The Short Supply of Tall People is Getting Longer
From a past entry from Dave Berri's Wages of Wins Journal: The statement about competitive balance reflects an argument offered in The Wages of Wins. Specifically, we argue – following ...NBA on NHL Path, Not NFL
John Chick from Canada's CBC sports nailed the NBA lockout situation: The impetus for the lockout was the owners deciding the league's current financial system was unsustainable. Bettman wanted a ...Carmelo: Subtraction by Addition (So Far)
Mike Vaccaro of the New York Post doesn't exactly offer a resounding endorsement of the February 21 NY Knicks acquisition of Carmelo Anthony, but he does reply to detractors (Tepid ...NCAA Super Slam 2011
93 total points. No, it was not Bowling Green Junior High v. South Warren Middle School, a game from the 1930s, or Dean Smith using the "four corners" offense for ...Clippers -- Lessons from Losers
Recently, on the NBA Network I caught the tail end of a conversation between Kenny Smith and another announcer about the LA Clippers. Maybe there are less successful franchises by ...Operating Losses in the NBA
From an article entitled "A confidential report shows nearly half the NBA lost money last season. Now what?" from ESPN.com: Despite a flood of new national television cash, 14 of ...NBA Locks Out Referees
Labor relations in professional sports are notoriously contentious. Nobody gets along. Players strike, owners lock out players, referees strike, owners lock out referees; it happens all the time. Labor disputes ...Economics of Sportsmanship
Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski blasted LeBron James for his behavior after the Magic series and his "explanation" of it the next day: I’m a winner, King James proclaimed. So, there ...Bringing the Game Back - The Role of Prices
Responding to some of the doomers and gloomers who see the NBA going to hell in a handbasket, Dave Berri argues that the the association will not suffer any long-term ..."Termination Risk and Agency Problems: Evidence from the NBA"
Here's a link to new working paper by Alma Cohen, Nadav Levy, and Roy Sasson. Here is the abstract. When agents face a risk of termination by the principal in ...Minimum Age for the NBA
Steve Kerr, former player and current TV analyst, proposes raising the NBA minimum age from 19 to 20 in a recent Grantland column. His argument is simple, the move makes ...19 Years Old, 100% Publicly Financed and Owned, and a Pile of Rubble
The Charlotte Coliseum, the site of 19 years of sporting excellence, has been imploded. This arena was opened in 1988 and was built with 100% of public funds. Why was ...
