Notes and Errata: December 16th, 2010
2010-09-16-Spread a bit thin lately. Graduating early, working the PBT job, and putting my heart and soul into my twice-weekly crosstalks with Rob Mahoney, which are some of the best things I’ve ever done. Mahoney is a special talent, a friend, and a joy to work with. Here’s our last one. (Sorry, it’s about the Heat.) The next one goes up at approximately 12 PM (EST) tomorrow.
-Dampier on the Heat would just be unfair. Man oh man, that team would be scary with a true center.
–Brockman Burger. Jeremy Schmidt is skinny as a rail, and I can assure you he’s eaten this. I witnessed his gastric habits in Vegas; the man is a freak of nature.
=Memphis finally signed their rookies. Good for them.
I don’t think Dwight Howard is losing any sleep over Dampier.
I disagree with Jim on this one, for one reason: salary cap. Does the existence of the salary cap mean that ‘super teams’ can’t really happen? Apparently not. But it does mean that: 1. Players will have to accept pay cuts to be a part of a ‘super team,’ which makes them an unstable long-term proposition. 2. A ‘super team’ can happen anywhere, not just in a big market. Miami is not a big basketball market. Orlando (one of Jim’s other possible ‘super teams’) is not a big market for anything. If LeBron had played his cards differently, Cleveland could… Read more »
I agree with jim on this one. One only has to point to the demise of baseball attendance and popularity over the last decade or so as “America’s Past-time”. It’s just not all that compelling when you know going in that the Globetrotters are going to beat the Generals…especially in the regular season. The regular season will be a joke other than when the really good teams play (“Yanks/Sox” – MLB again anyone?). And the only thing the average Joe will turn into will be the post-season. I will still happily tune in to every Cavs game as I always… Read more »
Erick Dampier is, and always will be, terrible. Don’t really see how upgrading from truly awful to terrible helps Miami… not that they’d be in trouble either way. You could put my dog at center and they’d still finish first in the East.
December 16th, huh?
John, I respectfully disagree that the Heat are good for basketball. In fact, they are the biggest threat to the NBA’s existence as we know it. It sets a dangerous precedent for small and mid-market teams when the players begin to join forces like this. What it is possibly setting up (and if he Melo or CP3 rumors to Orlando or NY come to fruition) are 3-5 mega teams and then 25-27 also rans with no chance of competing. For years. Sure, the Heat will garner wonderful ratings this year. Everyone outside southern Miami wants to see them fail. But… Read more »