NBA Offseason Stuff

[The Electrifyer 0]

Does this dress code apply for coaches too? So perhaps, we might not ever see this again:

 

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

If you, as a league, want to make money, you'd better have players a lot of people give a shit about. God knows the game is so tedious that it won't suck people in.

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Whose jersey is consistently the best selling? AI

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And their ratings are...what? What, not great? Stunning. Considering that TV revenue is a massive part of their revenue stream, might be important.

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I don't think dress code=ratings.

[Black Lushus 0]

If you, as a league, want to make money, you'd better have players a lot of people give a shit about. God knows the game is so tedious that it won't suck people in.

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Whose jersey is consistently the best selling? AI

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And their ratings are...what? What, not great? Stunning. Considering that TV revenue is a massive part of their revenue stream, might be important.

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I don't think dress code=ratings.

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it could, possibly, if white viewers are tired of watching and seeing what they perceive as being "thugs" running around all the time...

[Dangerous A 0]

Can someone show me a source or something for the terrible ratings where the NBA is about to tank and die according to some in this thread? I know ratings have been effected because almost all the games are on cable except a few weekend games and the Finals and the Finals are still a high ratings grabber in regular television, in particular the 04 Finals between the Lakers and Pistons, which saw a 67% increase in viewership. This year's finals slowed down until games 5-7 because, well, game 7's tend to have high viewership. I know live attendance was higher than it has ever been, post Michael Jordan.

 

Question for Mike, if you hate the NBA so much, which is pretty clear by your statements, why do you care what the players wear? Why bother? If this were an NHL argument (the NHL has a dress code, but for arguments sake) I wouldn't go into the NHL threads taking shots because I don't care about NHL players.

[alfdogg 0]

If you, as a league, want to make money, you'd better have players a lot of people give a shit about. God knows the game is so tedious that it won't suck people in.

 

Whose jersey is consistently the best selling? AI

Actually, it's Shaq.

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

If you, as a league, want to make money, you'd better have players a lot of people give a shit about. God knows the game is so tedious that it won't suck people in.

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Whose jersey is consistently the best selling? AI

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Actually, it's Shaq.

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My bad, I thought AI was tops for some reason. Maybe he was at one point. I know Kobe was #1 for a while.

 

But Shaq is also a flamboyant dresser, if not gangsta.

[Mr. S£im Citrus 0]

Yahoo! Sports: Man requests longer prison sentence to match Bird's jersey number

 

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Alrighty then...

[Dangerous A 0]

While I'm all for criminals doing max sentences, I just gotta say...

 

what an idiot.

[ant_7000 0]

Im against this wearing suit rule, which clearly a strike at the black players. Whats next Stern tells them to shave their braids and Dreads off?

[MrRant 0]

Yeah, because only the honkeys and white devils wear anything other than suits.

[The Czech Republic 0]

Im against this wearing suit rule, which clearly a strike at the black players. Whats next Stern tells them to shave their braids and Dreads off?

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NBA MEANS NO BLACK APPAREL

 

 

STERN HOLDS A NIGGA DOWN

[MrRant 0]

Im against this wearing suit rule, which clearly a strike at the black players. Whats next Stern tells them to shave their braids and Dreads off?

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NBA MEANS NO BLACK APPAREL

 

 

STERN HOLDS A NIGGA DOWN

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SEIG HEIL~!

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Im against this wearing suit rule, which clearly a strike at the black players. Whats next Stern tells them to shave their braids and Dreads off?

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Actually read about it before posting. Fuck. They don't have to wear a suit, so you are already wrong. They have to wear a dress shirt and slacks, nothing wrong with looking decent. Jason Williams didn't wear a dress shirt before this ruling, he's white (actually White Chocolate), so the league MUST BE RAYCIST.

 

My best friend is black, he said that "niggas need to stop bringing the fact that they are black and that THE MAN is out to get them in everything that they say." I agree.

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

They have to wear a suit on the bench.

 

And Jason Williams is white *chocolate*, not just regular white.

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I put that.

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I also knew that they have to wear a suit on the bench, which is perfectly appropriate.

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

Dammit! I suck at computers.

[The Niggardly King 0]

Jason Williams is the NBA's #1 wigger, right?

[Guest MikeSC]

Can someone show me a source or something for the terrible ratings where the NBA is about to tank and die according to some in this thread? I know ratings have been effected because almost all the games are on cable except a few weekend games and the Finals and the Finals are still a high ratings grabber in regular television, in particular the 04 Finals between the Lakers and Pistons, which saw a 67% increase in viewership. This year's finals slowed down until games 5-7 because, well, game 7's tend to have high viewership. I know live attendance was higher than it has ever been, post Michael Jordan.

 

Question for Mike, if you hate the NBA so much, which is pretty clear by your statements, why do you care what the players wear? Why bother? If  this were an NHL argument (the NHL has a dress code, but for arguments sake) I wouldn't go into the NHL threads taking shots because I don't care about NHL players.

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I used to love the NBA. In the 80's, it was an insanely fun league to watch and the games were ACTUALLY watchable. As a nice plus, the players weren't complete sniveling twats with nary a redeeming quality.

 

Think of your criticisms of HHH, multiply it by a hundred, and you have my complaints about the useless NBA players who don't even do their own jobs terribly well.

 

The ratings for games are in the toilet as opposed to what it was in the 80's - early 90's.

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Jason Williams is the NBA's #1 wigger, right?

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I guess?

[The Czech Republic 0]

Think of your criticisms of HHH, multiply it by a hundred, and you have my complaints about the useless NBA players who don't even do their own jobs terribly well.

The Mavericks can't work the NBA style.

[Hogan Made Wrestling 0]

I also knew that they have to wear a suit on the bench, which is perfectly appropriate.

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What exactly would be wrong with wearing the team jersey on the bench? That shows a lot more team unity and is more appropriate for the game environment anyway.

[Guest MikeSC]

When you CAN'T PLAY, it seems absurd.

 

But, if you don't have a solid argument, focus on semantics, right?

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There isn't anything wrong with that, but the fact remains that Kobe shouldn't be wearing an Eagles jersey on the bench while injured. That's the problem.

 

EDIT: That's right, a player can't suit up. You are wrong.

[Golgo 13 0]

Jason Williams is the NBA's #1 wigger, right?

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I guess?

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Ryan Bowen, bitches.

[Guest Brian]

Da Ali G doing NBA commercials is awesome.

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

Here's a bunch of player comments on the dress code.

 

I think Wally Z made a good point.

[Black Lushus 0]

actors represent themselves, not a multi-million dollar company...

[Guest MikeSC]

actors represent themselves, not a multi-million dollar company...

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And when the actors are selling a movie --- yes, they DO tend to dress up. If they did anything to cause a film to tank, most likely, a studio could sue.

[Black Lushus 0]

actors represent themselves, not a multi-million dollar company...

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And when the actors are selling a movie --- yes, they DO tend to dress up. If they did anything to cause a film to tank, most likely, a studio could sue.

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see, the thing is, I'm really hating this "actors don't have to wear suits" line...I can't figure out what it is, I can seem to express it in words, but believe me, that's gotta be the stupidest line of logic I've ever heard for anything...