OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD -May 2021

[blazerkor]

This forum would be wild right now and instead it's like

 

[THE HCP]

Huge win for US tonight!

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Here is a chart of incorrect calls in last two minutes since 2015. Appears Lillard had about 30 calls in that time period where he got ripped off and about 20 where he got the benefit of bad calls.
Biggest benefactors of bad calls seem to be Harden and KAT; as a ratio between the two, Horford did pretty well.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[Strenuus]

Doncic.

That was easy.

 

[calvin natt]

Lamelo Ball. Partially because of him, partially because the media is already obsessed with him. Doncic isnt a bad pick either.

 

[Strenuus]

Lamelo Ball. Partially because of him, partially because the media is already obsessed with him. Doncic isnt a bad pick either.

Well the media thing isn't his fault.

I actually find him fun to watch. Just as long as I watch it on anything other than the Hornets broadcast lol

 

[calvin natt]

Well the media thing isn't his fault.

I actually find him fun to watch. Just as long as I watch it on anything other than the Hornets broadcast lol

Mostly not his fault. But the media tends to like focusing on guys like Ball/his family, etc. Kardashian effect. I can’t stand the guy.

 

[Strenuus]

Mostly not his fault. But the media tends to like focusing on guys like Ball/his family, etc. Kardashian effect. I can’t stand the guy.

Lol I understand that. I hated Lonzo ball for all the wrong reasons except that he was a Laker, so...

 

[THE HCP]

 

[handiman]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...minnesota-timberwolves-15-billion-per-reports

The Timberwolves, of all teams, are now worth $1.5B? I need a minute to let that sink in. That's like a billion dollars for every time they've made the playoffs.

 

[blazerkor]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...minnesota-timberwolves-15-billion-per-reports

The Timberwolves, of all teams, are now worth $1.5B? I need a minute to let that sink in. That's like a billion dollars for every time they've made the playoffs.

Sports teams appreciate in value (obviously) so quickly and have been guaranteed to make a little money every year for decades. The NBA is popular. That's why I don't buy all of this "Blazers For Sale" shit. If Jodie wanted to cash in the value of this team it would be a huge amount of money probably over 2B. So that's a great investment for the ARod group.

 

[handiman]

Sports teams appreciate in value (obviously) so quickly and have been guaranteed to make a little money every year for decades. The NBA is popular. That's why I don't buy all of this "Blazers For Sale" shit. If Jodie wanted to cash in the value of this team it would be a huge amount of money probably over 2B. So that's a great investment for the ARod group.

That's like betting on the housing market to always go up no matter what, and buying in at a high point in a sketchy neighborhood that'll take ten years to get back to that level if the area develops the way you hope.

The Timberwolves are only a good investment if the new ownership group thinks they can turn the franchise around. Perpetual doormats shouldn't be selling for near big-market prices. The Clippers look like a serious bargain all of a sudden. Anyone know where Minny ranks in terms of profitability?

 

[blazerkor]

That's like betting on the housing market to always go up no matter what, and buying in at a high point in a sketchy neighborhood that'll take ten years to get back to that level if the area develops the way you hope.

The Timberwolves are only a good investment if the new ownership group thinks they can turn the franchise around. Perpetual doormats shouldn't be selling for near big-market prices. The Clippers look like a serious bargain all of a sudden. Anyone know where Minny ranks in terms of profitability?

Except the sports team bubble has literally never burst. Maybe it's because owners are so rich that they never have to sell when it would be a loss but it's never happened in basketball. In the near 30 years that Paul Allen/his trust has owned the team they went from 70M to ~2B. That's like thirty times or a 3000% return on investment. An ira over thirty years assuming the market does really well, which unlike NBA teams the stock market hasn't always done well, would yield 800M over thirty years on a 70M investment. So you see, it is a great investment. People aren't going to stop watching sports... their just not going to. The fact that there are competing interests out there has been way more than offset by the increase in population.

For a little perspective on the Wolves, they sold for 152M in 1994.

 

[Strenuus]

Wait he's still in the league?

 

[handiman]

Except the sports team bubble has literally never burst. Maybe it's because owners are so rich that they never have to sell when it would be a loss but it's never happened in basketball. In the near 30 years that Paul Allen/his trust has owned the team they went from 70M to ~2B. That's like thirty times or a 3000% return on investment. An ira over thirty years assuming the market does really well, which unlike NBA teams the stock market hasn't always done well, would yield 800M over thirty years on a 70M investment. So you see, it is a great investment. People aren't going to stop watching sports... their just not going to. The fact that there are competing interests out there has been way more than offset by the increase in population.

