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Weren't the Rockets missing two key rotation players (including the best defender) and on the second night of a back to back? Neither of those...
OK fine, then trade Motiejunas and/or Jones, if you want to pretend that arbitrary criteria is binding. I'd wager that both are perceived to have...
It's the same scenario and same motivation as trading Marcus Morris six weeks ago. If Morris doesn't have negative value after a terrible first...
It sure seems coincidental, then, that the lowest-payroll teams are typically those at the bottom of the revenue pile. I get what you're saying,...
Operating income is a somewhat different subject than revenue....
Were Pittsburgh's payrolls at a disproportionate level? Not trying to be rhetorical; seriously asking. My impression was always that there simply...
I think they'll have no problem going about 4 times the current payroll. Right now, about $100 million is what this market seems likely to...
It's not a guess. Luhnow point blank asked Crane, as any good GM candidate would. Could Crane have lied? In theory, yes, but it's quite unlikely...
Jeff Luhnow is a brilliant guy. He had other opportunities. He wouldn't have taken this job if ownership weren't committed to spending on a...
The deal they're talking about is for 20 years or so, per Crane. As such, you have to look at the fortunes of the franchises involved for the last...
Yup. And I have a hard time demonizing the Astros when the team they're supposed to be competing with on the field -- the Rangers -- has a similar...
Are y'all cheering for SA or OKC? (Obviously the loser is more likely to play us than the winner.) I thought until the All-Star break that the...
I do. I think less of ESPN because there's an ESPN Dallas and not an ESPN Houston. You can apply the laws of sheer greed to everything and chalk...
Why just apply that logic here in Houston, then? Where was this noble spirit of protecting the consumer when all the networks agreed to the new...
I believe in the free market too, but it cuts both ways. They can make whatever "business" decision they want, and I have a right to be upset...
And why did Comcast pay the figure they did? Hint: it has to do with comparable networks in comparable markets.
Again, do you think the Rockets/Astros/CSN pulled their "pay so much" number out of thin air? They didn't -- it's based on precedent. If the price...
Money can serve multiple purposes. I'm sorry if that blows your little mind.
What the crux of the "took games away" argument comes down to is whether you believe cable providers have an inherent obligation to air the games...
He's a Laker fan.
