A few thoughts before tonight's game...

[Snoopy the Celtics Beagle <snoopy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm still reading November's posts, but should reach this month by 
tomorrow.  It's hard sitting on my paws and not responding to discussions 
that are probably long forgotten by everyone else.

I sincerely hope someone gives Ricky Davis instructions on whose basket he 
should be shooting at tonight.

Three things you don't want in close contact: Jim O'Brien, a hockey stick, 
and Danny Ainge.

I suspect that short notice to Obie this time might have been payback from 
Danny about the Walker trade.  Still, you really should give your Head 
Coach some warning before trading away three players on game day.

Had to agree with Bill Walton's musing on the questionable reasoning behind 
trading Antoine away because of chemistry issues and then taking on 
Davis.  Not a bad insight from someone still on a long, strange trip.

I saw a comment on ESPN.com about the easiest jobs in basketball, and one 
of the hands-down luckiest deals in NBA history.

"Even easier, of course, is the arrangement enjoyed by Ozzie and Dan Silna. 
They're the brothers who have collected some $100 million in TV severance 
payments as part of the settlement stemming from the ABA-NBA merger in 
1976. When the Silnas' <http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=>St. 
Louis Spirits were not absorbed by the NBA in the merger, they were 
guaranteed one-seventh of future TV revenues from the then-owners of the 
<http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=dv>Denver Nuggets, 
<http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=ind>Indiana Pacers, New York 
Nets and <http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=sas>San Antonio 
Spurs. IN PERPETUITY. Those two words are now famous in basketball lore."

When you consider the pittance the League got from TV at that time, it was 
a small price to pay.  Then along comes Larry and Magic, making people 
demand live broadcasts of NBA games.  Now, the Pacers are playoff 
contenders, the Nuggets actually win games, and the Spurs are the defending 
NBA champs.

I'm thinking Danny Ainge might have helped negotiate that deal for the 
NBA....  :>)

Snoopy the Celtics Beagle
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