Box Score Beat

Just Click It – 8/17/09

Posted on 18. Aug, 2009 by Collin Orcutt.

We, the editorial staff here at Box Score Beat, have an announcement to make. We were going to post “Just Click It” on Sunday as is normal procedure. But then we decided that perhaps the segment had run its course and it was time to retire it. So we did not post. On Monday, we [...]

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There’s No Hiding the NBA’s Financial Instability

Posted on 03. Mar, 2009 by Collin Orcutt.

NBA Commissioner David Stern was pitching his “everything’s financially A-OK” Kool-Aid hard last Thursday when talking about the league’s $200 million loan. Apparently, not every NBA big wig rushed to his juice stand to grab a glass.
Stern claimed the loan was a sign of the league’s “strength in credit worthiness.” But, as I wrote before, [...]

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A $200 Million Non-Bailout?

Posted on 27. Feb, 2009 by Collin Orcutt.

By now you’ve probably heard the NBA borrowed $200 million yesterday. The money, offered and lent to the league by JP Morgan and Bank of America, will reportedly be used by franchises to help cover operating losses acquired in this shoddy economy (the number of teams that will use the money is either 12 or [...]

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