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Archive for October, 2011

Friday Linkage

Posted by Patrick on October 28th, 2011 filed in Random Stuff

In the wee hours of last night, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports reported that the NBA owners and players were on the cusp of working out a deal to save most – and possibly all – of the season. The big elephant in the room (other than this one) is that the two sides still [...]

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Competitive Balance in the NBA

Posted by Patrick on October 17th, 2011 filed in Fantasy Basketball, Random Stuff

One of the talking points coming out of David’s Stern’s mouth during this not-exactly-going-to-plan round of CBA negotiations is that the NBA needs more competitive balance in order to have long-term financial stability. What does it mean for a league to have competitive balance? Does such a thing even exist? In its pure form, competitive [...]

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The Lockout in Taiwanese Animation

Posted by Nels on October 12th, 2011 filed in Author: Nels, Videos

I’m not sure there’s even any content that needs to go in this post… The video pretty much speaks for itself. I think we can count on the season starting at some point, since all the owners who have winning teams will probably push the poor guys at some point to figure something out so [...]

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NBA Cancels First Two Weeks of Season

Posted by Patrick on October 10th, 2011 filed in Fantasy Basketball

The NBA officially canceled the first two weeks of the NBA regular season after super-last-minute negotiations on Sunday and Monday failed to produce an agreement between the owners and players. The announcement was made shortly after Monday’s meetings ended at 9:30 pm. David Stern said that both sides are still “very far apart on virtually [...]

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