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[QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 1420636, member: 767"]
Yeah, I t hink Monroe is a better fit on other teams, but paying him $15 million as the cap explodes is not a big deal.  Afflalo would be a disaster I think.

I dunno, baseball may be more of a regional sport because the NBA is more about individual stars/personalities, but just perusing google, MLB had roughly $9 billion in revenue last year, the NBA is roughly in the $5 million range.  I know the new tv contract is going to kick in soon, but MLB still generates a lot more revenue than the NBA.  And for the talk about older fans, which maybe is true (but seemingly has always been true), what's the #1 grossing sports app?  At Bat.  They're really further ahead of the game with that stuff than any other sports league.

The last point I'd make is that ESPN pays MLB about $700 million a year in their TV deal.  The latest NBA tv contract was $2.66 billion, that's not all ESPN, it's split with Turner, but considering ESPN is televising the finals, I'm sure they're paying more for the NBA coverage than for MLB coverage, which has somethignt o do with what they focus on.
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