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15 dollars is pretty steep

to watch games where only 1/4 of the players will make it on to a NBA team

The NBA: Where amazingly bad officiating happens, is encouraged, and rewarded.

by The Roybot on Jul 8, 2009 11:49 PM PDT reply actions  

and blackouts apply.

draft the stache

by Cablinasian on Jul 8, 2009 11:53 PM PDT reply actions  

XD

This is one thing I HATE about the NBA.

Oden+Roy+Aldridge+Rudy+Bayless=Dynasty. Believe

by OdenRoyLMA on Jul 9, 2009 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

i think the nfl has blackout clauses as well

but they never get exercised bc their games actually sell out. i dunno i think thats how it works.

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by Philthyanimal on Jul 9, 2009 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

Baseball is far worse.

If a game is being shown on Fox in any market it’s blacked out completely on their league pass equivalent. For instance, if the Mets are being shown on Fox in NYC but the Sox are being shown in Boston, the Mets game is still blacked out in Boston despite the fact that it’s not available on TV. So, displaced Mets fans in Beantown have no way of seeing the game. I cannot believe they let Fox negotiate such a powerful contract. Terrible business.

Anyway, I was looking forward to summer league a little, but no way in hell I’m paying anything for it. I’ll just catch the games they show on NBA TV.

by erastus25 on Jul 9, 2009 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

Oh its horrible

When I was in college in IA I couldn’t use MLB.TV to get any White Sox/Cubs/Royals/Twins/Cardinals games because they were all somehow in the market that I was in.

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by skywaker9 on Jul 9, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

that right there

means I’ll be bootlegging it.

This is also why I didn’t buy NBA pass online. Yeah, watching other teams is cool, but If I can’t watch the blazers, it’s no deal as I can watch it for free online ANYWAY and it’s simply honoring the product and a stupid law (which is stupid because the choices I want as a consumer are not at all available).

"Fernandez, to my eyes, is the Blazer who walks that walk most comfortably. A lot of Portland's fans (egged on, dare I say, by their local broadcasters) lament things like how Ron Artest or Yao Ming get to hit Brandon Roy's arms.

But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html

by ratbastird on Jul 9, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

interesting

I made a note about not owning a TV and how the NBA continues to not get my money because they continue to not sell the things i want… and it didn’t show up in the post.

"Fernandez, to my eyes, is the Blazer who walks that walk most comfortably. A lot of Portland's fans (egged on, dare I say, by their local broadcasters) lament things like how Ron Artest or Yao Ming get to hit Brandon Roy's arms.

But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html

by ratbastird on Jul 9, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

that's how I'll watch it

if games are going to be blacked out.

"Fernandez, to my eyes, is the Blazer who walks that walk most comfortably. A lot of Portland's fans (egged on, dare I say, by their local broadcasters) lament things like how Ron Artest or Yao Ming get to hit Brandon Roy's arms.

But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html

by ratbastird on Jul 9, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

I love the Dwight, Rondo, Paul, Roy, Durant banner.

Yeah they all started there, but guess what you wont get to watch them. Well, maybe Durant.

by Bskey on Jul 9, 2009 2:00 AM PDT reply actions  

he isnt

playing in the Orlando summer league, but I am not sure if they are also going to Vegas

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

I will talk about DeJuan Blair no more forever

by jonestr on Jul 9, 2009 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

OKC is going to Vegas

but no way Durant is playing

How did you guys win that?
"We scored enough points. We scored 107, they scored 105.
-Nate McMillan Postgame, 3/4/2009

by douglast on Jul 9, 2009 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah.

You don’t actually play good players in summer league. It’s for development of role players/young benchwarmers.

by erastus25 on Jul 9, 2009 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions  

Wow.

That’s pretty cool. Thanks for the info!

by JasonT on Jul 9, 2009 8:46 AM PDT reply actions  

ditto

All the folks I tried to convince to go to Vegas with me, would be mad at me. I told them games were cheap.

by tominhawaii on Jul 9, 2009 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

I paid a LOT more

to go there and watch the past two years. I’d have no issue this year if it weren’t for blackouts.

"Fernandez, to my eyes, is the Blazer who walks that walk most comfortably. A lot of Portland's fans (egged on, dare I say, by their local broadcasters) lament things like how Ron Artest or Yao Ming get to hit Brandon Roy's arms.

But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html

by ratbastird on Jul 9, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions  

So dumb...

Last year it was free

Red Hot and Rolling

by BlazerFan88 on Jul 9, 2009 12:53 PM PDT reply actions  

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