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OHSportsFan
Fan of Ohio Sports in Indy
Pacers/Hawks was incredible basketball. One of the best regular season games I’ve seen.
Indiana won 157-152. Yes, that was a regulation final.
(And I do think the In Season tourney has added some juice)
Indiana won 157-152. Yes, that was a regulation final.
(And I do think the In Season tourney has added some juice)
Yeah both teams are in Group A. Lakers are already qualified and Utah is trying to take the top of that hill, 3-0 and 2-1 respectively.
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100%. Cavs started 1-3 and have gone 7-3 building up to the tourney and through the Group Stage. They are even playing with about half their squad and still won on the road tonight at Philly. This thing has definitely made a difference and I'm starting to get into myself which I usually dont do until after football season.
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I’m all for entertaining and meaningful regular season NBA basketball, but I’m not clear on what the incentive is for the players besides some cash (which I’m sure they have plenty of already) and bragging rights?
If it’s working cool, I’m not complaining. Just curious at how it’s caused a spark in play?
If it’s working cool, I’m not complaining. Just curious at how it’s caused a spark in play?
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OHSportsFan
Fan of Ohio Sports in Indy
Little things but NBA makes it “feel” different - special courts, jerseys.
But yeah, it’s mostly money. $500k means a lot to guys at the end of the bench so the teams seem to be fighting for that - Dame Lillard is a star but mentions how much that money could change someone else’s life.
Plus I think it’s a building experience that can mimic playoff ball so teams are practicing that mindset.
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Jake
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The ABA barely lasted a decade, and young fans may not even know it ever existed. But the ABA was the first league to have a slam dunk contest at the All Star game. The ABA invented the three point line, now a huge part of the game at every level. That alone shows the ABA's relevance. This little kid played basketball in his driveway with a red, white, and blue ball, also courtesy of the ABA. The Nets, Pacers, Spurs, and Nuggets - the reigning NBA champions - were ABA teams.
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It's funny because the incentives for the big stars do not seem to be tremendous (for bench players the extra money is very nice), yet they seem to be bought into it.
It's working and made early season NBA much more enjoyable.
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3074326
Assistant to the Head Coach
100% agree. I was skeptical, but open to the idea. Thought at best it would help with load management, and at worst they were just fancy regular season games. Didn't expect games this early to feel like playoff games.
We have starters playing late into games, we don't have the hang nail injuries like usual, good stuff NBA.
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ScriptOhio
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'This isn't the 11 herbs and spices': Why are the New York Knicks suing the Toronto Raptors?
Thousands of allegedly stolen files, James Dolan and a tension-filled history between two NBA franchises: Here's everything you need to know about the legal war between the Knicks and the Raptors -- and where it goes from here.
'This isn't the 11 herbs and spices': Inside this unprecedented Knicks-Raptors lawsuit
THE FIRST STRIKE in what several legal experts have described as a first-of-its-kind legal war between two NBA teams can be traced back to Aug. 17, 2023.It came in the form of a letter from the chief legal counsel for the New York Knicks, and it was addressed to Toronto Raptors owner Larry Tanenbaum. It claimed the Knicks had, only days before, uncovered a dastardly conspiracy at the hands of their Atlantic Division rival, situated some 340 miles away.
It was a plot, the two-page letter alleged, centered on potential "illegal activities" involving a former Knicks employee whom the Raptors had recently hired. Specifically, the Knicks claimed that Ikechukwu Azotam, who worked for the Knicks as an assistant video coordinator, then as a director of video/analytics/player development assistant, had illegally provided the Raptors with more than 3,000 confidential files, up to and including video scouting reports, play frequency files, a prep book for the 2022-2023 season and opposition research.
It alleged Azotam, after receiving a job offer from Toronto, had begun "secretly forwarding proprietary information from his Knicks email account to his personal Gmail account," which he then shared with the Raptors.
The Knicks declared their investigation was still ongoing, and that Azotam could be in violation of various international, federal and New York laws. They wrote civil damages and criminal penalties could include a fine of $5 million.
In the letter, the Knicks made several demands, including that the Raptors destroy what they claim was stolen information while preserving communications on all personal and company devices -- namely emails -- from Azotam, who worked for the Knicks from 2020 to 2023. The Knicks expected a response within four days, they wrote, and closed by noting that the Knicks reserved all rights "to pursue this vigorously as we continue to consider our options" -- a not-so-subtle hint toward potential legal action.
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The Knicks, Raptors and the NBA declined to comment for this story, but in court filings, which contain internal emails between the teams and the league office itself, the Knicks say they intend to prove at trial that damages exceed $10 million and Azotam illegally provided the Raptors a trove of internal information.
"Can you own a scouting report? The source information is indisputably going to be 'out there,' but can a team own its analysis of it? In this respect, the Knicks' theory represents a truly groundbreaking issue," said Patrick Hammon, a lawyer and partner at the San Francisco-based firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, which specializes in high-stakes trade secrets litigation. "And it is something that, as best I can tell, is completely unprecedented."
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