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Why the NBA loses money?
Posted on 12/16/11 at 10:50 am
Posted on 12/16/11 at 10:50 am
Kwame Brown averages 7.9 points a game and signs a $7 million deal. C'mon Man!!!!!!!!!
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Posted on 12/16/11 at 10:56 am to Stonepony
Kwame's a pretty good low post defender and an ox in the paint.
There's more to basketball than scoring points.
Of course, he's still overpaid, but probably not by that much.
There's more to basketball than scoring points.
Of course, he's still overpaid, but probably not by that much.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:04 am to Stonepony
quote:Yea well Jamarcus got paid like 2mil per win and the NFL is doing just fine
Why the NBA loses money?
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:05 am to Stonepony
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Why the NBA loses money?
Kwame Brown averages 7.9 points a game and signs a $7 million deal. C'mon Man!!!!!!!!!
You realize this doesn't matter, right?
Players get a set portion of the revenues. (technically now there's a band, but that's besides the point)
Kwame getting $7m only affects other NBA players, not the owners. The Owners still will pay out the same amount to all NBA players.
Also, that you seem to pay scale should be attached to points per game is very humorous. There's much more to the game than that.
This post was edited on 12/16/11 at 11:08 am
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:09 am to jturn17
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The Owners still will pay out the same amount to all NBA players.
Its a minimum. It affects the owners, how do you think they lost money?
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:17 am to Stonepony
Not many 7 ft people who can play low post defense in the world. Not a terrible deal for him.
This post was edited on 12/16/11 at 11:19 am
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:20 am to NOSA
Its a one year deal its not THAT bad. Anyone who gives Nene a max dollar deal is retarded.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:26 am to Stonepony
Players his size will always have a place in the league.
This post was edited on 12/16/11 at 11:27 am
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:26 am to barry
When did Kwame Brown be come low post defender?
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:28 am to barry
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Its a minimum. It affects the owners, how do you think they lost money?
What's a minimum? The salary cap?
Posted on 12/16/11 at 11:31 am to barry
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Its a minimum. It affects the owners, how do you think they lost money?
they lost money by non-basketball expenses going up drastically more than anything else
but the players get a certain % of revenue. if they make more, they pay the owners the difference out of the escrow account. if they make less, the owners cut checks
Posted on 12/16/11 at 1:53 pm to Stonepony
7 million for a 6'11" center that can't move well and can't shoot in his 11th season.
or
you could pay jason smith probably a million, 6'11" that moves well and can shoot.
can you really tell me that kwame brown is so much better and valuable than jason smith?
yeah, this is why the NBA loses money.
just b/c your allowed to spend the money on them, doesn't mean you should.
you telling me kwame brown was that sought after that they had to offer him 7million? it's the idiot owners fault they pay these guys this much.
you could probably find 4 players that are each better than kwame for that price.
or
you could pay jason smith probably a million, 6'11" that moves well and can shoot.
can you really tell me that kwame brown is so much better and valuable than jason smith?
yeah, this is why the NBA loses money.
just b/c your allowed to spend the money on them, doesn't mean you should.
you telling me kwame brown was that sought after that they had to offer him 7million? it's the idiot owners fault they pay these guys this much.
you could probably find 4 players that are each better than kwame for that price.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:06 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:
but the players get a certain % of revenue
quote:
they lost money by non-basketball expenses going up drastically more than anything else
what happens when a company has a loss in revenue?
they find places to cut back. quit paying stephon marbury 20 million. quit paying a hurt gilbert arenas 20 million. quit paying steve francis 20 million.
20 million dollars for one player should get you into the playoffs at least every year single handedly
Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:16 pm to TeddyPadillac
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what happens when a company has a loss in revenue?
they find places to cut back. quit paying stephon marbury 20 million. quit paying a hurt gilbert arenas 20 million. quit paying steve francis 20 million.
20 million dollars for one player should get you into the playoffs at least every year single handedly
You're talking about on a per team basis though. For the NBA as a whole entity it doesn't matter that Steve Francis is getting paid 20 million bc that just means some other players will be getting less.. If you paid him 15 million, then that other $5 million would just be split between all the other players.
The league as a whole guarantees the players as a whole will receive a certain percentage of the revenues. How the players split that revenue is every man for himself.
This post was edited on 12/16/11 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:17 pm to TeddyPadillac
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you could pay jason smith probably a million, 6'11" that moves well and can shoot.
well, kwame is a much better defender, rebounder, and a more efficient shooter (vastly higher TS%)
Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:19 pm to TeddyPadillac
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they find places to cut back. quit paying stephon marbury 20 million. quit paying a hurt gilbert arenas 20 million. quit paying steve francis 20 million.
total player salary is set. how it is divided is up to the owners
Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:42 pm to SlowFlowPro
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well, kwame is a much better defender, rebounder, and a more efficient shooter (vastly higher TS%)
How much of a better defender? 7x's better?
He's better to have to defend against Howard and Bynum, and that's about it. Do you really need to pay a guy 7 million to defend Dwight Howard?
He's no better against other centers than jason smith would be, and smith would at least stretch the floor and hustle his arse off.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:46 pm to TeddyPadillac
kwame signed a 1 year deal. the warriors were under the cap, and will have that cap room again next year
it's really not that big of a deal
it's really not that big of a deal
Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:52 pm to SlowFlowPro
Kwame Brown makes everybody he plays with worse.
Posted on 12/16/11 at 2:58 pm to SlowFlowPro
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the warriors were under the cap
so they feel obligated to overpay someone just to get closer to the cap?
that's how government offices run. stupidly.
that's not how normal buisness's run.
just b/c my office has $14,000 left in their budget for the year and we need a new copy machine doesnt' mean we should pay $14,000 for a copy machine when a capable one can be bought for $3,000.
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