☆☆ 2012 NBA Finals ☆☆ The King has been crowned; Heat win 2012 NBA Finals! Bron Finals MVP.

[executive76]

Originally Posted by toine2983

BTW this Clippers' homer is annoying poster on NT

 

[mjshoefanatic]

Originally Posted by toine2983

Man I wasn't really paying attention to game looked up and saw the score and had to do a double take.

BTW this Clippers' homer is giving the Grizzlies' homer, the Spurs' homer, and the Mavericks' homer a run for their money as the most annoying poster in this thread.

you're welcome (kobe voice)

 

[mjshoefanatic]

Originally Posted by Kevin Cleveland

The Clippers might as well trade Bledsoe for a big now. They don't exactly need point guard depth or a "point guard of the future."

agree 1M%

 

[mjgreatxii]

"Ashy knees" "put some lotion on"

Man this show is always good for some laughs

 

[mjshoefanatic]

Thanks for all the luv gals!

 

[kevin cleveland]

Bledsoe and a trade exception for Robin Lopez sounds fair both ways, no?

 

[mjgreatxii]

Charles clowning Lebron was gold my god I'm in tears

 

[T0INE]

Man I love Inside The NBA.

Shaq was actually tolerable tonight. Bringing CWebb back improved the overall flow of the show.

 

[mjshoefanatic]

Originally Posted by Kevin Cleveland

Bledsoe and a trade exception for Robin Lopez sounds fair both ways, no?

only if team jigga has a fire sale

git'r done Olshey!!

 

[thapointguy]

Originally Posted by PMatic

Originally Posted by Kevin Cleveland

Speaking of, you can tell the Mavs didn't play tonight.

I was wondering where he was too.

 

[gaseousfashion]

Inside the NBA.

 

[darthska]

Shaq: "If all you have to do is win a dunk contest to be called Superman, then don't call me that no more."
Barkley: "We don't call you Superman no more."
Shaq: "I'm just saying, don't call me that no more."
Barkley: "We don't!"

 

[you big dummy]

Inside the NBA > *

 

[|A-Man|]

"Cuz I'm the original son of Jor-El"

*DEAD*

 

[noblekane]

were the clippers the first team to lose the third game of a back to back to back this season?

 

[essential1]

Shaq needs to stop being bitter


Don't call him superman. If only winning a dunk contest makes you superman don't call me Superman anymore.

As the original Superman I'm anointing Blake Griffin as Superman.


Bitter. Table of 1. For Shaq.

Grown $$@ man who made $300million in his career should not be that bitter

 

[0cks]

Originally Posted by Kevin Cleveland

The Clippers might as well trade Bledsoe for a big now. They don't exactly need point guard depth or a "point guard of the future."

I was thinking the exact same thing... how about for Odom?

Odom playing in LA and getting that homemade Armenian soul food is alot more productive than him in Dallas... and if the Mavs don't get Deron they can just let Roddy "Blockparty" Beaubois and Eric duke it out for the starting spot

 

[noblekane]

i dont think you could get anything for odom right now

 

[dt43]

Originally Posted by Drizzyd

 

[mr marcus]

Inside the NBA was great cause shaq kept his mouth quiet
edit: shaqtin a fool was funny tho 

 

[buc em]

They must have said something to Shaq, he barely said a word last night. Webber needs to take that mans spot ASAP.

 

[pmatic]

The business of the NBA is good

There was a common refrain during the lockout, which was: Doesn't the NBA realize that whenever they get back in business, the fans won't be there waiting?

Not so, evidently.

The first 325 games of this NBA season averaged attendance of 17,094. That's better than 89 percent of capacity, and a hair better than the first 325 games of last season, which averaged 17,057.

But almost every other indicator blows those in-arena numbers away. Viewership is going a bit nuts:

• ABC has had just three games, so it's hard to say anything conclusive, but the audience is up five percent compared to a year ago.
• ESPN viewership is up 23 percent.
• TNT viewership is up 50 percent.
• NBA TV viewership is up an insane 66 percent.
• NBA on regional cable sports networks are up 12 percent.
• Local over-the-airwaves broadcasts are up 36 percent.

NBA TV is particularly interesting. Five of the channel's ten most viewed games ever have been this season, with January's Lakers-Clippers game the most viewed game in network history.

There are also all kinds of social media signs the NBA is popular. In the U.S. alone, something like 180 million people are said to like or follow the NBA, its teams and its players. The league says no other sport can top that.

The audience growth is not just domestic, either. In China, for instance, the league recently announced that TV ratings are up 39 percent.

The TV ratings don't affect the immediate bottom line for the league -- their economic value to the NBA is mainly in informing how much broadcast rights might sell for in the future.

But those with knowledge of the bottom line are all smiles at the moment too. The league has inked a huge deal with Sprint, signed up Under Armour, and recently extended existing relationships with Anheuser-Busch, Gatorade, and AutoTrader.com.

Companies running NBA-themed ads in the early part of this season have included adidas, Budweiser, BBVA, Gatorade, Kia Motors, Nike, State Farm, Spalding, Sprint and Under Armour.

Another theme of the lockout was how much money the players lost. Those numbers won't be known until the end of the year, because the players are guaranteed 51.15 percent of the league's "basketball-related income" this season. As the league keeps prospering, selling more tickets, closing more deals and the like, basketball-related income keeps growing, bringing players' compensation along with it.

This may prove to be a more lucrative season for players than had been expected.
Link

 

[dior paint]

Jason Williams and Gilbert Arenas are playing in a rec league in Orlando.

 

[buc em]

When are the All-Star reserves announced?

 

[pmatic]

Originally Posted by Buc Em

When are the All-Star reserves announced?

Next Thursday.