Spencer Hawes
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The real winner here is the government. They get to rape the players and agent for 50% of their earnings.
Well, the NBA as a whole will be better for it, from a corporate stance. The rest of the teams get to revenue share that, which really does help the smaller market teams.
That said:
On the whole I believe this to be a really really bad thing for the sport. The higher luxury taxes were a move to mitigate over spending and Miami style collusion...I mean team building. Circumventing this with Brute force can create a monster. It could create another Heat team, or in this case, it can create an also ran which will ultimately have no draft picks for the next half decade and an aging/ancient roster.
If that is the future then IMHO its a grim one.
sorry you are right. He has you killed.
if dan gilbert was dropping $200 million to be a perpetual 4 seed and 2nd round playoff exit as a best case scenario there would be far more people questioning his abilities and intelligence as owner than applauding his deep pockets.
I understand that, but I'm talking about spending a lot money, not necessarily where all that money takes you. Of course if Gilbert was spending 200 million a year for a team to be a 2nd round exit every year, he would have a lot of people questioning him. If we were winning championships every year, I still don't think too many Clevelanders make this same argument. The new look Nets haven't even played a game yet so the jury is still out on whether or not Prok made the right choice.
I guess I just don't have an issue with an owner spending whatever money at his disposal to try to improve the team. Whether or not the moves actually improve the team is another story.
the new look nets still aren't going to beat miami or indy in the east and wouldn't beat most of the top 4 in the west. so, no, it's not a good investment of money and if dan gilbert did it he would be getting raked over the coals on here.
Welcome to the MLB model... which as a fan of a small market team.... I really, really hate. (Yes, I know their revenue sharing model is different than the NBA)
baseball’s 2013 season.
1.New York Yankees — $228,995,945
2.Los Angeles Dodgers — $216,302,909
3.Philadelphia — $159,578,214
4.Boston — $158,967,286
5.Detroit — $149,046,844
6.San Francisco — $142,180,333
7.Los Angeles Angels — $142,165,250
8.Texas — $127,197,575
9.Chicago White Sox — $124,065,277
10.Toronto — $118,244,039
11.St. Louis — $116,702,085
12.Washington — $112,431,770
13.Cincinnati — $110,565,728
14.Chicago Cubs — $104,150,726
15.Baltimore — $91,793,333
16.Milwaukee — $91,003,366
17.Arizona — $90,158,500
18.Atlanta — $89,288,193
19.New York Mets — $88,877,033
20.Seattle — $84,295,952
21.Cleveland — $82,517,300
22.Kansas City — $80,491,725
23.Minnesota — $75,562,500
24.Colorado — $75,449,071
25.San Diego — $71,689,900
26.Oakland — $68,577,000
27.Pittsburgh — $66,289,524
28.Tampa Bay — $57,030,272
29.Miami — $39,621,900
30.Houston — $24,328,538
Yea, I don't think people realize how much he's worth. Precious Metals industry is ridiculous, and he essentially owns the Eastern Euro/World market