For a little perspective on the Wolves, they sold for 152M in 1994.

You're ignoring the part about Minny being a failure of a franchise. Portland has long been among the more profitable ones.

 

[blazerkor]

You're ignoring the part about Minny being a failure of a franchise. Portland has long been among the more profitable ones.

Yeah... Minny is terrible and still a fantastic investment.

 

[jlprk]

Great find! Owen Phillips deserves praise! He compiled that from
https://github.com/atlhawksfanatic/L2M

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Here is a chart of incorrect calls in last two minutes since 2015. Appears Lillard had about 30 calls in that time period where he got ripped off and about 20 where he got the benefit of bad calls.
Biggest benefactors of bad calls seem to be Harden and KAT; as a ratio between the two, Horford did pretty well.

I would like to see this graph with CJ on it? Funny thing CJ doesn't get many calls good or bad?

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Crazy week? I stay up watching Laker games that all come down to the last possession on Tuesday and Wednesday. Then On Thursday we all watch the Blazers come down to the last Possession.
Please tell me the Blazers will be on the kind side of one of these eventually? Been a pretty bleak month on really close games?
Any one of those one possession games vs the Clippers, Nuggets or Grizzlies would have been a win they could have used.
You can't just blame the standings on one game or one possession in the NBA.

 

[handiman]

Yeah... Minny is terrible and still a fantastic investment.

https://www.statista.com/statistics...ational-basketball-association-teams-in-2010/

At $1.4B recent valuation, the $1.5B likely sale price isn't as much over team worth as I expected. But, it is a pretty significant amount over still, at a time when teams are struggling with crowd restrictions and Chinese dollars. I don't see how anyone could label that a fantastic investment, unless anything slightly below average and up is also fantastic?

Also, being within $100M of the bottom of the barrel means Minny will lag behind league-wide trends if values do shoot up. And I do question whether the league has already seen its best days from a profit standpoint, after the big TV deals in '16. Here's more perspective on the recent franchise values:

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/two-decades-of-nba-profit/

Where's the next big boost come from to sustain that growth? Until the past decade, pro franchises were basically a shiny toy for uber rich folks, not an investment. That's a risky ship to jump on after the big growth has already taken place.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

At this point they're just trying to extend his career artificially. He'll be unofficial assistant coach for Miami in perpetuity and they'll let him come in and start a fight once a season.

 

[wizenheimer]

At this point they're just trying to extend his career artificially. He'll be unofficial assistant coach for Miami in perpetuity and they'll let him come in and start a fight once a season.

sounds like my wife's brother-in-law at Thanksgiving

 

[Tyrant of Ants]

Chris Webber out at TNT. Never did like him. Reggie Miller is worse, though.

 

[wizenheimer]

Chris Webber out at TNT. Never did like him. Reggie Miller is worse, though.

team them up....Jordan Kent on play-by-play; Reggie Miller analyst....how many people would gouge out their eardrums?

 

[kjironman1]

Guess who might win the season win/loss prediction thread?
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OKay @Orion Bailey
I just watched that last preseason game and i'm gonna change my prediction again if that is okay with you?
This team will be very luck to be playing .500 ball at the 20 game mark. That would put them at 10-10.
Then they will start to get things working a bit better and they will go 32-20 the rest of the way.
Prediction 42-30. Hoping that gets them into the playoffs?
The team will have 10 missed games and i think they could start very quickly?
League wide there will be a total of 12 games postponed/cancelled
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One more win baby!

 

[DDolla]

If Clippers lose then Denver move to the 3rd spot. If that happens, Denver need to win their game against us to keep the 3rd spot. If the Clippers are the 4th seed maybe Dallas will tank to be at 6th lol. Just Crazy

 

[BlazerBeav]

If Clippers lose then Denver move to the 3rd spot. If that happens, Denver need to win their game against us to keep the 3rd spot

Thing is, it looks like LAC wants the 4-seed - and there's nothing Denver can do to keep them from doing it. This could work out how we wanted after all!

 

[blazerkor]

Thing is, it looks like LAC wants the 4-seed - and there's nothing Denver can do to keep them from doing it. This could work out how we wanted after all!

Yeah, if the Lakers win tomorrow, Sunday is going to be really interesting... especially if the Rockets hold onto this quickly depleting lead.

 

[DDolla]

Yeah, if the Lakers win tomorrow, Sunday is going to be really interesting... especially if the Rockets hold onto this quickly depleting lead.

Man this is wild lol