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Doublea said:
That part to me makes it hindsight bias stating that she knew it., why do you say that the first one is, but the second isn't. Also so what happens if the Lakers don't move up, with your statement?
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Then I'm wrong. Thankfully. If I were to say "yeah I thought it was unlikely they'd move up to the top three," then that would be hindsight bias.
 
Sorry but if you ever read how revenue sharing works in the NBA you wouldn't make such statements. The only ones profiting from a strong Lakers team are the Lakers and Adam Silver aka the NBA. To fix a lottery and stuff you'd need multiple guys you trust to never turn onto you. You'd have 29 unhappy and mad owners if that happened. Because their personal income and the money with which they pay coaching staff etc comes from arena related money. And if LA getts all the talents and calls, whose arena stays empty and who doesn't make money, unless they stay below the salary cap and use player money for their own income? BINGO! All the 29 other owners. So ask yourself if SIlver is going to upset 29 owners to please 2 siblings who can't stand each other?
 
akirac73 said:
This how I see the Jazz's final 13 games going down:

Orlando W
Detroit W
Memphis L
@New Orleans L
@OKC L
NY Knicks L
New Orleans W
@Golden State L
Dallas L
Portland L
@Denver L
Lakers W
@Minny L

4-9 with a 26-56 final record, I don't think that gets us in the bottom 4, which is why losses to Orlando and LA would be monumental down the stretch. Saturday will make or break our tanking efforts...
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I think that record would get the Jazz the 4 or 5th spot. Jazz have a three game lead on detroit. 2 game on sactown and a one game lead on Boston. The Jazz are tied with LA but up two in the loss column. Unless some team finishes like o-14 the Jazz have a good chance to get a top 4 pick. This is going down to the wire.
 
BTP said:
Sorry but if you ever read how revenue sharing works in the NBA you wouldn't make such statements. The only ones profiting from a strong Lakers team are the Lakers and Adam Silver aka the NBA. To fix a lottery and stuff you'd need multiple guys you trust to never turn onto you. You'd have 29 unhappy and mad owners if that happened. Because their personal income and the money with which they pay coaching staff etc comes from arena related money. And if LA getts all the talents and calls, whose arena stays empty and who doesn't make money, unless they stay below the salary cap and use player money for their own income? BINGO! All the 29 other owners. So ask yourself if SIlver is going to upset 29 owners to please 2 siblings who can't stand each other?
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I don't think the whole league is in in it as some kind of massive conspiracy theory. I think NBA owners hire a commissioner for the sole purpose of creating a valuable, sustainable product. This is why they (save someone like Cuban) never raise issue with things like superstar calls, officiating, etc. It adds to the value of the league. A superstar in LA will add a lot of value to the league in general.
 
infection said:
I don't think the whole league is in in it as some kind of massive conspiracy theory. I think NBA owners hire a commissioner for the sole purpose of creating a valuable, sustainable product. This is why they (save someone like Cuban) never raise issue with things like superstar calls, officiating, etc. It adds to the value of the league. A superstar in LA will add a lot of value to the league in general.
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But the money that the superstar generates goes to the players and the league ;) And every team can get superstars. If you manipulate the lottery you have 29 teams whose team selling values are sinking potentially.

SO having superstars getting superstar calls doesn't hurt the league. It can even increase it. It's if you distribute them unevenly.
 
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