Game #60: Toronto Raptors 117 - Orlando Magic 104

[The Great One]

Fuck i wish the Grizzlies was still here. I remember attending the last Grizzlies home game back in 2001. A lot of people were crying. It was a pretty emotional game.

Vancouver is a great basketball market.

[Demographic Shift]

Gordon will play tonight.

OK... so a 28 point lead at the half then with Gordon suiting up

[rocwell]

Is it because of the exchange rate? Raps charge an insane amount for tickets compared to other teams in the league. Or do the Kings just have better sponsors?

I have no idea, I think our revenue model is wrong, but that's just a guess.

(By the way, Kings get $64 revenue per fan, while Raps get just $24)

[KeonClark]

This is also why it's always stupid for somebody to say something like "Vince saved basketball in Canada." The Raptors have never been in jeopardy. Toronto is a great sports city. Vancouver on the other hand...too much granola.

To be fair Toronto has like 6 million people vs 2.5 in van. Van is considered a global city being on the pacific coast and gorgeous, but in size is closer to his cousins Calgary and Edmonton than Toronto.

[planetmars]

Nah, Kings are actually more valuable than the Raptors. They're worth around $1.6-2.0B but their debt/value ratio is too high. Our revenue earnings are pretty much the same, too.

Raps revenue potential is poor compared to the Kings.

Is it because of the exchange rate? Raps charge an insane amount for tickets compared to other teams in the league. Or do the Kings just have better sponsors?

[planetmars]

The train wreck that is new York has strangehold at #1..no wonder they don't care about a proper rebuild, they print money regardless. Still though..imagine they actually WERE good

If NY ever gets their sh!t together, they would make the NBA so much damn money.

[KeonClark]

Interesting to see a team like Sacramento make the top 15. Not one playoff appearance in over a decade, and yet still valued so highly. Is it because they changed owners recently?

The train wreck that is new York has strangehold at #1..no wonder they don't care about a proper rebuild, they print money regardless. Still though..imagine they actually WERE good

[rocwell]

Interesting to see a team like Sacramento make the top 15. Not one playoff appearance in over a decade, and yet still valued so highly. Is it because they changed owners recently?

Nah, Kings are actually more valuable than the Raptors. They're worth around $1.6-2.0B but their debt/value ratio is too high. Our revenue earnings are pretty much the same, too.

Raps revenue potential is poor compared to the Kings.

[planetmars]

Interesting to see a team like Sacramento make the top 15. Not one playoff appearance in over a decade, and yet still valued so highly. Is it because they changed owners recently?

[planetmars]

I hear playoff ticket prices have gone up too. MLSE better not have any problems paying the tax next year.

[S.R.]

You can't really make a 30 team league competitive.. not enough talented players on the planet to make that happen. If they cut the league to 14 or 16 teams it'll be a lot funner, but then the Raptors wouldn't have a team.

Raptors would still have a franchise by every metric other than ESPN's narrative.

Franchise value as of Feb 2018 (https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbad...145d87da7155):



And that's why James Dolan doesn't care if the Knicks suck.

This is also why it's always stupid for somebody to say something like "Vince saved basketball in Canada." The Raptors have never been in jeopardy. Toronto is a great sports city. Vancouver on the other hand...too much granola.

[planetmars]

You can't really make a 30 team league competitive.. not enough talented players on the planet to make that happen. If they cut the league to 14 or 16 teams it'll be a lot funner, but then the Raptors wouldn't have a team.

[G__Deane]

So many bad teams in the NBA man smfh. This is going to be another blowout.

The NBA would be a lot more entertaining and competitive if Klay, Durant and Curry were on 3 different teams.

And LeBron and Kyrie.....oh wait .....

[G__Deane]

Orlando Magic is taking tanking seriously.

Crime scene directly outside Amway Center in ORL. That's the intersection I crossed 60 min ago comin into Raptors practice. Details unclear. Witnesses say multiple shots were fired & police shot a suspect. I'm not sure if the suspect died. Shooting occured while TOR was practicin pic.twitter.com/3WeL8RHG9V

— Eric Smith (@Eric__Smith) February 28, 2018

It's not basketball related fyi, it's burgers! The police Chief has an interesting name, is Eric Smith hiding a second job?

Police shoot, kill man they say came armed to downtown Orlando Wahlburgers
Police shot and killed a man who came armed into a downtown Orlando Wahlburgers restaurant Wednesday morning, the Orlando Police Department said.

Police did not immediately identify the man. A person in the Wahlburgers had a domestic violence injunction against him, Orlando Police Deputy Chief Eric Smith said.

“To have a person downtown armed with a gun is a very dangerous situation,” Smith said.

The man came into Wahlburgers at 200 S. Orange Ave. just after the restaurant opened at 11 a.m., Smith said. Patrons called 911, and employees called police as they followed the man out of the restaurant. Officers surrounded the man at Hughey Avenue and told him to drop his weapon, Smith said. He did not, and officers fired at him, Smith said.

[The Great One]

So many bad teams in the NBA man smfh. This is going to be another blowout.

The NBA would be a lot more entertaining and competitive if Klay, Durant and Curry were on 3 different teams.