tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post1154122449961869641..comments2024-03-22T05:48:26.129-05:00Comments on Braves & Birds: Piling onto the Suns/Spurs DebateMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08365733949431139562noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-4705228268771296112007-05-19T15:43:00.000-05:002007-05-19T15:43:00.000-05:00This sort of begs the question of whether the NBA'...This sort of begs the question of whether the NBA's administrators were consciously trying to avoid adding to the notion that they make decisions based on ratings.<BR/><BR/>If so, this seems like a supremely stupid way to make that point. If, though, that wasn't factored into the equation, though this ruling more or less squishes that particular notion into the myth category, it makes the decision "merely" illogical and unfair.<BR/><BR/>Either way: bad, bad decision.PB at BONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651472154167539754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-60318416854300426242007-05-18T22:54:00.000-05:002007-05-18T22:54:00.000-05:00True - but the NBA *did* institute a rule forbiddi...True - but the NBA *did* institute a rule forbidding a team from trading away all its draft picks in consecutive years (or something close along those lines), after Isiah recently attempted to do so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-79071583660618447202007-05-18T14:33:00.000-05:002007-05-18T14:33:00.000-05:00That Stern did. But he came across as a very sha...That Stern did. But he came across as a very sharp, logical prick. Simmons keeps touting him for president but he would make a much better dictator of a small Carribean country. Give it a listen--it was awfully good.<BR/><BR/>I dind't say the Knicks would've won, just that the league (and it's supposed pro-Knicks bias) would have gained a lot from having the Knicks, and not the Heat, play the Bulls. <BR/><BR/>By the way, the ultimate proof taht the league does not rig things to help the Knicks is the fact that it has let isiah keep his GM job and make trades.Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365724327145768800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-1485096292800714012007-05-18T12:48:00.000-05:002007-05-18T12:48:00.000-05:00I did not hear the Stern/Patrick interview, but I ...I did not hear the Stern/Patrick interview, but I heard that Stern came off as a prick.<BR/><BR/>The '97 Knicks were not going to beat the Bulls. That Bulls team won 69 games and was going to have homecourt. The Knicks' best chance to beat the Bulls came in '93.<BR/><BR/>Link is fixed.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365733949431139562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-71309275938517653902007-05-18T10:29:00.000-05:002007-05-18T10:29:00.000-05:00wrong link to the walker articlewrong link to the walker articleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-5463891243271619972007-05-18T09:49:00.000-05:002007-05-18T09:49:00.000-05:00Honestly, I think Stern really, really likes the f...Honestly, I think Stern really, really likes the fact that this is a black-and-white rule and will continue to apply it that way. Did you hear his debate with Dan Patrick on the subject, in which I shot down all of Patrick's supposed exceptions as wishy-washy? (My guess is that Stern was one hell of a lawyer in his day--it was very, very funny.) <BR/><BR/>As to the Knicks, you may be right that they got some calls, and got away with a lot. But don't forget that the best Knicks team of the bunch--and the one most likely to have beaten the MJ-led Bulls or at least taken them to 7 games--never got the chance becaue Ewing and company were suspended for coming off the bench in a fight against the Heat.Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365724327145768800noreply@blogger.com