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Puffer wrote: View Post
Demo, it IS a business. There will be a careful examination of the numbers. It might be that the financial analysts decide that going into tax to the tune of spending $40 - $50 million to retain Norman's services next year (or Danny's or Fred's) makes sense based on estimated revenues for the coming season of based on further cementing the fanbase for coming years if they don't win a championship. Or if Rogers and Bell see a large enough return on the broadcast side to offset the expense of the Basketball side. I don't have the numbers. But if the owners aren't taking steps to maximise profit, the stockholders could oust the board and upper management and install a different board and management team. Watching the value of their stock, or their dividends go down will not make stockowners happy. I don't know if saying "But everybody loves the team" will be a significant replacement for lost dollars.
The alternative is to get some single billionaire owner to buy out Rogers and Bell and then just do stuff to make himself feel good and allow him to hang out with NBA players. That doesn't always turnout well.
I haven't seen Dan saying "The team should do this or the team should do that." He has been couching in terms of "If the team wants to achieve this particular financial target it needs to take these actions, and here is the actual impact of moving this player or that player."
So not sure what your beef is. Everybody, Dan included, seems to be fine with MLSE spending whatever they want, and is supportive of anything that they do that continues providing us with excellent basketball. He simply seems to be cautioning about what to expect.
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KeonClark wrote: View Post
The 2nd two sound like patrick Beverley and either jj Reddick or Danny green. Probably Reddick. Lebron, AD is more intriguing than sick Embiid and simmons
russell back to LA, Kyrie to Brooklyn, Kemba to Boston would be an interesting point guard carousel. Only team shafted is Charlotte, shocker. Lol
Present day, these wolves went after Magic for dealing him away.
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KeonClark wrote: View Post
The 2nd two sound like patrick Beverley and either jj Reddick or Danny green. Probably Reddick. Lebron, AD is more intriguing than sick Embiid and simmons
russell back to LA, Kyrie to Brooklyn, Kemba to Boston would be an interesting point guard carousel. Only team shafted is Charlotte, shocker. Lol
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KeonClark wrote: View Post
The 2nd two sound like patrick Beverley and either jj Reddick or Danny green. Probably Reddick. Lebron, AD is more intriguing than sick Embiid and simmons
russell back to LA, Kyrie to Brooklyn, Kemba to Boston would be an interesting point guard carousel. Only team shafted is Charlotte, shocker. Lol
Also, you don't know if guys will take less money to go to the Lakers. If that happens, then all bets are off.
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Ebonhawke wrote: View Postso apparently Durant's declined his player option for next season (opting in was a possibility as a result of his injury).
Caveat: Kawhi not in the picture ...Raps seeking a top 5 player
... would he woo KD to sign up with the Raptors regardless of the first redshirt year
... pass on KD
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Bendit wrote: View Post
Time to play the game .... "What would Masai have done?"
Caveat: Kawhi not in the picture ...Raps seeking a top 5 player
... would he woo KD to sign up with the Raptors regardless of the first redshirt year
... pass on KD
Now with the injury situation, I think Masai would be the one to take a pass as he will even if Kawhi moves on ..... which he won't
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Teenage girls have nothing on the NBA MSM and their "sources" as they both gossip on other folks intentions.
Just a few more days to go until the players re-up or move on...
For context on Jimmy Butler heading to Houston.
Darryl Morey barely has more than table stakes in the game this year but he knows how to work the media. .
He has two trade assets in Capella and Gordon.
He has his firsts.
He is capped out.
He is carrying an old pain in the ass player in Paul who has 3 more years on a 40 plus M$ AAV deal that no one beyond the age of 4 would think has value and he is stuck with him. Paul is a lot of things but being a good teammate rarely appears in the top 5 things he has going for him.
If he can parlay that situation into Jimmy Butler .. good for him...he should be EOY.
Just don't bet more than that stanky old ripped t-shirt in your gym bag on it.
There's no such thing as a 2nd round bust.
- TGO
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Bendit wrote: View Post
Time to play the game .... "What would Masai have done?"
Caveat: Kawhi not in the picture ...Raps seeking a top 5 player
... would he woo KD to sign up with the Raptors regardless of the first redshirt year
... pass on KD
If we didn't have Kawhi than I would want him to make that type of play.. hard to beat a team with a top 5 stud on it (as we all saw this season). But I'm just a fan from the cheap seats. I'm fine with a redshirt year because I'll always come back. Would a casual fan do that though? Would MLSE/ownership be okay with a lossed year?
Ultimately I don't think KD would want to come here anyway.. so it's probably all moot.
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G__Deane wrote: View Post
I think (hope) he would have taken a run at him in healthy FA and Durant would have snubbed him unfortunately.
Now with the injury situation, I think Masai would be the one to take a pass as he will even if Kawhi moves on ..... which he won't
I think Masai would have passed.
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