the players choose their own nicknames?

NBA To Pay $500 Million To Get Out Of The Worst Deal Ever Signed
Deadspin.com

Ozzie and Daniel Silna owned the ABA's Spirits of St. Louis, but when the NBA merged with the ABA in 1976, the Spirits were one of two teams the owners didn't want to join. The owner of the other team, the Kentucky Colonels, took a $3 million payment. But the Silnas negotiated something a little different. They took just $2.2 million, plus one-seventh of all future TV revenue for the four ABA teams joining the NBA. Basketball blew up not long after, and that small fraction of TV royalties has netted the Silnas $300 million so far, with payments set to continue on forever.

The NBA has long tried to get out of the infamous arrangement, which paid out a reported $19 million last season alone. In recent years, it has threatened to become even more onerous—the Silnas filed suit for a share of revenue streams that didn't exist in 1976, like international TV deals and online streaming. Now, says the New York Times, they're close to a buyout.

It's not cheap. The NBA will give the Silnas a reported $500 million dollars up front to drop their lawsuit. The Silnas will retain an unknown but smaller share of TV revenues, but the NBA will have a future option to buy them out.

When it's all said and done, shortsightedness will cost the NBA near a billion dollars. But consider it a hedge. The alternate reality, where the payouts to the Silnas remained small, was a world in which the NBA didn't become big enough to sign $7.4 billion TV contracts.

DAMN

Them is those Spielberg making money off Staw Wars merchandise type deal

 

[markangelo]

can't believe ESPN cancelled Rockets/Lakers for tomorrow 

 

[lawdog1]

Credit to them for having more foresight about the NBA's future than the NBA did.

 

[Peep Game]

Rodman

 

[rck3sactown]

Took Kobe's advice

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[sea manup]

time to start up the rudy gay eastern all star starter movement 

 

[daybyday]

Let's go Raps where my T.o fans at

 

[you big dummy]

 

[Undefined]

^ 

 

[sea manup]

http://66.39.130.59/thefinalseason/

d fish retiring after this year 

 

[Bert.]

 

NBA To Pay $500 Million To Get Out Of The Worst Deal Ever Signed

Deadspin.com


Ozzie and Daniel Silna owned the ABA's Spirits of St. Louis, but when the NBA merged with the ABA in 1976, the Spirits were one of two teams the owners didn't want to join. The owner of the other team, the Kentucky Colonels, took a $3 million payment. But the Silnas negotiated something a little different. They took just $2.2 million, plus one-seventh of all future TV revenue for the four ABA teams joining the NBA. Basketball blew up not long after, and that small fraction of TV royalties has netted the Silnas $300 million so far, with payments set to continue on forever.


The NBA has long tried to get out of the infamous arrangement, which paid out a reported $19 million last season alone. In recent years, it has threatened to become even more onerous—the Silnas filed suit for a share of revenue streams that didn't exist in 1976, like international TV deals and online streaming. Now, says the New York Times, they're close to a buyout.


It's not cheap. The NBA will give the Silnas a reported $500 million dollars up front to drop their lawsuit. The Silnas will retain an unknown but smaller share of TV revenues, but the NBA will have a future option to buy them out.


When it's all said and done, shortsightedness will cost the NBA near a billion dollars. But consider it a hedge. The alternate reality, where the payouts to the Silnas remained small, was a world in which the NBA didn't become big enough to sign $7.4 billion TV contracts.

Jesus Christ talk about a comeup! 

i remember reading about this

really wondering what the small share is. this family shouldnt even accept a buy out. entire family will be set for life :x

 

[awwsome]

Norris Cole been hitting them 3's

 

[mr marcus]

Damn Stephen Jackson got cut

 

[awwsome]

Anthony Davis flourishing early

 

[pmatic]

Stephen Jackson was washed up last season. He's better off focusing on his rap career at this point.

 

[awwsome]

Josh Smith just manhandled Melo

Drummond out there being a grown man