NBA To Cut 80 Jobs In Struggling Economy

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  • Skitch Patterson
    Skitch Patterson Posts: 642
    and Isiah may still be technically employed by the Knicks (I actually was not able to find any confirmation if they ever technically fired him- he was going to be a "special consultant" when they brought in Walsh) but he definately has no say in coaching or personnel decisions.
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    The worlds 10 most popular sports

    1. Football aka. Soccer
    2. Cricket
    3. Tennis
    4. Field Hockey
    5. Baseball
    6. Basketball
    7. Volleyball
    8. Table Tennis
    9. Rugby
    10. Golf
    NERDS!
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    South of Seattle wrote:
    The worlds 10 most popular sports

    1. Football aka. Soccer
    2. Cricket
    3. Tennis
    4. Field Hockey
    5. Baseball
    6. Basketball
    7. Volleyball
    8. Table Tennis
    9. Rugby
    10. Golf

    Where you get this list?

    You mean ice hockey is not on there anywhere, you see that's what happens when you strike and miss an entire season. Love hockey but way too many teams the sport is completely watered down.

    I thought volleyball was the most popular sport.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    g under p wrote:
    Where you get this list?

    You mean ice hockey is not on there anywhere, you see that's what happens when you strike and miss an entire season. Love hockey but way too many teams the sport is completely watered down.

    I thought volleyball was the most popular sport.

    Peace

    I googled it and compared it to several lists. This was the most common listing. I thought basketball and golf would be higher myself.
    NERDS!
  • jasonw
    jasonw Posts: 435
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    maybe where you live. nobody i know watches the nba, or even cares about it.


    Look at tv ratings and such.....isn't the nhl on the versus network? I'm sure ratings and revenue give a more complete picture than just polling the 30 people you know
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    unsung wrote:
    No more than hockey? I'll take my chances and lay my money on that bet.

    Give me one hockey player, any hockey player in the NHL that is as bad as Ron Artest. Or Latrell Sprewell. Or Dennis Rodman, Jayson Williams, Kobe, Shawn Kemp, Jason Kidd, Isaiah Rider... the list goes on.

    Look at the latest thuggish behavior in Adam Pacman Jones and his suspension from the NFL *Indefinately* Football is far worse for it's thuggery.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • BetterThanYou
    BetterThanYou Posts: 853
    jasonw wrote:
    Look at tv ratings and such.....isn't the nhl on the versus network? I'm sure ratings and revenue give a more complete picture than just polling the 30 people you know

    why the fuck do you keep bringing up hockey? jesus.

    the nba sucks balls. no entertainment value at all. you want to see real basketball, watch college hoops.

    by the way, i know more than 30 people that think the nba is nothing but a giant steaming pile of shit. sorry if that upsets you so much.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    why the fuck do you keep bringing up hockey? jesus.

    the nba sucks balls. no entertainment value at all. you want to see real basketball, watch college hoops.

    by the way, i know more than 30 people that think the nba is nothing but a giant steaming pile of shit. sorry if that upsets you so much.

    The NBA is fine it's just too expensive and the season is way tooooo long. The playoffs can get intense especially if the [color]CELTICS[/color] are involved.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    g under p wrote:
    Look at the latest thuggish behavior in Adam Pacman Jones and his suspension from the NFL *Indefinately* Football is far worse for it's thuggery.

    Peace


    No it is not.
  • jasonw
    jasonw Posts: 435
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    why the fuck do you keep bringing up hockey? jesus.

    the nba sucks balls. no entertainment value at all. you want to see real basketball, watch college hoops.

    by the way, i know more than 30 people that think the nba is nothing but a giant steaming pile of shit. sorry if that upsets you so much.


    You are the one who is swearing and seems upset. I bring up hockey because YOU said no one cares about the nba and then started talking about hockey. So i was making a point that more people care about the nba than the nhl. Again, YOU were the one who brought up hockey.
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    unsung wrote:
    No it is not.

    Check out the thread on Congrats Pacman Jones It's worse in the NFL that's why there's a crackdown in the league

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • Kel Varnsen
    Kel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    Wow four pages about which pro sports league has more criminals and not a single mention of Michael Vick.
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    Kel Varnsen wrote:
    Wow four pages about which pro sports league has more criminals and not a single mention of Michael Vick.

    Well with him being formerly in the NFL covers HIS thuggery.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • jasonw
    jasonw Posts: 435
    g under p wrote:
    Check out the thread on Congrats Pacman Jones It's worse in the NFL that's why there's a crackdown in the league

    Peace


    And how many Bengals got arrested last year? (or maybe it was the year before that). 8? 10? And the Vikings boat thing.
  • jasonw
    jasonw Posts: 435
    unsung wrote:
    Too many thugs in basketball for me to care, plus I really can't stand Dick Vitale or Marv Albert. Albert makes every two points sound like they are the last to ever be scored and Vitale is simply annoying.


    I love how this thread started about how the economy is effecting pro sports, and by the 4th post someone turns into a thread about "too many thugs" in the nba and it leads to a 4 page thread about which sport has more criminals (yes, i know i added to the thread)
  • jasonw
    jasonw Posts: 435
    unsung wrote:
    Bertuzzi was bad. So was McSorley.

    Artest has been suspended how many times and for how long? Spreewell tried to kill PJ Carlesemo, Rodman kicked a photographer in the groin area amongst many other wrongdoings, Kobe may have gotten away with RAPE but we won't know because money talks, Iverson got away with kidnapping, how many NBA players have been arrested on drug charges? How about gun charges? How many NHLers have thumped their wives like Jason Kidd?


    You really want to play a race card? Shall we go back ten years and list all of the trouble makers and see what their demographics are?


    I love how you equate drug charges with being a thug. People on this board post about smoking weed all the time and I'm pretty sure if they got arrested no one would call them a "thug". Or if Seth Rogan got arrested no one would call him a "thug". And don't tell me that hockey and baseball players don't own guns. It seems like the "race card" is appropriate here.
  • BetterThanYou
    BetterThanYou Posts: 853
    jasonw wrote:
    You are the one who is swearing and seems upset. I bring up hockey because YOU said no one cares about the nba and then started talking about hockey. So i was making a point that more people care about the nba than the nhl. Again, YOU were the one who brought up hockey.

    i answered the OP's question about going to any games this year by saying i would be going to a few AHL games. that's all i said about hockey. not to mention the fact my first reply to this thread was on page 3. there was other talk about hockey way before i posted, yet you decided to give me shit. i also brought up baseball, how come you didn't have a comment about that?

    oh, and the nba still sucks, nothing changed overnight.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.

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