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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Adam Silver looks like Mr. Freeze

While watching Adam Silver's powerful press conference regarding Donald Sterling Tuesday afternoon, I noticed something: The NBA's new commissioner looks a lot like Mr. Freeze, Batman's sworn enemy.

Silver doesn't necessarily look like the Arnold Schwarzenegger- version of Freeze, but more so like the cartoon version.




Adam Silver be like:

Rick Ross and Puff Daddy are interested in purchasing the Clippers

If Adam Silver's forced sale of the Clippers is successful, someone(s) will have to step up and buy the team, and a couple of prominent rap artists have already expressed interest in purchasing the team.

Rick Ross, head of Maybach Music Group, sent out a Tweet reading:

"I'd be interested in investing in @LAClippers, make it #WingStopArena Let's Gooo!!"


Image from thesource.com
(For the record, Ross will be unsuccessful in changing the name of the Staples Center, but Wingstop is awesome).

Shortly after, Puff Daddy Tweeted something similar:

"I will always be a Knicks fan, but I am a business man. #DiddybuytheClippers #NameYourPrice"

We are still a ways away from the team searching for suitors, but it would be awesomely ironic to have a successful African-American rap artist purchase the team after Donald Sterling was forced to sell it for comments disparaging African-Americans.

A look at all the Clippers lost sponsors since the break of the Sterling scandal

Here is a nice-looking visual from the people over at Ball Don't Lie showing all of the Clippers' sponsorships that have been suspended or terminated since the Donald Sterling scandal broke.  


Sunday, April 27, 2014

NBA lottery odds chart

The NBA lottery can be confusing. Since teams aren't awarded picks in reverse record order, a la NFL, keeping track of just what team could wind up selecting where can be tough.

So, I made a chart featuring each lottery-bound team, and each team's odds of landing in every possible selection spot. Enjoy:

Team
Chances
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
Bucks
250
.250
.215
.178
.357
76ers
199
.199
.188
.171
.319
.123
Magic
156
.156
.157
.156
.226
.265
.040
Jazz
104
.119
.126
.133
.099
.351
.160
.012
Celtics
103
.088
.097
.107
.261
.360
.084
.004
Lakers
63
.063
.071
.081
.439
.305
.040
.001
Kings
43
.043
.049
.058
.599
.232
.018
.000
Pistons
28
.028
.033
.039
.724
.168
.008
.000
Cavaliers
17
.017
.020
.024
.813
.122
.004
.000
Pelicans
11
.011
.013
.016
.870
.089
.002
.000
Nuggets
8
.008
.009
.012
.907
.063
.001
.000
Knicks
7
.007
.008
.010
.935
.039
.000
T-Wolves
6
.006
.007
.009
.960
.018
Suns
5
.005
.006
.007
.982