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    Billy Hunter expects entire NBA season to be cancelled because of lockout

    That would never happen for multiple reasons. For one, these owners bought the franchise for several hundred million. They cannot just walk away...
    Post by: melvimbe, Aug 6, 2011 in forum: NBA Dish
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    Blake Griffin Shirtless at the beach in Miami

    Why is he carrying around 2 phones? And why does it look like he's dipping?
    Post by: melvimbe, Jul 17, 2011 in forum: NBA Dish
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    How many players will go international, what is the impact on the NBA?

    How so? There really aren't any FAs available this season that could have a real negative impact if they were gone for good. If you are under...
    Post by: melvimbe, Jul 8, 2011 in forum: NBA Dish
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    Deron Williams signed with Iverson's team in Turkey

    This is solely for the purpose of trying to gain a bargaining chip in negotiations and possibly some additional endorsements. I seriously doubt...
    Post by: melvimbe, Jul 7, 2011 in forum: NBA Dish
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    [Dead Spin] How (And Why) An NBA Team Makes A $7M Profit Look Like a $28M Loss

    I personally care about the $1 loss. It would have been smarter for me to keep my money under the mattress then to buy this property. Note, I'm...
    Post by: melvimbe, Jul 5, 2011 in forum: NBA Dish
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    [Dead Spin] How (And Why) An NBA Team Makes A $7M Profit Look Like a $28M Loss

    First, I don't see how you can depreciate something you don't own, I don't see it as applying. Second, depreciate real estate seems like a bad...
    Post by: melvimbe, Jul 5, 2011 in forum: NBA Dish
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    Fans Need to Support the Players

    The players can't make any money without the owner's setup up the vehicle, and the owner's can't do it without the players to drive the vehicle....
    Post by: melvimbe, Jul 4, 2011 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    [Dead Spin] How (And Why) An NBA Team Makes A $7M Profit Look Like a $28M Loss

    How can you depreciate an asset that you don't own? These are not slaves, they're employees. It's like Apple claiming a loss because Steve Job's...
    Post by: melvimbe, Jul 1, 2011 in forum: NBA Dish
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    [SportingNews] SBJ: NBA proposes $45 million hard salary cap

    I think we are at least a decade away from being concerned about that. I'm not sure what Euro players are opting to stay home over entering the...
    Post by: melvimbe, Jun 5, 2011 in forum: NBA Dish
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    [SportingNews] SBJ: NBA proposes $45 million hard salary cap

    I honestly don't have a clue how they can resolve this. I am not buying the argument that players would suffer if their salaries were reduced....
    Post by: melvimbe, Jun 5, 2011 in forum: NBA Dish
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    Jeff Van Gundy Assisant Coach

    Several problems with the idea. 1 - Coaches do not like to return to the city that fired them. 2 - Head coaches don't like to be assistant...
    Post by: melvimbe, May 31, 2011 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    tip jar bet: i guarantee kmac's Rockets will win more than Adelman's did last year

    I don't think tanking is the goal at all, but I don't think the Rockets really care that much about increasing the winning percentage next year....
    Post by: melvimbe, May 29, 2011 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Patterson should Start in Hayes Place at C

    It's way too soon for Patterson to go to the starting lineup. I don't know that it's really going to make that big of a difference overall, but...
    Post by: melvimbe, Jan 3, 2011 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    [ESPN]Heat at Houston: 5 things to watch

    I actually be up for doing something a little crazy. Put Scola on Bosh, Battier on Wade, and Chuck on LeBron. Let Martin cover the C and flop...
    Post by: melvimbe, Dec 29, 2010 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Brooks should realize his role.

    Perhaps I'm being too picky, but the comment wasn't that Brooks shoudn't start, but that Brooks should realize his role...which doesn't make any...
    Post by: melvimbe, Dec 29, 2010 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves