Ep. 264: The Assessments Continue


The Basketball Jones — The Fix — Episode 264 (.mp3)

On today’s show, Tas and I discuss the little things Jason Kidd’s brought back to Dallas (NOT his son’s head); wonder why Mike Bibby and the Hawks are struggling; get to our weekly Power Rankings; talk contraction; and much, much more. Enjoy.

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By J.E. Skeets at 10:10 am on 02.26.2008 — Tags: Podcasts

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17 Responses to “Ep. 264: The Assessments Continue”

  1. J.E. Skeets at 10:26 am on 02.26.2008

    BuckHANTZ.

    My apologies, Steve.

  2. Bilal at 10:49 am on 02.26.2008

    Haven’t listened yet, cause I’m in Comp Sci, but I expect Deshawn to be Whoa Boy, even though I hate no player for Washington more than him.

  3. Moonshine Mike at 11:47 am on 02.26.2008

    Tas:

    http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/8708/boatfloatii5.jpg

    The best moonshine is currently made in a church basement. Book that.

    And wait for one of the Mavs to get hurt and they go down.

    And any woman needs luggage that are free of skeeter’s skivvies.

    peace

  4. Ryne Nelson at 12:00 pm on 02.26.2008

    A Relegation League just doesn’t work with all the money invested by owners. Though, I’d be all for it as well. Instead of teams tanking it just to get a good draft pick, they’d be playing their ass off to stay in the League. Hells yeah!

    Btw, DeShawn Stevenson = biggest Whoa Boy snub ever!…well, this week at least.

  5. Craig at 12:08 pm on 02.26.2008

    Re: relagation
    Don’t the same owners own the D-League teams as well? It only increases the incentive to kick some fucking ass top to bottom. Also you would probly have to rethink the communist draft scheme currently in place in the L, the worst team getting the best chance and the first pick. Some sort of bidding scheme where teams can address their individual needs.

  6. J.E. Skeets at 12:09 pm on 02.26.2008

    33 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and a steal?

    Easy there, Reggie Miller-ites …

  7. Ryne Nelson at 12:23 pm on 02.26.2008

    Career high and first game winner, Skeets.

  8. J.E. Skeets at 12:26 pm on 02.26.2008

    And career highs and first game winners win me fantasy weeks how exactly?

    Seriously, I’m asking. My fantasy team blows.

  9. Alan at 1:13 pm on 02.26.2008

    Its been a long time since we have heard Skeet’s favorite word: clusterfuck

  10. Harris at 1:22 pm on 02.26.2008

    this is golden…
    http://blog.sportscolumn.com/story/2008/2/14/93731/5824/nba_pho/Shaq_stars_in_%22Plays_of_Our_Lives%22_

  11. Jimmy at 1:32 pm on 02.26.2008

    YAO out for the SEASON with a STRESS FRACTURE!
    God is a Warrior’s Fan! David Stern must be fuming! he just lost 2 billion viewers for the playoffs.

  12. Martin W at 2:18 pm on 02.26.2008

    Re: Relegation
    Relegation only works in sports where 1)Players are sellable by their teams rather than working a system with trades and salary caps (because relegation means loss of money so you need to be able to make money quickly by selling assets), and 2)Youth development is done through clubs rather than the independant NCAA. Whilst part 2 is possible in B-Ball(as shown by europe) it isn’t feasible in the US with college sports being as important and comercially valuable as it is.

    As a UK “soccer” (football) fan I believe your cap system is probably better because whilst it would be cool to be able to prevent tanking and see teams actually punished for being terrible (so “good” 1st round playoff teams aren’t punished for being just short of greatness, whilst the crappy is rewarded), the existing system 1)couldn’t be switched anyway as depends on large markets competing with other large markets (caps are based on income which are based on the status quo, the knowledge that you will play large market teams, so teams probably couldn’t survive relegation, without a relegation % wage decrease clause being placed in contracts) and 2) With the “transfer” (buying and selling) system self perpetuating wealth means an almost unbreakable elite forms, so you wouldn’t get the crazy anyone could win situ thats happening right now.
    For that reason your cap-draft-trade-single tier system is better then our multi-tiered, transfer based system.

  13. goathair at 2:55 pm on 02.26.2008

    I thought that said “reggaeton.” Which made me think of Skeets dancing. Which made me dance.

  14. Moonshine Mike at 3:24 pm on 02.26.2008

    Relegation: My first thought after I made my first thoughts was that the people to bitch the most would be the owners. They put up big $$ to buy an NBA franchise and because they suck they feel entitled that they should not go down.

    However, Stern could fix that with some payouts and or some money back initially. This would also get the D-league teams to spend a few more dollars and get better facilities, etc. You can sell contracts by trading them to other teams, and I could see a D-league team having a Cap of perhaps 50% of a major team. So if Memphis is going down, they trade Mike Miller to the Pistons for a draft pick and some cash. Problem solved there.

    I think if any sport could do it, it could be the NBA because Stern has an iron hand, and he is essentially sold on the league in so many ways that he his ego is in making things work; and 2) the facilities needed are a lot simpler (almost soccer like). ALso, the NBA has spent millions making the WNBA not work, they could dump some money into the d-league and work on the relegation idea.

    Second idea: Pre-season D-league/nba carling cup
    games. let’s watch north dakota play the suns. who cares? everyone wins. sort of like the d-league dunk champion going with the big boys in the all star weekend. The reason that works is because it gives fans a chance to root for underdogs, for success stories, because america was once built on being a meritocracy and not a monarchy, and we love watching people succeeding. it gives us hope and it gives us promise. and it makes us better than everyone else. i’ll get off my soapbox.

    Skeets, don’t come to Appalachia. You’ll end up as a bride to some woodsman with your skinny little arms. You’re “whooa boy” will be like a mating call.

    oh, and I don’t want to win gambling money. i only gamble on love, not on games, and i would never pay $200 to get $100. I’ll take Tas hand delivering me a TBJ shirt in the future.

  15. Moonshine Mike at 3:26 pm on 02.26.2008

    Goat, I can’t visualize skeets dancing. it’s sort of scary.

    However, why does JD only put the music lists on facebook? Some of us Geezers don’t facebook because we never went to a real school. (i only need it for the random hip-hop. I can spot Le Tigre in a crowd anyday).

    Keep Jonesing.

  16. Slim at 5:10 pm on 02.26.2008

    Serious question I demand be answered: did I jinx my Rockets/Yao by returning to comment on TBJ blog? Should I have stayed on hiatus forever?

  17. Bilal at 8:00 pm on 02.26.2008

    Skeets, Etan says that your hate elbows poison him.

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