Watched the Lakers game last night, wow they are poor. They were in the game for about 5 minutes then .. they weren't. Going to be a depressing season for Laker fans.
I thought they only had the two they are trailing atm, but yep all 5. Awesome.
The Heat game last night was bonkers btw, had a playoff atmosphere about it.
Shame that only two of the games will be any good tho, Rockets Spurs at 1am and Clips Warriors at 3:30am (I'll catch the repeat on that one thank you! ). And thank goodness it will be national commentators, the local guys annoy me with their rose tinted glasses view on most things
Only got to see the Lakers Heat game live, the no-name Lakers were actually hanging in there until they got steamrollered in the 4th quarter by the Heat offence. Highlight was D Wade's off the glass set up for James's left foot take-off, left handed slam.
The Christmas sneakers/ unis are kind of cynical marketing excercise
The Nets and Knicks both looked dreadful. Ugh, it was horrific to watch. JR Smith was just jacking up every shot he could. OKC were just eating them alive by the end.
Loved Heat/Lakers. This LA team without Kobe or Nash are playing aggressively and it's great to watch. Nick Young's long 3 over Lebron was awesome. Unlike JR Smith, Young seems to play with heart, despite his flaws. Lebron's two dunks were CRAZY though. He's quietly getting even better this season and it's getting somewhat lost in all of the Pacers/Portland/Clippers buzz, which is scary.
As expected, GSW/Clippers was the game of the day. Just fantastic stuff from start to finish. Really thought LA were going to get the win and thought that Crawford was going to land that 3 in the final second, but it was not to be. Some horrific officiating in this one too - there's no way Griffin should have been ejected when he was. Awful, awful call. I liked the tempers flaring between these teams again and can't wait until their next game on Jan. 30th!
"NBA close to resolving ‘greatest deal in sports’ - report
Date: 7 JANUARY 2014
North American basketball league the NBA is close to agreeing a conditional deal that will end the payment of a share of national television revenues to the owners of the Spirits of St. Louis franchise in the defunct American Basketball Association, according to the New York Times newspaper.
The revenue-sharing agreement was formed in the wake of the 1976 merger of the two leagues and has been called the greatest deal in sports history, if not in American business as a whole. The merger saw the Spirits excluded from the merger, which granted entry to the NBA for the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs and the franchise that was then called the New York Nets. The Spirits’ owners, Ozzie and Daniel Silna, reached an agreement to be paid one-seventh of the national television revenue that the four franchises were to receive as long as the NBA existed – an amount that the Times said has so far risen to around $300m (€220.6m).
The NBA has previously tried to buy the Silnas out of the agreement and negotiations are said to have progressed over the past six to nine months. The Times said that the Silnas, the league and the four former ABA teams will today (Tuesday) announce a conditional deal that will make major revisions to the initial agreement.
Under the terms of the deal, the Silnas will reportedly receive a $500m upfront payment, financed through a private placement of notes by JPMorgan Chase and Merrill Lynch. This will end the huge perpetual payments and settle a lawsuit filed in federal court by the Silnas that demanded additional compensation from sources of television revenue that did not exist in 1976. These include league-owned cable-television channel NBA TV, foreign broadcasts of games and League Pass, the service that lets fans watch out-of-market games.
However, the Times said that the Silnas will continue to receive some television revenue through a new partnership that is set to be formed with the Nets - now known as the Brooklyn Nets - the Pacers, the Nuggets and the Spurs. The newspaper added that the Silnas can be bought out of their interest in the partnership at a future date."
Just a heads up; this Thursday (16th Jan). NBA on a sensible time on a weekday, and from London.
7:45pm
Live NBA
Atlanta Hawks v Brooklyn Nets Atlanta Hawks v Brooklyn Nets (Tip-off 8.00pm). Coverage of the Eastern Conference encounter at the O2 Arena in London
Category Basketball
Edit: Should be a good game,enjoyed the Nets double overtime win over the Heat the other day. Rather jealous of the people going (I never seem to find out about these things in time).
I've been loving all of the off-season drama so far. Where do we think Kevin Love will go? The Cavs have signed Wiggins to his rookie deal, so he can't be traded for 30 days now.
