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Poll: How many wins against Ravens/Steelers?
by LooseCannon on Nov 10, 2011 12:04 PM EST
on Cincy Jungle
The Cincinnati Bengals have four regular season games against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens yet to be played. Arguably, they need to go at least 2-2 in these games to make the playoffs. How many wins do you predict in those four games? This is your chance to say it now so that you can say "I told you so" later.
Pop Quiz - Celtics Who Have Played 82 Games
by LooseCannon on Sep 2, 2011 12:45 PM EDT
on CelticsBlog
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UPDATE: Answers in the comments.
Since the NBA expanded to an 82-game schedule in the 1967-1968 season, there have been, by my count, 37 Celtics who have combined for 72 seasons in which they played 82 regular season games. No, I'm not daring you to guess them all, but I do have some trivia questions which I challenge you to guess at without looking up the answer:
One fan's proposed CBA - A harder cap, but not a hard cap
by LooseCannon on Jul 8, 2011 7:23 PM EDT
on CelticsBlog
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So, I have some ideas for a new NBA collective bargaining agreement. Other proposals out there include David Aldridge at NBA.com and Tim Donahue at Eight Points, Nine Seconds. My proposal is a lot closer to what the players want than what the owners want. If not covered, you should assume that a given subject will generally be treated the same was as in the previous CBA.
I reject the owners' demand of a hard cap. I just don't feel a need to cater to them until they stop lying about their finances in order to justify taking a bigger slice of the pie. I believe that aggregate player salaries should be pegged to basketball-relate income as is currently done. If revenue goes down, players lose money. The owners proposal using guarantees of fixed dollar amounts are intended to lock players out of a share of expected income growth, especially with the next TV contract.
The compromise that I propose is that players allow for shorter contracts and a harder cap, while accepting a further decrease in income than what they have proposed. Effectively, I am proposing two levels of soft caps, one harder than the other. One is pretty much what the salary cap is now, which is easy to exceed through the use of exceptions. The second is the luxury tax threshold where, in addition to paying a tax, you start to lose exceptions if you go over. This is all contingent on the players and owners coming to an agreement about sharing the BRI. I'm a bit of a pessimist when it comes to believing the owners will make any serious motion towards compromise on dollar amounts, though.
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The One Article About the Lockout That You Should Read
At The Wages of Win, arturo makes the case that the NBA's losses are made up primarily by increases in the part of team operating costs that doesn't include player salaries.
A Basketball-related Mad Magazine Fold-In
Even Mad Magazine piles on.
Where Are They Now?: The Celtics 2010 Summer League Team
by LooseCannon on Jun 5, 2011 7:16 PM EDT
on CelticsBlog
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Ridiculous Upside took a look at the Celtics 2010 summer league team roster. I wanted to revisit those names.
Luke Harangody and Semih Erden made the team, so I won't talk about them.
Art(siom) Parakhouski - A two-time Big South player of the year for Radford who led the NCAA Division I in rebounding his senior year, the Belarusian 6'11" center played for VEF Riga, which won the Latvian Basketball League and was the runner-up to Arvidas Sabonis' old team BC Zalgiris in the Baltic Basketball League. He was the team's leading scorer in 2010-2011 Baltic League play at 15.2 ppg while splitting center minutes with Kaspars Berzins.
Vyacheslav Kravtsov - The Ukrainian 7-footer moved from BC Kiev to BC Donetsk for the 2010-2011 season. He scored 10.8 ppg and had 4.8 rpg in 21.2 mpg while his 1.8 blocks per game were second in the league.
DeShawn Sims - The undrafted player played three games for PAOK BC in Greece (turning down a Celtics training camp invitation to do so) before returning to the U.S. (supposedly due to homesickness) and signing with Celtics D-League affiliate Maine Red Claws, where his 20.3 ppg (good for fourth in the league) and 7.7 rpg earned him D-League Rookie of the Year honors.
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The NFL Labor Situation in One Question - Are You with Brownie?
by LooseCannon on Mar 14, 2011 10:46 PM EDT
on Cincy Jungle
Bengals Führer Mike Brown is a member of the NFL labor committee and was one of the owners present at labor negotiations before they broke down.
Ochocino vs TO leaving early before the end of the first half
by LooseCannon on Sep 13, 2010 3:45 AM EDT
on Cincy Jungle
They both went to the locker room towards the end of the first half and missed the last-second hail mary play.
Why Are Steelers Fans Such Hypocrites?
by LooseCannon on Jan 3, 2010 1:24 AM EST
on Cincy Jungle
With their incessant whining, echoing LaMarr Woodley, I've been viewing Steelers fans less favorably than Al-Qaeda these days. If the Bengals sit their starters, they'll be doing something that Pittsburgh has done in the past. Let's look back to the end of the 2004-2005 season.
Mike Brown Not the Worst?
by LooseCannon on Sep 3, 2009 1:02 AM EDT
on Cincy Jungle
When Matt Millen got the axe in Detroit, I just assumed that Mike Brown would vault to the bottom of any ranking of NFL team personnel. This is, after all, a guy who may give the disgraced former FEMA head a run for his money in the category of least competent Michael Brown. However, along comes Yahoo Sports with a ranking of NFL owners that doesn't place Mike Brown dead last.
Matthew Yglesias on Rondo vs Rose
Political blogger Matthew Yglesias uses ones of his occasional basketball posts to say that the "debate" over which point guard is better is not much of a debate.
Ex-Red Frank Williams Dead
Sad story via BBTF
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