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re: New Orleans not attractive to free agents?
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:05 pm to lpd1975
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:05 pm to lpd1975
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But would you say that those teams cannot attract a big name free agent? I wouldn't.
And you would be wrong. The big name free agents are max level star players. They will get max money and minutes everywhere they go. So what matters to them is their chance to win and their chance to make more money through endorsements. Exposure = Endorsements, whether that's being followed by Paparazzi in Los Angeles/New York, or being one of the teams ESPN is obsessed with covering ad nauseum because they play to the bigger audiences in the bigger TV markets.
New Orleans does have a shot at becoming a glamor market if the Hollywood South thing keeps expanding and you go from the occasional celeb courtside to the nightly group of celebs courtside. But other than that, the LeBrons of the world will never consider taking their talents to the French Quarter.
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Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:07 pm to TigerinATL
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But other than that, the LeBrons of the world will never consider taking their talents to the French Quarter.
Fact. We will have to just build a consistent winner through the draft, trades, and bargain FAs, and a culture of winning. Basically, San Antonio.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:13 pm to TigerinATL
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New Orleans does have a shot at becoming a glamor market if the Hollywood South thing keeps expanding
The tax incentives for Hollywood South are about to go away. So I guess it's minor free agents for us?
Posted on 5/23/13 at 2:16 pm to TigerinATL
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you would be wrong
Well that settles it.
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. So what matters to them is their chance to win
That's why I named good small market teams.
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Exposure = Endorsements
Durant and Duncan have plenty of both.
IMO, winning with what you have can make your team more attractive to free agents.
New Orleans will never be Miami, Los Angeles or New York. But a culture of making good personnel moves and winning on the floor can make them attractive to those FAs.
They have a long way to go, but I just don't buy that "big names don't want to play in the poor south". If they can win and get paid they will sign.
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