I just can't wait for the new season to start. Still seems so far away, but at least we have the FIBA World Cup to tide us over until then.
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All we seem to have is one injured player after another!
D-Rose is out for another year, I doubt that he will ever be back to his MVP best!
I used to like Sky Sports 1 hour highlight show. No timeouts or in-studio analysing. Just the ball game.
The Heat game last night was bonkers btw, had a playoff atmosphere about it.
Still it was good to see a Bulls victory, and without so many key players like Deng and of course D-Rose.
The Christmas sneakers/ unis are kind of cynical marketing excercise
The Nets and Knicks both looked dreadful. Ugh, it was horrific to watch. JR Smith was just jacking up every shot he could. OKC were just eating them alive by the end.
Loved Heat/Lakers. This LA team without Kobe or Nash are playing aggressively and it's great to watch. Nick Young's long 3 over Lebron was awesome. Unlike JR Smith, Young seems to play with heart, despite his flaws. Lebron's two dunks were CRAZY though. He's quietly getting even better this season and it's getting somewhat lost in all of the Pacers/Portland/Clippers buzz, which is scary.
As expected, GSW/Clippers was the game of the day. Just fantastic stuff from start to finish. Really thought LA were going to get the win and thought that Crawford was going to land that 3 in the final second, but it was not to be. Some horrific officiating in this one too - there's no way Griffin should have been ejected when he was. Awful, awful call. I liked the tempers flaring between these teams again and can't wait until their next game on Jan. 30th!
My wife is getting cheesed off now, ice hockey and football were bad enough apparently, but if I start following another sport...!
It was nice to have him at the Bulls, but I suppose everything has to come to an end sooner or later.
I saw that there was an update to this today (both in your link and in general elsewhere).
http://www.sportbusiness.com/tv-sports-markets/nba-close-resolving-%E2%80%98greatest-deal-sports%E2%80%99-report
"NBA close to resolving ‘greatest deal in sports’ - report
Date: 7 JANUARY 2014
North American basketball league the NBA is close to agreeing a conditional deal that will end the payment of a share of national television revenues to the owners of the Spirits of St. Louis franchise in the defunct American Basketball Association, according to the New York Times newspaper.
The revenue-sharing agreement was formed in the wake of the 1976 merger of the two leagues and has been called the greatest deal in sports history, if not in American business as a whole. The merger saw the Spirits excluded from the merger, which granted entry to the NBA for the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs and the franchise that was then called the New York Nets. The Spirits’ owners, Ozzie and Daniel Silna, reached an agreement to be paid one-seventh of the national television revenue that the four franchises were to receive as long as the NBA existed – an amount that the Times said has so far risen to around $300m (€220.6m).
The NBA has previously tried to buy the Silnas out of the agreement and negotiations are said to have progressed over the past six to nine months. The Times said that the Silnas, the league and the four former ABA teams will today (Tuesday) announce a conditional deal that will make major revisions to the initial agreement.
Under the terms of the deal, the Silnas will reportedly receive a $500m upfront payment, financed through a private placement of notes by JPMorgan Chase and Merrill Lynch. This will end the huge perpetual payments and settle a lawsuit filed in federal court by the Silnas that demanded additional compensation from sources of television revenue that did not exist in 1976. These include league-owned cable-television channel NBA TV, foreign broadcasts of games and League Pass, the service that lets fans watch out-of-market games.
However, the Times said that the Silnas will continue to receive some television revenue through a new partnership that is set to be formed with the Nets - now known as the Brooklyn Nets - the Pacers, the Nuggets and the Spurs. The newspaper added that the Silnas can be bought out of their interest in the partnership at a future date."
7:45pm
Live NBA
Atlanta Hawks v Brooklyn Nets Atlanta Hawks v Brooklyn Nets (Tip-off 8.00pm). Coverage of the Eastern Conference encounter at the O2 Arena in London
Category Basketball
Edit: Should be a good game,enjoyed the Nets double overtime win over the Heat the other day. Rather jealous of the people going (I never seem to find out about these things in time).
read last week all the talk, but didn't think it would happen.
I just can't wait for the new season to start. Still seems so far away, but at least we have the FIBA World Cup to tide us over until then.