Author Topic: 2023-24 NBA Thread (Read 119319 times)

MU82 · « **Reply #3025 on:** July 21, 2024, 09:24:36 AM »

Quote from: MuggsyB on July 21, 2024, 08:44:55 AM

I feel fantastic. Just ran 4 miles and am now steeping my 100% pure Peaberry Kona Coffee.

Peaberry Kona Coffee? That’s INEXCUSABLE!

Scoop Snoop · « **Reply #3026 on:** July 21, 2024, 10:11:51 AM »

Quote from: MU82 on July 21, 2024, 08:40:19 AM

Muggs, it must be exhausting being you.

Not really. Flip his gender for a moment and understanding Muggsy is as easy as it was for Jack Nickolson's character in As Good As It Gets when he was asked how he captured the character of women so well in his novels:

Receptionist: "How do you write women so well?"

Writer: "I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability."

MuggsyB · « **Reply #3027 on:** July 21, 2024, 11:03:48 AM »

Quote from: Scoop Snoop on July 21, 2024, 10:11:51 AM

Not really. Flip his gender for a moment and understanding Muggsy is as easy as it was for Jack Nickolson's character in As Good As It Gets when he was asked how he captured the character of women so well in his novels:

Receptionist: "How do you write women so well?"

Writer: "I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability."

You're not quick witted SS. Read some Oscar Wilde or something.

MuggsyB · « **Reply #3028 on:** July 21, 2024, 11:08:37 AM »

Quote from: MU82 on July 21, 2024, 09:24:36 AM

Peaberry Kona Coffee? That’s INEXCUSABLE!

These are prime-time c-beans. And I'll take the barrista challenge with anyone, whether it be with my French Press or Pour Over.

Although......Gale Boetticher would have been tough competition.

MU82 · « **Reply #3029 on:** July 21, 2024, 11:14:26 AM »

Quote from: MuggsyB on July 21, 2024, 11:08:37 AM

These are prime-time c-beans. And I'll take the barrista challenge with anyone, whether it be with my French Press or Pour Over.

Although......Gale Boetticher would have been tough competition.

INEXCUSABLE!

wadesworld · « **Reply #3030 on:** July 21, 2024, 11:25:13 AM »

Have been overseas for almost all of summer league. How have the Bucks hopeful contributors look?

From what I’ve heard, MarJon looks terrible, Livingston looks good, Andre looks like an okay glue guy, Smith doesn’t impress, and AJ Johnson looks very good at times but not good at other times.

Scoop Snoop · « **Reply #3031 on:** July 21, 2024, 11:30:57 AM »

Quote from: MuggsyB on July 21, 2024, 11:03:48 AM

You're not quick witted SS. Read some Oscar Wilde or something.

Not attempting to be. Just a spot-on description of you. Rationality and accountability are absent in so many of your posts.

Oh, and regarding reading? If you tried that once in a while regarding history, perhaps you would not constantly be making a complete ass of yourself with your posts about world events of which you are laughably ignorant. Oscar Wilde's writings won't help.

MuggsyB · « **Reply #3032 on:** July 21, 2024, 11:37:45 AM »

Quote from: Scoop Snoop on July 21, 2024, 11:30:57 AM

Not attempting to be. Just a spot-on description of you. Rationality and accountability are absent in so many of your posts.

Oh, and regarding reading? If you tried that once in a while regarding history, perhaps you would not constantly be making a complete ass of yourself with your posts about world events of which you are laughably ignorant. Oscar Wilde's writings won't help.

Lol. You've ckeatly become unhinged which is unfortunate.

Scoop Snoop · « **Reply #3033 on:** July 21, 2024, 11:43:59 AM »

Quote from: MuggsyB on July 21, 2024, 11:37:45 AM

Lol. You've ckeatly become unhinged which is unfortunate.

Like the orange man, your response is to accuse your opponents of being what you demonstrably are. You live in LaLa land and accuse your critics of living there.

Thank you for keeping this exchange going.

MU82 · « **Reply #3034 on:** July 23, 2024, 08:13:47 AM »

Barkley & Co might not be done yet.

Warner Bros. Discovery - which owns TNT - matched Amazon’s bid for broadcast rights for a big chunk of NBA games.

Probably headed to the courts, but TNT clearly had a right-to-match clause in its contract.

The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole · « **Reply #3035 on:** July 23, 2024, 08:18:04 AM »

Quote from: MU82 on July 23, 2024, 08:13:47 AM

Barkley & Co might not be done yet.

Warner Bros. Discovery - which owns TNT - matched Amazon’s bid for broadcast rights for a big chunk of NBA games.

Probably headed to the courts, but TNT clearly had a right-to-match clause in its contract.

But the NBA is going to argue that the right to match wasn't just about the money but about the method of distribution and the number of households. A number of people are predicting that the NBA will eventually just pay off WBD.

MU82 · « **Reply #3036 on:** July 23, 2024, 08:38:14 AM »

Quote from: The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole on July 23, 2024, 08:18:04 AM

But the NBA is going to argue that the right to match wasn't just about the money but about the method of distribution and the number of households. A number of people are predicting that the NBA will eventually just pay off WBD.

Thanks for adding that. Yes, the NBA still could end up on Amazon instead of TNT.

Here's The Athletic's quickie summary:

A big update in the NBA broadcast rights saga: The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand reports that TNT, initially left out of the new rights deal, has filed to match the package given to Amazon, which represents the smallest tier of the agreement.

Two notable layers:

In the current deal, TNT has a contractual right to match any package agreed to in the new framework. Yet Andrew reports the league is expected to decline TNT’s match and go ahead with Amazon as its new partner. Legally, it’s unclear if the NBA can do so. A court fight will be messy, and extremely awkward if TNT wins.

TNT still has a lot going for it here, namely the giant popularity of “Inside the NBA.” David Zaslav, CEO of TNT’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, has talked about losing the NBA for months — but don’t think TNT is bowing out quietly. Andrew mentioned a possible financial settlement or addendum to the rights deal before it’s signed.