The Hawks are dead set on the playoffs.
No Wood for us
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Have heard nothing here either.
Harrell signing with the Lakers
Hornets apparently offered him decent money so he just saved us from ourselves
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See if this one sticks
This is interesting
And wow, thatâs not bad pricing on DJJ
Thereâs another rumored target off the market. They may be saving us from ourselves though
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Baynes, Whiteside or maybe Bogdanovic might be our targets now yeah?
Ok, I assume thatâs a typo and thatâs for both twins but perhaps Balmer getâs a financial distribution he must spend each year for Surface residuals.
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As bad as weâve been feeling about Batumâs contract all these years, in the words of the everlasting, unconquerable universal maxim, it could always be worse:
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Jeeze, thatâs pretty bad
Steven adams to pelicans picks back to okc. All combined in with the jrue to Milwaukee trade.
And this
Biggest trend: people figured out they donât NEED sports
Smaller trend: sports quit being an escape for people when current events became the focus
Eh iâm sure the nba isnât too concerned
Donât really understand the people getting so upset about the players being political.
Not to get political, but I worked for the Bernie Sanders campaign in Charlotte and some in South Carolina. And if every NBA player came out on twitter tweeting âTrump won the election it was rigged.â
I wouldnât care and it wouldnât effect how much I watch the league
Might be totally normal but only Dwight runs out of patience and tweets heâs staying to try will it to an end state.
Alot of people do though. And itâs showing. The nba is very concerned. Adam silver has said as much in basically demanding a pre Christmas start to the season and wanting to take the political messages off of jerseys
I feel sorry for him.
I honestly think it depends on which media personality frames it. Yes, ratings are way down, as they are across every single sport (except the WNBA!). Lost money from the pandemic, ticket sales, tv ads, and the Hong Kong/China thing are a big deal.
But Iâm a basketball die hard, and I hardly watched any of the playoffs. I love the Panthers, never missed a game previously, and this year maybe have watched a game and a half. Same with my Heels, havenât even seen a football game. With two young kids virtual learning, working full time, being the full time cook/housekeeper/nurse/mediator has pretty much knocked out most of my hobbies. And yes, I tuned in to the news a lot more because of the election/pandemic. I donât think my circumstances are unique either.
So I know its popular with the Clay Travisâ/Aubrey Huffâs of the world to focus mainly on the NBA, and then to say its mainly because of the NBAâs stances/actions (and of course there is truth for certain fan groups) but its disingenuous of them to blow it up like its the main reason for ratings losses (i.e. see me, above). Plus I donât think Silver planned to have messages on the jerseys past the bubble, it was part of the negotiations to get the players to agree to come to the bubble in the middle of the pandemic and police murder protests.
But yes, the pre-Christmas start is definitely money motivated, as it should be. Extenuating circumstances have killed revenue, and it will reverberate for many years. I just think its better if we can look at the broader picture of the hellhole that is 2020, rather than let certain media influencers lead us to believe it is because playerâs have strong opinions on things.
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Not sure if this should go in our FA/Trade thread or the non-Hornet FA/Trade thread but we did crack the news. Our '23 second rounder went to OKC (part of the Steven Adams trade deal) as part of their full team, and G-league team worth of future picks. Woohoo! Put a stamp on that envelope folks!
I agree 100% which is why I ordered my reasons so.
Personal anecdote. I was in the exact same boat as you. Totally disengaged with sports. I started coming around to watching a game here and there until the race politics entered the nba in mass. I have no problems with the players having a voice, but between the âboycottâ and the broadcasts, I just shut it all off. That isnât why I watch.
But again to reiterate, it is much more the first part than the second but the second part absolutely played a big role across all sports