This is a good find, and thanks very much for posting it!
This is so much BS.
I don't come to a game where a TEAM plays to see one person showboat. I don't care whether that person is black, white, or purple.
I come to a game where a TEAM plays to see TEAMWORK.
How many times did Larry Bird or Michael Jordan set up another teammate with their ball handling?
Sure, they were both great ball players. Michael, arguably, the best of all time. But they were TEAM players.
If I want to see ONE player I'll go to a 1 on 1 game. Let's see how much money THAT makes.
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FYI..There's one very interesting factoid that has been almost ignored by the media, in all the chatter about the Pacers/Pistons brawl..that is that the NBA collective bargaining agreement EXPIRES at the end of this season..and now we have the union stupidly opposing the suspensions..teh union president was on TV today challenging Dtern's right to mete out the suspensions without an arbitrator..becuase the incidents happened IN the stands, and NOT on the floor during a game...where Stern's authority is absolute..If you thing the owners won't try and step all over the union and the agents, in the new CBA..well..
ping