NBA Info - June 2025

[Deleterious]

First game back from injury last weekend.  I read ratings cratered while she was out.

 

[Deleterious]

 

[Deleterious]

31 years ago tonight.

[Deleterious]

Now I am become KD, destroyer of teams.

 

[Motown Bombers]

Now ESPN can get back to talking about Lebron and not OKC and Indiana.

 

[Deleterious]

They sold for a valuation of $10 billion.  Largest sports franchise sale in history.  Dr Buss purchased them for $67.5 million.

[Deleterious]

Pulled this off of Reddit.  Other franchises TWG Global owns stakes in.

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TWG owns and/or has stakes of several sports teams and franchises, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Sparks, Chelsea F.C., and RC Strasbourg Alsace.^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

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TWG announced in November 2024, that it had acquired full ownership of American auto racing team Andretti Global.^[15] This acquisition included the then named Andretti Cadillac Formula 1 team,

 

[Deleterious]

She needs her Laimbeer/Mahorn.  

 

[buddha]

40 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

She needs her Laimbeer/Mahorn.  

 

i love the people on twitter arguing that this WOULD NEVER HAPPEN in the nba.  

ummm...ask michael jordan.  we used to beat the **** out of that guy.

[Motown Bombers]

17 minutes ago, buddha said:

i love the people on twitter arguing that this WOULD NEVER HAPPEN in the nba.  

ummm...ask michael jordan.  we used to beat the **** out of that guy.

That was 35-40 years ago. It wouldn't happen in today's NBA.

[Betrayer]

When revenue goes up, salaries go up. It's a pretty simple model, but apparently WNBA players aren't smart enough to realize this and want to take out the player that's actually helping the league get some viewers.

[Deleterious]

Quote from Windhorst on a podcast today.

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In late April, TWG Global announced a $15 billion capital raising effort and they wanted to create a fund that they would use to invest in sports. $10 billion of that money was invested by Mubadala Capital. Mubadala is Abu Dhabi. You guys have heard me talk about Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi’s deep interest in investing in the NBA and American sport. Mubadala Capital wouldn’t be able to directly buy the Lakers but certainly they couldninvest in something to buy the Lakers. TWG Global has a lot of investors. I’m not saying one piece of money goes to one investment… In their press release from two months ago, they said that they planneed to “build up sizable stakes in a range of sports assets in the years leading up to this investment.” So, they announced a $15 billion raise with $10 billion from Abu Dhabi to invest in sports assets. Two months later, they buy the Lakers for $10 billion. I’m just pointing that out.

 

[buddha]

another reason to hate the lakers.

[Motown Bombers]

We need round the clock coverage on ESPN on how this sale affects Lebron and son. 

[Deleterious]

1 hour ago, buddha said:

another reason to hate the lakers.

Added to the list.  But I'm still working on my laundry list of reasons to hate them from the 80's.