Bill Simmons NBA "fix-it"

[teej]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...simmons/100224

Absolutely brilliant column, though it'll never happen. We'd be paying next to nothing for tickets.

[spectre]

Nice find!

That was a good article...well worth the read.

Only big nitpick I have is he didn't mention that the players have to put a % of their salary in "escrow" and they lose part or all of it depending on the team's revenue...so the players' salaries actually do go down.

[teej]

Only big nitpick I have is he didn't mention that the players have to put a % of their salary in "escrow" and they lose part or all of it depending on the team's revenue...so the players' salaries actually do go down.

Only what, 5-10%? It's not a huge number by any means except for the minimum guys.

[dnbman]

Nice find!

That was a good article...well worth the read.

Only big nitpick I have is he didn't mention that the players have to put a % of their salary in "escrow" and they lose part or all of it depending on the team's revenue...so the players' salaries actually do go down.

I would say that the escrow money should be tied to winning, but then there would be more incentive to sign with the superpowers rather than a struggling team.

Great article. I agree with most of it.

[spectre]

Only what, 5-10%? It's not a huge number by any means except for the minimum guys.

Pretty sure it's around 10% and that's like 11 million off of Arenas' contract for example. Added all together that's a nice chunk of change and would be what...maybe 25% of that 400 million?

I didn't say it was a lot...only that it's something, and Simmons didn't mention it.

[BRNC]

Kudos to Simmons on this one...well thought out and well written...

[spectre]

Did y'all find it interesting how Simmons talked about how now was NOT the time to be buying an NBA franchise?

[teej]

Did y'all find it interesting how Simmons talked about how now was NOT the time to be buying an NBA franchise?

Eh, I dunno. Prices are the lowest they've been in a while, and with the owners set to save money after the lockout, they should only go up. But I'm not a billionaire, so its not my call how to blow $300 million.

[BRNC]

Did y'all find it interesting how Simmons talked about how now was NOT the time to be buying an NBA franchise?

spectre...I did take a "mental note" of that...but the numbers (price) I saw today were much more realistic if Postolos is "buying" than the stuff floating a few weeks ago...it certainly fits better with the "evaluation" of the team worth...