OT: The Case for Italian Basketball

[8893]

Good read:

Opinion | Forget the All-Star Game. Start Watching Italian Basketball.

Some very good differences; here's the part I liked best:

Take the case of the New York Knicks, who currently hold the worst record in the N.B.A. There is nothing much left for the Knicks to play for or their fans to watch this season.

By contrast, Italian basketball teams near the bottom of the league run the risk of relegation to the second division, which is a bad result for everyone. That’s why the fight near the end of the season can be just as fierce at the bottom as it is as the top.
If the Knicks had to worry about being consigned to the minor leagues, the folks at Madison Square Garden might think differently about how to handle the final months of the season. If the Knicks were demoted to play against the Maine Red Claws, New York fans would probably have some choice words and creative hand gestures for their team’s poor management. Italian basketball fans would have some advice on how to do that better, too.

 

[progrocks]

Italian teams also don't require a draft to get talent, they can sign whoever the hell in the world they want. If the Knicks could do that, they might still be a mess, but a mess that would be a lot better than they are.

End the draft, let the free market reign.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Good read:

Opinion | Forget the All-Star Game. Start Watching Italian Basketball.

Some very good differences; here's the part I liked best:

The article implies that long suffering Knick fans don't already have choice words for ownership?

 

[FartMan69]

American professional sports are Franchises with agreed revenue sharing. It’s just another playground for the way too rich people to exploit normal folks without putting in any effort or financial risk. Dolan is literally the prime example of the American dream. Inherit your families fortune and coast through life only lifting a finger to keep the poor poor. He’ll probably run for president.

 

[Fan4ever]

Free Market? Perhaps for the owners and the profit they can make. However, salary caps, luxury tax, etc. ensure that the operational costs are kept in check so that profits can be realized. Anything but free market.

 

[methodology]

Italian teams also don't require a draft to get talent, they can sign whoever the hell in the world they want. If the Knicks could do that, they might still be a mess, but a mess that would be a lot better than they are.

End the draft, let the free market reign.

Ending the draft would make it nearly impossible for any mid- small market team to have any legitimate chance. The large market teams would sign any and all talent and create their own minor league/ training clubs and just play the numbers game

 

[Walker11]

Ending the draft would make it nearly impossible for any mid- small market team to have any legitimate chance. The large market teams would sign any and all talent and create their own minor league/ training clubs and just play the numbers game

No max salaries. I like this idea in theory but the PA would despise it.

 

[imno1]

I never liked the system. It's the reason I declined play in the NBA

 

[huskyrob1]

Good read:

Opinion | Forget the All-Star Game. Start Watching Italian Basketball.

Some very good differences; here's the part I liked best:

Italian Basketball doesn't interest me, but Italian meatballs, lasagna, pizza, and Bolognese over gnocchi do.

 

[upstater]

And speaking of pizza...

 

[TerryBoyz]

Am I the only one that thought this was going to be about the Italian player at Texas tech we missed out on?
Oh.. and add Italian sports cars and cookies to the previous list

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Wandered in here to see if it was a Davide Moretti thread. Kid's having a pretty good sophomore year at Texas Tech. We don't complain enough here about not successfully recruiting him.

 

[A10 fan]

Am I the only one that thought this was going to be about the Italian player at Texas tech we missed out on?
Oh.. and add Italian sports cars and cookies to the previous list

Can we add Italian women to that list? I'm still hoping cloning can be perfected, so that we can make multiple clones of Sophia Loren, and Gina Lolobrigida.

 

[casual-yardin]

American professional sports are Franchises with agreed revenue sharing. It’s just another playground for the way too rich people to exploit normal folks without putting in any effort or financial risk. Dolan is literally the prime example of the American dream. Inherit your families fortune and coast through life only lifting a finger to keep the poor poor. He’ll probably run for president.

How do pro sports franchises exploit you? How does Dolan keep people poor?

 

[huskyrob1]

Can we add Italian women to that list? I'm still hoping cloning can be perfected, so that we can make multiple clones of Sophia Loren, and Gina Lolobrigida.

Don't forget Rosa DeLauro.

 

[8893]

Don't forget Rosa DeLauro.

I do love her style.

 

[joober jones]

This actually happens in a lot of the European and Asian leagues. I guess the equivalent here would be one of the NBA teams being sent down to g-league status, but then what becomes of their affiliate? Powerade League?

 

[imno1]

How do pro sports franchises exploit you? How does Dolan keep people poor?

By charging too much for cable. One or two more years of poor UConn performance and I can cut the cord

 

[casual-yardin]

By charging too much for cable. One or two more years of poor UConn performance and I can cut the cord

That's not exploitation, as you said you can cut the cord whenever you like.

 

[imno1]

That's not exploitation, as you said you can cut the cord whenever you like.

haha you asked how JD keeps people poor