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Tuesday Bolts – 9.3.13

Tuesday Bolts – 9.3.13
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Jimmy Goldstein for NBA.com: “In addition, I must point out that I follow all 30 NBA teams very closely and consider myself to be an “NBA fan”, as opposed to being a fan of one particular team. So when I see a team in person that I only get to see once or twice a year, it is natural for me to get more excited by that team than one I watch 50 times a year. Finally, my antagonism toward the Lakers is derived from the fact that the ticket prices are always raised after a good season. My $15 ticket now costs $2,800 per game. Why pull for a team when I know that their success will cost me money?”

Tom Ziller of SB Nation on the next CBA: “Look at the Kings sale. $535 million — about $235 million over previous valuations — to crummy outgoing owners who lollygagged near the salary floor for years. And it happened about 18 months after owners, on the basis of massive annual losses, convinced the players to give them $280 million (and rising) a year in concessions. Players gave up 14 percent of their salary, and then saw the league’s most hapless owners cash out at a 224 percent profit in 14 years … and not because of a single thing the Maloofs did right. I don’t know what a player proposal on profit-sharing would look like, or whether the still-unselected new executive director and CP3 want to lob that shot. Potential expansion to Seattle and perhaps another city could figure into it, but it seems like the players’ best opening at making gains in 2017, even if it’s a longshot. One thing’s clear: if the owners cry poor again, the players have one helluva retort in the Kings.”

KD is a fan of Jameis Wilson.

The NBA will be shown in 47 African territories next season.

This from Will Leitch of USA Today is kind of applicable to the Thunder: “There is absolutely zero downside to Phillips calling a beat reporter a “fat motherf—–.” Sure, maybe the Reds will ask him to apologize (though I doubt it), and some opposing fans will dislike him a little more than they already did (while sending hate tweets to Rosecrans too), but nothing is going to happen to him. Whether or not he calls Rosecrans a “fat motherf—–” he is still an extremely wealthy man who hits baseballs extremely well for a living, wearing the jersey of a team that generations of fans have decades of goodwill toward. He’s golden. He’s in. As long as he is hitting, he can treat C. Trent Rosecrans however he wants. He doesn’t have to be a jerk: It’d be nice if he were cordial and welcoming and accommodating. But there is no real compelling reason for him to do so other than honoring the social contract to be good and kind to others and ha ha ha who are we trying to kid here?”

Dave of Blazersedge on the NBA and PEDs: “PED’s are not a new phenomenon. In truth, it’s probable that some of our dearly-held Trail Blazer heroes were enhancing their performances. It would not surprise me a bit and it shouldn’t surprise you either, let alone if modern super-athletes are doing it. All of that said, the NBA is a business. Because of the superstar-driven nature of its marketing and image plan, no league has less incentive to crack down on this issue, to risk dimming individual greatness in any way. Denial and diversion make far more sense. That’s where the league is right now. Testing is inadequate and outdated. Priority? To all appearances, back-burner.”