LeBron Says Contraction "would be great for the league"

[guava_wrench]

hahaha. A nice TP bouquet to BBallTim.

That is hilarious.

"I have no idea what contraction means, but just imagine if you could take Kevin Love off Minnesota and add him to another team and you shrink the league! What's that called??"

It's called the messiah asking for a pass-first PF who rebounds.

Yeah. His comments also do sound a bit like apologetics -- explaining why his move to be with Wade was such a 'great' thing for the league and should be applauded.

[Eja117]

The entire revenue model of sports teams surviving only with huge public subsidies in stadium contstruction needs to be junked.

I completely agree.  Completely

[Eja117]

As I have said, talent is not a problem when deciding the # of teams. Finances are.

I have been arguing the same exact thing guava but some people just aren't understanding that. The league needs to contract because there are 2-3 that are just not viable as teams from a financial point of view. One team is owned by the league. Another has awful attendance, little to no local corporate help through purchased luxury boxes and has never been good but for last year. Another has to move to survive because their owners are losing money like crazy and they can't get anyone to build them a new stadium. A long time established franchise has been amongst the worst team attendance wise in the league for about a decade.

Another is moving in two years because they can't survive where they are and another two to three teams probably need to move but have no place to go. Cincinnati can barely support the Reds and Bengals. St Louis doesn't want basketball. San Diego can't support Padres. Tampa can't support the Rays. Kansas City can't support the Royals. Las Vegas is in a horrible recession and probably can no longer support a team financially.Forget Canada. Where are these severely struggling teams supposed to go?

Oklahoma City seemed pretty happy to get a team. Never thought I'd see that. Some of these teams need to go to places where people actually live.  For example. I think Columbus OH is actually a top 10 city in America....nope....wiki says 16th ahead of Charlotte, Memphis, and Boston.....maybe not the best example, but you get my drift.  San Diego is probably a better example at #8.

[Eja117]

What should I do? Should I get a dictionary and try to learn one word a day? What should I do?   Should I not pretend I am completely ignorant of a major issue in my sport less than a week after taking a public stance on said issue? What should I do?  Should I keep talking to reporters about the history of the league when I clearly think it started when I was a sophomore in high school. What should I do?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/news/story?id=5960277


Where are the people around Lebron to tell him "Shut up. Seriously. From now on all you say is stuff like "I like puppies" and "I'm praying for the troops." Don't even get into which troops or why. Just shut up"

[indeedproceed]

What should I do? Should I get a dictionary and try to learn one word a day? What should I do?   Should I not pretend I am completely ignorant of a major issue in my sport less than a week after taking a public stance on said issue? What should I do?  Should I keep talking to reporters about the history of the league when I clearly think it started when I was a sophomore in high school. What should I do?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/news/story?id=5960277


Where are the people around Lebron to tell him "Shut up. Seriously. From now on all you say is stuff like "I like puppies" and "I'm praying for the troops." Don't even get into which troops or why. Just shut up"

haha....

"AND DON'T CRITICIZE CHINA! DON'T! YOU DON'T DO IT!!"

[Snakehead]

I understand someone proably talked to him and said you have to take it back, but man, that defense really is stupid.  When athletes come up with these kind of transparent defenses to cover themselves I have to laugh.  Just stick by your opinion, I was fine with him having one.

[radiohead]

I understand someone proably talked to him and said you have to take it back, but man, that defense really is stupid.  When athletes come up with these kind of transparent defenses to cover themselves I have to laugh.

I laughed pretty hard when i read that article. Lebron may be the best basketball player in the world today, but he certainly isn't the brightest bulb in the box. He took his talents to south beach but probably left his brain in Cleveland. Just wow.

[guava_wrench]

As I have said, talent is not a problem when deciding the # of teams. Finances are.

I have been arguing the same exact thing guava but some people just aren't understanding that. The league needs to contract because there are 2-3 that are just not viable as teams from a financial point of view. One team is owned by the league. Another has awful attendance, little to no local corporate help through purchased luxury boxes and has never been good but for last year. Another has to move to survive because their owners are losing money like crazy and they can't get anyone to build them a new stadium. A long time established franchise has been amongst the worst team attendance wise in the league for about a decade.

Another is moving in two years because they can't survive where they are and another two to three teams probably need to move but have no place to go. Cincinnati can barely support the Reds and Bengals. St Louis doesn't want basketball. San Diego can't support Padres. Tampa can't support the Rays. Kansas City can't support the Royals. Las Vegas is in a horrible recession and probably can no longer support a team financially.Forget Canada. Where are these severely struggling teams supposed to go?

Oklahoma City seemed pretty happy to get a team. Never thought I'd see that. Some of these teams need to go to places where people actually live.  For example. I think Columbus OH is actually a top 10 city in America....nope....wiki says 16th ahead of Charlotte, Memphis, and Boston.....maybe not the best example, but you get my drift.  San Diego is probably a better example at #8.

Do those rankings only count the cities themselves? For example, does the Boston number include Cambridge? Boston itself is pretty puny.

[indeedproceed]

As I have said, talent is not a problem when deciding the # of teams. Finances are.

I have been arguing the same exact thing guava but some people just aren't understanding that. The league needs to contract because there are 2-3 that are just not viable as teams from a financial point of view. One team is owned by the league. Another has awful attendance, little to no local corporate help through purchased luxury boxes and has never been good but for last year. Another has to move to survive because their owners are losing money like crazy and they can't get anyone to build them a new stadium. A long time established franchise has been amongst the worst team attendance wise in the league for about a decade.

Another is moving in two years because they can't survive where they are and another two to three teams probably need to move but have no place to go. Cincinnati can barely support the Reds and Bengals. St Louis doesn't want basketball. San Diego can't support Padres. Tampa can't support the Rays. Kansas City can't support the Royals. Las Vegas is in a horrible recession and probably can no longer support a team financially.Forget Canada. Where are these severely struggling teams supposed to go?

Oklahoma City seemed pretty happy to get a team. Never thought I'd see that. Some of these teams need to go to places where people actually live.  For example. I think Columbus OH is actually a top 10 city in America....nope....wiki says 16th ahead of Charlotte, Memphis, and Boston.....maybe not the best example, but you get my drift.  San Diego is probably a better example at #8.

Do those rankings only count the cities themselves? For example, does the Boston number include Cambridge? Boston itself is pretty puny.

The entire state of Mass and half of Conn seem like a suburb of Boston sometimes. If you don't get on the Mass Pike, and try to traverse the state you kind of never run out of suburbia.

[guava_wrench]

I understand someone proably talked to him and said you have to take it back, but man, that defense really is stupid.  When athletes come up with these kind of transparent defenses to cover themselves I have to laugh.

I laughed pretty hard when i read that article. Lebron may be the best basketball player in the world today, but he certainly isn't the brightest bulb in the box. He took his talents to south beach but probably left his brain in Cleveland. Just wow.

TP. Well said.

[Redz]

I understand someone proably talked to him and said you have to take it back, but man, that defense really is stupid.  When athletes come up with these kind of transparent defenses to cover themselves I have to laugh.

I laughed pretty hard when i read that article. Lebron may be the best basketball player in the world today, but he certainly isn't the brightest bulb in the box. He took his talents to south beach but probably left his brain in Cleveland. Just wow.

yes, and his heart in San Francisco...oh wait, he was heartless to begin with