man, I was thinking I could at least get some cheap knicks tickets out of this misfortune, but stubhub is still ridiculous
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 16:59 (ten years ago) link
i know, right? damn you knicks fans. hell, even Nets tickets are still too expensive
― Nhex, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:02 (ten years ago) link
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, December 24, 2013 11:59 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Nhex, Tuesday, December 24, 2013 12:02 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This. Still holding out hope that one of them will for sure be out of playoff contention during the 2nd half of the season and some supercheap tix will pop up on CList. Only problem is that I really want to find something near the front rows and those tickets are impossible to find for any reasonable price, no matter how sucky Nets/Knicks are. I've even started browsing Sixers prices.
― Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link
The absolute cheapest ticket you can get right now is like $40 for shittiest seats in the house to see them play the bobcats. Any decent team (other than the Blazers for some reason) and you pay like $90+
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:15 (ten years ago) link
maybe if they stay sucky for long enough, prices will start to come down
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:16 (ten years ago) link
nets tix are actually a comparative bargain, from what I see
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
didn't the knicks sell out the garden even in the isiah days? those tickets never fluctuate
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:21 (ten years ago) link
if you really wanted to go to a knicks game just vulture stubhub on a weeknight vs a non-marquee team, the tickets usually go down pretty close to game time
cant we just have the heat play the thunder why not
if you're looking for a finals preview you'd ask for pacers -- thunder.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:24 (ten years ago) link
youll be able to get some ok tix at the end of the season, still over priced but w/e, really the path of least resistance is to hit up friends, acquaintances, strangers who have corporate tickets, thats the thing that keeps them so expensive even more in new york than other places cause of all the capitalism and whatnot, the entire lower bowl is owned m/l by companies who really could really care less whether the knicks are good or not
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:31 (ten years ago) link
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, December 24, 2013 12:21 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah, it seems like "knicks tickets" has had the ring of "precious item" for years
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:33 (ten years ago) link
def interest waned in the isiah days, i bought tickets day of game and secondary market was sometimes below list price iirc
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:36 (ten years ago) link
one time i bought super cheap scalped tickets and they were fake rip $50
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:39 (ten years ago) link
yeah, but if you get the $40 nosebleed seats, you might as well just watch the game home, frankly. i'm with CompuPost, but damn those front-ish seats usually go for $300 even for the shittiest games
― Nhex, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link
otm id rather go to one game with good seats than three w shitty ones, ive sat in the very back row and its like wow i can watch the entire game w/o moving my head
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:42 (ten years ago) link
― lag∞n, Tuesday, December 24, 2013 12:31 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Heh last time I got my front row seats a friend was set up to do some post-game interviews and I got to tag along as his "photographer." Honestly had on my 2013 Goals list: "see if I can sort out media credentials to get some press passes to games." Was super irritated being there surrounded by press people who didn't even look like they wanted to be there-- they were doing their job and all, and I'm sure the shine wears off once you've been to like 200 games, but still.
Idk maybe time to look into B school, give corporate raidering a try, get those sweet tix.
― Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:51 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, you really need to be close enough to hear some trash talk is my thing.
― Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:52 (ten years ago) link
the baseline is a p incredible obvs you only see half the game what what you do is p rad, also theyre less expensive than comparable center court seats, im p much happy w anything in the lower bowl tho
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
but i mean there are so many corporate seats out there just start asking around youd be surprised friends of friends on off nights where no one wants to go
assuming were all friends of the ruling class here
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 18:03 (ten years ago) link
im much more open to the team dynamic chemistry type of arguments about intangibles, especially on court chemistry, then i think once youre winning its pretty easy to like each other and be happy, winning feels really good, but again its pretty hard to get good information past the on court level where you can observe team basketball chemistry with good ball movement and whatnot
im much more suspicious of the whole enterprise at the individual level, like the idea that some players are great leaders, they might be great leaders with the right group of players and coaches where on another team theyre just a blowhard malcontent, eg kg presided over some pretty dysfunctional teams in minny, then once he got to boston the story was that everyone played hard because he did, obvs you had a group of players who were open to the idea of playing hard which is the important part
― lag∞n, Monday, December 23, 2013 1:33 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ha i hadn't read this post before making mine btw, mind meld
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 24 December 2013 18:06 (ten years ago) link
*hi5*
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 18:07 (ten years ago) link
feel like its just a habitual thing they all do from being around basketball their whole lives when theres dead air, get more rebounds play defense run hard, theyve already conveyed the strategic info they want to at that point and theyre just waiting for the game to start again, i mean its prob not totally valueless like maybe the coach says westbrook youre coasting today play harder and westbrook goes oh hey i guess i am or w/e but mostly it seems like no one cares that much and the coach is really just freaking out and talking to himself, can you imagine being around people who yell that all the time yr whole life, at some point it must not really make that much of an impression
― lag∞n, Monday, December 23, 2013 1:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
also been thinking about this recently, and yeah i think there might be some value in reinforcing the basics in the heat of the moment like this. when you're in the middle of an enormously complex task (playing NBA basketball), you tend to neglect the obvious things. it's like a brilliant surgeon who forgets to wash his hands -- that's why there's such a push for checklists now. get the little stuff right so you can focus on what you do best
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 24 December 2013 18:12 (ten years ago) link
maybe they should contract the bulls?
