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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1632947, member: 289"] PART 2 A caller asked if this was the first week they’d gone for two hours. (No, that was a couple weeks ago.) JB: Nobody knows because nobody listens.” Gomez heard the Washington Wizards had a deal where the price of a ticket goes down 10% with each 56 inches of snow- but they weren’t trying to get fans on the road during a blizzard. The reduction is for a game next week. Gomez read that the Knicks were now worth $3 billion as a franchise. JB noted that Madison Square Garden owned the Knicks, the Rangers, the Liberty and several minor league teams. “Nobody loses money. You could lose $10-15 million over 10 years and the value of the franchise goes up over $200 million in that time. Michael Jordan, who is a really good businessman, bought 80% of the Charlotte Bobcats when they were worth $275 million. Now, as the Hornets, they are worth $750 million. Nike is still paying him $90-100 million a year.” Gomez and Jim considered the possibility of buying a pro sports franchise but concluded, alas that they lacked the necessary funds. If only those Powerball tickets had had the right numbers…. Gomez suggested that Carmelo Anthony has become a more well-rounded player. JB disagreed. “He’s got more players who can score so he he’s got more players to pass to. They have more balance. But they still need another player or two. You can see how valuable he is- he missed 4-5 games and they lost all of them. He’ll play for 4-5 more years and wind up in the top ten of all-time scorers.” Golden State “beat the two best teams in the East by 50 points.” (Actually 65: they beat the Cavs 132-98 and the Bulls 125-94.) “Cleveland will get better. Curry is a dominate player like we’ve not seen sicne M.J. He shoots from so far out.” Andre Drummond, who is shooting 35.8% from the line, was fouled 5 times in 9 seconds and set an NBA record with 23 missed free throws in (13 for 36) in what wound up a victory over Houston. If hacking guys who can’t shoot fouls a valid strategy? Make it an intentional foul –two shots and the ball. I don’t know why they wouldn’t call it but they haven’t.” I prefer a suggestion I heard form Steve Infanti on the radio earlier in the day: give the fouled team a choice of possession or attempting free throws. That would make for some interesting decisions. The Orangewomen were getting blown out by Notre Dame, (62-90). “Notre Dame has been second best to UCONN the last 4-5 years. The SU women depend on three point shooting and they must be having a bad night.” They were a reasonable 6 for 26 outside the arc but only 17 for 56 inside of it: [URL]http://espn.go.com/ncw/boxscore?gameId=400842275[/URL] Regarding USA basketball this summer, “We’re not even going to have a trial. We’ll just take the healthy ones. Kentucky “needs a big win on the road” at Arkansas, (and got it, 80-66). “They are all young guys and not quite as talented as last year…One of our biggest road wins was at Arkansas.” Gomez suggest playing there was like playing at Cameron. JB: “It’s a big place, a nice place….Kentucky is playing well.” I assume that means that Cameron is a small place that isn’t nice. Villanova is 17-2 and “very good- they’ll dominate that league. They have seniors that know what they are doing. They have one center and 4 guards. They’ve been good three years in a row…Georgetown had a big win at Xavier who had lost one game “ Top 25 teams have lost 22 times in the last 10 days. “Duke hadn’t lost three straight since 2007. Michigan State almost three straight and like Duke, two were at home. There’s plenty of balance, a lot of good teams. Texas was 1-2 in the Bahamas and they’ve beaten North Carolina, Iowa State and West Virginia.” Brian in Ithaca called to remind coach of a mutual acquaintance, Danny Wells who worked at his camp for 30+ years. Danny was credited with “raising good men”. They acknowledged the hiring of Kathryn Smith by the Buffalo Bills. Gomez asked the coach for his predictions on the NFL playoffs. He’s been “a Patriots fan for a long time and I like their quarterback and coach”. He didn’t predict the other game. A caller wanted to know who Jim would like to book into the new amphitheater on Onondaga Lake, (nobody right now…). JB: “It’s not big enough for Springsteen. I’ve bene to about 8 of his concerts. I didn’t even know who he was when I first heard him but I’m a big fan. I’ve been to a concert with Diana Ross and the Supremes. But I’m not much of a concert guy. When I went to my eighth Springsteen concert, I figured that was enough. I like music. I should listen to more of it on the radio rather than those talk shows.” Ahah! So much for his claim of only knowing what is said on the radio by “getting reports” of what was said! [/QUOTE]

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