Sunday Morning NBA Links: And Blake Griffin Doesn't Always Finish the Dunk
by Wil Cantrell on Jan 16, 2011 9:37 AM MST
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PrintThe Suns don't play again until Monday, so here are some links to keep you in the NBA spirit. Oh and yeah I went out of my way to post a missed dunk video. Aren't we all a bit tired of watching Blake finish the dunks?
"I don't believe in personal success," Pietrus said. "I believe in team success. I think if you're not playing, you still come in and work hard for your team and good things are going to happen. Two years ago, nobody believed the Magic would go to the NBA Finals, and we did because we kept working hard every day. I'm a nine-year vet, so I know how to take it."
- A Typical Donald Sterling Moment: LA Times
Donald Sterling unloads when asked for his opinion Clippers owner blasts commissioner for not taking a harder line against the players' union.
- News on the Lockout: SB Nation
Frankly, neither side can really win the P.R. game -- the NBA is seeing record ratings, teams spent incredible sums last summer and players are doing what players do: making and spending cash.
- Derrick Rose for MVP?: Hoopsworld
"You've got to look around the league. Who's really doing better than him out there? I'm sure there are guys out there close to him, but he deserves it. You look at our record. You look at how he plays each game and how he's taking over games. I really think he's up there with the MVP talk."
- More Rose, Less LeBron: Yahoo
Rose didn't want LeBron taking the ball out of his hands, nor respect out of the room. Eventually, Rose reached out, but only out of a sense of duty. Rose didn't want James, nor did Rose particularly want Wade to make a Chicago homecoming. During early July, Rose shut himself in the gym and worked on his game. The soap opera bored him. "If they wanted to come here, they would've come here," Rose told Yahoo! Sports Saturday night.
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Interesting correlation between the Sterling article and the article on the new CBA.
Especially since Sterling’s team has sucked for years, and still managed to profit $19 mil last year, while Orlando went to the ECF, and lost money anyway. He’s a really bad owner, and really bad for the NBA.
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."
We should just get rid of him and the Clippers. I don’t care how much money they make the NBA just because they’re in LA, they suck and always will. They need to be moved.
Don't trade Dudley!
Some people are just like slinkys, they're good for nothing
yet can still manage to put a smile on your face
when pushing them down a flight of stairs.
There's also talk of moving the Kings to Anaheim, which would further dilute the market.
New Orleans is another candidate for a move, since the NBA bought them. Contraction doesn’t seem to be a real possibility – more a red herring for the purposes of negotiation.
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."
i read an article about
the maloofs wanting to move the Kings to Las Vegas, although it didn’t seem to hold much truth to it-more of some ill constructed rumor.
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by Wil Cantrell on Jan 16, 2011 3:36 PM MST up reply actions
You might not care how much money they make.
But the NBA, being a business, definitely does.
"You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist."
~Friedrich Nietzsche
by East Bay Ray on Jan 16, 2011 2:26 PM MST up reply actions
Woj with another LeBron hate article?
I know it’s about Rose, but the LeBron hate is all there. I don’t know if LeBron dumped him or something, but he needs to get over him. The more he writes about him, the bigger LeBron’s ego gets.
"I'm just like you, but 10x better." - Steve Nash
I rike it.
im starting to see that
Woj has a good rep, but its starting to seem that he has a problem with leBron.
Of course a lot of people outside of Miami do as well.
Blogging Suns Basketball. Twitter: @willcantrellphx
by Wil Cantrell on Jan 16, 2011 3:37 PM MST up reply actions
Donald Sterling is a vile being
Representing all that is wrong with sports in particular and the human race in general.
It always fascinates me to watch billionaire owners bitch about having to shell out a few millions to the players who create the owners’wealth.
Oh, the injustice of it all.
And I am equally amazed/amused how many otherwise intelligent people buy into this BS rhetoric.
Overall, it’s probably good that Sterling is distracted by being a sports team owner – because if he wasn’t, he’d probably be doing something causing real-world damage rather than just making Clipper fans miserable year after year after year.
by suns68 on Jan 16, 2011 12:46 PM MST via mobile reply actions 2 recs
He's leading the charge to bust the Player's Union - that's some real world damage right there.
Imagine you went into work tomorrow, only to find your salary had been arbitrarily reduced by 40%. Would your mortgage company also reduce their payments by 40%? The power company? Your car payment? Now I know that we’re talking about millionaires, so sympathy is low, but I can’t imagine the owners getting any sympathy at all here. Especially guys like Sterling, who sits at courtside and heckles his players.
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."
I was thinking more along the lines
Of trafficking in sex slaves or selling tainted baby formula to the third world, but I take your point.
by suns68 on Jan 16, 2011 1:30 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Oh, well, yeah.
Those are bad, too.
;-)
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."
The players don't create any of an owners wealth
Sports teams are a sink hole – it’s an expensive toy.
Founder of the Coalition to Light Vince Carter On Fire (CTLVCOF)
RIP Seasons of Discontent
by Scott Howard on Jan 16, 2011 4:09 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
In many cases, yes
In fact, the best owner to have is one who’s focused on personal pride of winning ’sted the bottom line.
But the LA times article said Sterling has made at least 75 million and possibly 150 mills since moving the Clips to Staples Center 10 years ago.
by suns68 on Jan 16, 2011 4:42 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
That's a big statement to cover a lot of different situations.
It’s true that most owners created their wealth outside of pro sports – with the notable exception of G. W. Bush – but most franchises make money, and typically, the stars (and winning) are the ones that make money for the franchise.
And the franchises keep on appreciating – despite the bad economy, losing money, and losing stars. The fact is, the owners themselves have inflated the player’s salaries to ridiculous proportions, and now they’re looking for the players union to give up to 40% of the money back. Of course, it’s going to affect the richest and most hated players, but it also affects the players like Dowdell, Siler, and Janning to an even greater degree.
It’s a large argument, and one that the owners are likely to win. I personally would love to see the union decertify, and eliminate the anti-trust exemption.
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."
Lol @ the Pietrus comment
Just earlier this year there were plenty of reports about how unhappy he was with his tiny role in Orlando.
next game against Knicks
will be 2 am here. I bet I’m sleeping that time
Mr. chef and your assistants please cook your food better because every unsuccessful dish you made is like onion tears for us.
Griffin
Is the most exciting player in the NBA right now. If you don’t like him…
Plus hes a double double machine.
If the Kings move to Anaheim it would be terrible for the people in Sactown. Its the only thing they have up there.
http://nbhate.blogspot.com/
how about Seattle? Seattle kings
Mr. chef and your assistants please cook your food better because every unsuccessful dish you made is like onion tears for us.
by sun_equalizer on Jan 16, 2011 5:45 PM MST up reply actions
no no no the only team worth noting for seattle aside from either the mariners or seahawks
it’s the supersonics
Victory goes to the courageous!!
i do think they have a ufl team with daunte culpepper as the qb no?
Victory goes to the courageous!!
Go Mountain Lions!
Cory Ross is a beast!
Go Suns, Packers, Jays, and Huskers!
And go Shawn Watson and Barney Cotton! Seriously, leave Lincoln. Now.
Blake cant be compared to Gordon.
I watched the game of la vs lac, seriusly Gordon is just a better player at the moment.
´´As long we have Nash, we are playoff contender´´
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