K.C. Johnson @KCJHoop 23mJimmy Butler on lingering turf toe: "It's bothering me a little. But I feel like it’s going to bother me like that for the rest of my career
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 18:53 (ten years ago) link
maybe just stay away from turf idk
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 18:55 (ten years ago) link
do the bulls play on turf? or natural wood
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 18:56 (ten years ago) link
"you've got wood toe" -- bulls trainer
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 18:56 (ten years ago) link
you got literally a wooden toe is yr problem here *pops toes off and throws it in fire*
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 18:58 (ten years ago) link
Trade Rose straight up for the Suns training staff imo
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 18:59 (ten years ago) link
otm
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjV7hvO8v6U
Matt Armstrong happy
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 19:58 (ten years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 20:23 (ten years ago) link
Reputation ejectionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMHBpn7XbQ0Funny to see Cap Jack escorting him out tho
― Al He Miola (Spottie), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 21:01 (ten years ago) link
Interesting to see how, right after slamming Love with his body and bringing his whole arm down across Love's head, Barnes is all "hah! take that, buster", but when the official review is going on his look is all, "geez, maybe I'm gonna get busted".
― Aimless, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 22:01 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wMfS3vH.jpg
XD XD XD
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 22:14 (ten years ago) link
omg javale's mom is getting a show that is the best
― Clay, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 22:52 (ten years ago) link
wd prefer as a list of instructions for ball players.sleep. train. arena. then food maybe. sleep again. go train again. go to a different arena.
― rhyme heals all goons (m bison), Tuesday, December 24, 2013 12:07 AM (17 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Lolz also can I pls send bibby to sleep train arena he needs it
― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 22:59 (ten years ago) link
I bought p dece nets tix last year bc I like hoops and why not and half our section was deserted for anything that wasn't OKC/celtics level but technically it was sold out or nearly so
Secondary tix in game day should be easy to scoop up once it's clear the playoffs are not happening
Knicks tickets are never ever cheaper even if the building is on fire and Isaiah is back in charge bc Knicks fans are delusional and lots of ppl want to see at least one game at msg
― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 23:04 (ten years ago) link
I'm still lolling irl at "wood toe" btw and need to stop laughing before I need to explain the joke to my wife and get a blank stare
― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 23:06 (ten years ago) link
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/suns--surprising-season-began-with-change-in-philosophy-025610267.html
― Spottie, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 07:15 (ten years ago) link
I'm hoping the more aggressive salary floor and luxury taxes will make having Sarver as an owner less of a hardship. Love that team.
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 07:59 (ten years ago) link
I've been seeing a lot of speculation that they need to deal one of Dragic/Bledsoe but it doesn't seem like a problem to me. It's actually a realistic version of what Kahn fantasized Rubio-Flynn could be.
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 08:04 (ten years ago) link
I never thought it could work but it is working so far obv.
That's the first thing I've read w sarver involved that didn't make him seem like a complete buffoon.
I coulda had season tix for $140 big mistake not swooping those up.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 08:26 (ten years ago) link
high quality dirking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePfCxykONSg
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 10:04 (ten years ago) link
dirk is too much, hes top ten in per this year his 15th season
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
<3
― Spottie, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 15:46 (ten years ago) link
its shd be interesting to see how long dirk can be effective he has the two things that age the best height and shooting more than anyone has ever had them, obvs he has to stay healthy
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
Yeah he can do that one legged step back until he's 60, its unblockable.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
players over 30 y/o in the top 50 of per
dirk 9th 35 y/oduncan 24th 37 y/otony parker 28th 31 y/oginobili 32nd 36 y/otony allen 47th 31 y/o
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 25 December 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link
in other news how do the spurs keep doing this