Comments on: Huh. Half The League’s In The Red, Huh? You Don’t Say. http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/07/25/huh-half-the-leagues-in-the-red-huh-you-dont-say/ Unbiased opinions from extremely biased people Tue, 22 May 2012 16:40:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Melvin Corpuscle http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/07/25/huh-half-the-leagues-in-the-red-huh-you-dont-say/comment-page-1/#comment-16346 Melvin Corpuscle Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:44:14 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=3127#comment-16346 I'm just surprised at how many wins the BULLETS had, despite not being in the league for nearly ten years .... I’m just surprised at how many wins the BULLETS had, despite not being in the league for nearly ten years ….

]]> By: Michael Greene http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/07/25/huh-half-the-leagues-in-the-red-huh-you-dont-say/comment-page-1/#comment-15827 Michael Greene Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:50:29 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=3127#comment-15827 If this were a PSA-type poster in a high school boys locker room, I'd say that the Raptors, Grizzlies and Bobcats definitely did steroids. If this were a PSA-type poster in a high school boys locker room, I’d say that the Raptors, Grizzlies and Bobcats definitely did steroids.

]]> By: Trey http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/07/25/huh-half-the-leagues-in-the-red-huh-you-dont-say/comment-page-1/#comment-15796 Trey Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:35:14 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=3127#comment-15796 What Quantitative said. What Quantitative said.

]]> By: wondahbap http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/07/25/huh-half-the-leagues-in-the-red-huh-you-dont-say/comment-page-1/#comment-15795 wondahbap Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:58:12 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=3127#comment-15795 Guaranteed contracts. That is the #1 reason for the differences between the leagues. Players have no accountability, too many GM's do a poor job putting together a team, or a team just gets crippled by a bad contract or injured player. It sucks for them, but NFL players have to earn theirs every year. T-Mac wouldn't pull his shit if he played for the Texans. It also helps that every game is an event in the NFL. Whether your team sucks or not, you can go and tailgate and have fun 8 Sundays a year. Not as easy to swallow when you root for the Bucks and have to sit through traffic after work on a Wednesday night to them play the Clippers. I live in Providence and have purchased 6 game deals for Celtics games when they stunk, and always decided not to go to at least 2 games because the teams weren't worth the hassle of the trip on a work night. Baseball has the same problems the NBA has in these regards. Guaranteed contracts. That is the #1 reason for the differences between the leagues. Players have no accountability, too many GM’s do a poor job putting together a team, or a team just gets crippled by a bad contract or injured player. It sucks for them, but NFL players have to earn theirs every year. T-Mac wouldn’t pull his shit if he played for the Texans.

It also helps that every game is an event in the NFL. Whether your team sucks or not, you can go and tailgate and have fun 8 Sundays a year. Not as easy to swallow when you root for the Bucks and have to sit through traffic after work on a Wednesday night to them play the Clippers.

I live in Providence and have purchased 6 game deals for Celtics games when they stunk, and always decided not to go to at least 2 games because the teams weren’t worth the hassle of the trip on a work night.

Baseball has the same problems the NBA has in these regards.

]]> By: Total Wins by Franchise, NBA — Simple Complexity http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/07/25/huh-half-the-leagues-in-the-red-huh-you-dont-say/comment-page-1/#comment-15789 Total Wins by Franchise, NBA — Simple Complexity Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:36:24 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=3127#comment-15789 [...] [graph from SuperSonicSoul via Hardwood Paroxysm] [...] [...] [graph from SuperSonicSoul via Hardwood Paroxysm] [...]

]]> By: Not Qualified To Comment » Qualified Links http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/07/25/huh-half-the-leagues-in-the-red-huh-you-dont-say/comment-page-1/#comment-15788 Not Qualified To Comment » Qualified Links Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:07:04 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=3127#comment-15788 [...] An amazing graphic that depicts the true state of NBA “revenue-sharing”. [Hardwood Paroxysm] [...] [...] An amazing graphic that depicts the true state of NBA “revenue-sharing”. [Hardwood Paroxysm] [...]

]]> By: Quantitative http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/07/25/huh-half-the-leagues-in-the-red-huh-you-dont-say/comment-page-1/#comment-15708 Quantitative Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:03:17 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=3127#comment-15708 This is a pretty picture, not a useful graph and certainly not a graph that has explanatory relevance to the number of NBA franchises currently in the red. The symbol sizes are based on total wins for the franchise, with no consideration for the number of seasons that franchise has been in the league, so of course the younger franchises are going to show up as smaller, independent of market size. Even the assertion that it is necessary to play in a large market to win is not supported by this graph, consider that the Bulls symbol is smaller than the Spurs, even though the franchise is older and plays in one of the largest markets versus one of the smallest. The Kings also do not show up badly despite having always played in small markets. If anything stands out here it is how badly the Clippers have underperformed despite playing in large markets, since the ages of the newer expansion clubs are too low to draw any conclusions on this scale. This is a pretty picture, not a useful graph and certainly not a graph that has explanatory relevance to the number of NBA franchises currently in the red. The symbol sizes are based on total wins for the franchise, with no consideration for the number of seasons that franchise has been in the league, so of course the younger franchises are going to show up as smaller, independent of market size. Even the assertion that it is necessary to play in a large market to win is not supported by this graph, consider that the Bulls symbol is smaller than the Spurs, even though the franchise is older and plays in one of the largest markets versus one of the smallest. The Kings also do not show up badly despite having always played in small markets. If anything stands out here it is how badly the Clippers have underperformed despite playing in large markets, since the ages of the newer expansion clubs are too low to draw any conclusions on this scale.

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