Ineligible Man Downfield

Courtesy of mmksportbasketball from Webshots.com

Why did he take that shot?  Why the double screen?  Phil should’ve drawn up a different game plan for the last shot!

Oh hey!  Its me and I guess I’m back again.  If you don’t already know, both jadamusss and Iare diehard Lakers fans.  So you might think that this blog posting might be a tad bit “biased,” but whose really objective in their analysis of sports these days.  Most of analyst make their decisions based on their gut and then throw in stats that fit their agenda.  Like I said, Kobe should’ve taken a better shot!

Since we’re on the subject of shots, I thought we’d go over the West and do a subjective analysis.  It should be consensus that the Western Conference plays better basketball and with a style that is easy on the eyes.  The Eastern Conference is all about scrappy and sometimes ugly play marked by stout defense.  The West plays for great shots, aka finesse plays and generating these shots through fastbreak generating defense.  Let’s see which games are must see and who is predicted to win by yours truly (again, in order of worse to best; see The Beastly East):
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So I was channel surfing on the TV today and found two basketball games to watch.  The first was a route at halftime by the Dallas Mavericks over the Golden State Warriors on ESPN while the other game featured the Chicago Bulls at the Los Angeles Clippers on Fox Sports that just started. Those games were quite “appealing,” and as a result I continued to channel surf.  I came upon CNN and found that the House of Representatives had just passed the Bailout Package supported by our new president.  A light bulb hit my head and a question came to mind.

Usually in the world of capitalization and global economics, when a product does not sell well, either the product is given the shaft or improved upon.  However in the world of sports, we have teams such as the Clippers or Warriors who continue to survive even though their history is lackluster (to put it in “nice” terms).  It makes me wonder what the NBA has done to help these teams improve their image.  The NBA has in the past moved a team to a more accommodating site (e.g. Grizzlies).  Do these teams need to move or do they need more money?

Here is the heart of my question.  If these teams were given a bailout by a higher authority such as by directive of David Stern, would these teams improve?  Well I suppose it depends.  If a company has good management, then the bailout would be a boost but if you have bad managment, you will have the complementary reverse effect.  As for the Clippers and Warriors, maybe upper management and ownership needs to change before any real progress can be seen.  Tell me what you think?  Is a bailout needed, please?