Ka-Boom!! Adam Silver hammers Sterling

[mu03eng]

more anal societies. 

Please continue

[keefe]

visit Pompeii & Capri.

I have never been to Pompeii but have always been fascinated. Is it worth the side trip?

[Spotcheck Billy]

I have never been to Pompeii but have always been fascinated. Is it worth the side trip?

the movie with Keifer Sutherland sucked (NOT the Floyd one)

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

So you won't be going back to Italy for your next honeymoon?   

I'll go back to Italy in a heartbeat. 

[4everwarriors]

Cuban was right. Lasry and Edens stole the Bucks from Herbie.

[mu03eng]

Cuban was right. Lasry and Edens stole the Bucks from Herbie.

Disagree with that.  Just because the Clippers sold at an overvalued level, doesn't mean the Bucks were undervalued.  Given all the moving pieces involving the Bucks, I'd say they were overvalued as well.

Monitizing a $2bil valuation for the Clippers is going to be a major effort and one I don't think they'll be able to pull off.  I realize live content is king right now, but I think there is a bubble burst here in the next 10 years.  The confluence of changing technology, consumer pushback on the cost of content delivery, consumers being priced out of the live entertainment market, general disdain with wealthy individuals, and a soft economy seems to spell a looming disaster to me.

[4everwarriors]

With a new venue to play in, a huge return on invest looms ahead. Without the new facility, a huge capital gain looms ahead when sold. Only a finite number of franchises out there and a 'hole lotta folks with deep pockets lookin' for toys.

[Henry Sugar]

the movie with Keifer Sutherland sucked (NOT the Floyd one)

brb watching "Echoes"

[GGGG]

Cuban was right. Lasry and Edens stole the Bucks from Herbie.

Here is what Bill Simmons said about the Bucks when they were purchased:

"As I predicted on Friday, hedge-fund billionaires Marc Lasry and Wes Edens agreed to purchase the Milwaukee Bucks for $550 million on Wednesday. Forbes recently pegged the Bucks at $405 million, so the magazine was off by 36 percent. Thirty-six percent! That probably goes for every evaluation on that list.

Meanwhile, Milwaukee made history Wednesday by breaking the NBA purchase-price record while also serving as our new floor for “here’s the lowest number anyone is getting for a 2014 NBA franchise.” What did Lasry and Edens agree to purchase? A small-market team, no franchise star, no state-of-the-art arena, a 25-year legacy of losing (save for 2001), apathetic and tortured fans,  … I mean, they basically landed the Greek Freak, a top-three lottery pick, some revenue-sharing money and a chance to tell people they own an NBA team while secretly hoping they don’t ask “Which one?”

http://grantland.com/features/the-worlds-most-exclusive-club/

[Sir Lawrence]

Notice how carefully I worded that, Sir. I am used to the Japanese train system which is punctual to the second. My son lives in Italy and my experiences with Italian trains is far from bad but it is certainly a more leisurely excursion than in other, more anal societies. 

I do now see what you did there.