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Posted: **Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:47 am**

TheCatt wrote:
Leisher wrote: I listened to it once and didn't hear it.

The second time I absolutely did.
It sounded like she was saying Knicks and poorly corrected, and it sounded more like niggers than nakers to me.

I think this is true; her twitter bio says "New York." Not that I care if an MSNBC shill gets the axe.

And don't forget that "Knicks" is short for "Knickerbockers." So be careful with that one.

Posted: **Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:49 am**

I'm done with Kobe coverage.

1. I'm getting annoyed at the people making it about them.
2. Like Kobe, I'm pretty close with my 14 year old daughter nicknamed "GiGi", so as a father I find the entire situation sad. I think about the other parents and daughter on the flight, and the sisters of both families still at home. Suckfest. I don't want to be reminded of it.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:05 am**

Salary cap to drop because the NBA revenues are down.

The article discusses the lost money in China, but oddly doesn't mention how NBA ratings are way down. Odd, it's almost like ESPN way overpaid for the TV rights to the NBA or something...

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:38 am**

Leisher wrote: Salary cap to drop because the NBA revenues are down.

The article discusses the lost money in China, but oddly doesn't mention how NBA ratings are way down. Odd, it's almost like ESPN way overpaid for the TV rights to the NBA or something...

Aren't the contracts fixed, though? Irrespective of ratings?

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:26 am**

TV rights contracts are, yes.

However, my point was the article tries to lay the blame completely on Daryl Morey's pro-Hong Kong tweet, and that's simply not true. Business is down in every aspect of the league. I thought the article was being very disingenuous about that.

Plus, where are the disclaimers about their financial involvement with the league? One thing I'll give Fox is they include the disclaimer for any news story about something they're tied to. ESPN doesn't really do that.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2020 12:12 pm**

Leisher wrote: Plus, where are the disclaimers about their financial involvement with the league? One thing I'll give Fox is they include the disclaimer for any news story about something they're tied to. ESPN doesn't really do that.

Fair point

Posted: **Fri Jan 31, 2020 10:45 am**

Bradley Beal got snubbed.

The third leading scorer in the East gets left off the All Star team?

Posted: **Fri Jan 31, 2020 2:39 pm**

Leisher wrote: Bradley Beal got snubbed.

The third leading scorer in the East gets left off the All Star team?

To be fair... Who?

Posted: **Fri Jan 31, 2020 3:55 pm**

The only reason the Wizards have 16 wins.

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2020 1:37 am**

Beal's fiance would bitch slap Catt.

Rockets win a game while playing only little people.

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2020 8:22 am**

Leisher wrote: Beal's fiance would bitch slap Catt.

Probably. But being really good usually gets you noticed. I know all 10 starters, except Pascal Siakam.

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2020 8:23 am**

Leisher wrote: Rockets win a game while playing only little people.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Rockets became the first NBA team to play an entire game without a player listed taller than 6-foot-6 since the New York Knicks in a Jan. 31, 1963, loss to the Chicago Zephyrs.

WHoa

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2020 1:51 pm**

TheCatt wrote:
Leisher wrote: Beal's fiance would bitch slap Catt.
Probably. But being really good usually gets you noticed. I know all 10 starters, except Pascal Siakam.

But that's her point. You probably don't know a lot of the backups and alternates. He should have been in that mix.

Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2020 2:14 pm**

Leisher wrote: You probably don't know a lot of the backups and alternates. He should have been in that mix.

Fair. I knew most, not all of them.

Posted: **Mon Feb 03, 2020 12:00 am**

Rockets are shopping Capela.

I assume Boston is going to be in the running here.

Posted: **Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:01 am**

Biggest trade in 20 years.

Posted: **Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:15 am**

Leisher wrote: Biggest trade in 20 years.

I think Clint is the only name I recognize there.

Posted: **Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:54 am**

I recognize more than him, but not many more. It's funny, I don't watch the NBA. Not even the playoffs really. But the trade and free agent stuff for that league is far more interesting than any other sport.

For example, I posted about this trade, but totally ignored some massive one in baseball that people are saying makes the Dodgers the odds on favorite for the next decade and shows the Red Sox are giving up.

Posted: **Wed Feb 05, 2020 11:13 am**

Leisher wrote: But the trade and free agent stuff for that league is far more interesting than any other sport.

Yeah, the NFL is pretty boring tradewise.

Posted: **Thu Feb 06, 2020 3:00 pm**

Morris to the Clippers.

That's huge news because the Lakers were trying to get him. Shots fired.

Heat and Grizz swap 6 players with the Wolves scooping up one.

Losing team deals for Drummond for some reason.

And breaking news that the Wolves (CRAZY active this year) have just traded Wiggins and picks to the Warriors for J Russell. (Go Buckeyes!)

Meanwhile, the Knicks fired their president and had interest from one of the league's best, the president for the Toronto Raptors, but they instead hired a player agent.