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Monday Morning Point Guard
February 23, 2009
As the NBA season continues on, there are a handful of franchises still with hopes of playoff success this year. There are then a chosen few that have realistic chances at winning it all. If you are fan for the other teams that don’t fall in those two categories, you are already looking forward to next season. I am speaking to you, the fans of the Kings, Wizards, Clippers, Thunder, Grizzlies, Wolves, and Warriors. Most of the Eastern Conference is still mathematically in the playoff hunt, even though whoever gets the 8 seed this year will be a sacrificial lamb to Boston/Cleveland/Orlando. Those teams who after the All-Star break are just playing out the string find themselves in a tough position. In today’s troubling economy, the pressure to put out a winning product is higher than ever, as seen by the 16 coaching changes over the last 13 months in the NBA. Some teams who find themselves out of the mix to earn playoff revenue this year could find a benefit in tanking, and hoping to score big in the NBA lottery. Now, of course, the message that you could be sending to your season ticket holders and general fanbase is you are pointing to the future. You also could alienate them, and make them go away as well. This fine line has successfully worked for two franchises in recent memory, the Celtics and Spurs. [click to continue…]
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