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I actually saw that movie in the theater when it came out. And yes, pretty women are high on my list.AbeVigodaLive wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2026 12:37 pm I missed it... but I always knew you were a big Pretty Woman fan!
Another post that completely nails it, but from another perspective!AbeVigodaLive wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2026 12:29 pm 1. Towns isn't asking for the max ($276M), so he's not necessarily going for the most he can get. Speculation is that he wants about what he's making now. ($220-$230M). Considering the Knicks are coming off a title... I can see why any player in that situation is wondering why they'd need to take a paycut ($200M offer from Dolan). It's interesting because James Dolan had a TERRIBLE reputation and he finally seemed like he was about to shake it a little bit...
2. According to the Internet, James Dolan's net worth is listed at $2B. Towns's was at $100M. Both seem low when you consider that the Knicks are worth $13B and Towns has made closer to $400M in his career if you count endorsements. But the gap between them is immense. HUGE. So I hesitate to think "well the player makes enough" but not use the same logic for a billionaire...
Know where even a bigger gap is? Between the salary of a guy like Towns and 99.999% of the people watching an NBA game. So I always get cranky when discussions center around who should take the financial hit... a player worth hundreds of millions or an owner who makes billions... all while it costs a family of 4 around $1,000 (or more) to see a game at Madison Square Garden. The median household income in NYC is $78K.
Haha, I’ve been on the road to Tucson to join my ball team for the senior men’s World Series, so just getting to this now! I like the movie, but might have missed the Gere reference.Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2026 12:35 pm Disappointed in how old I must be for no one to get my "Pretty Woman" reference. FNG, I thought at least you would appreciate it.
This basically already exists in MLB. Takes a major miracle of drafting and development to see a small market team succeed like Milwaukee is currently. And now in short order they'll begin losing those players to the big markets.Q-is-here wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2026 8:19 am
- To FNG's point, do we really want to go back to the days where the big-market teams owned by guys like Ballmer (9th richest man in the world) can simply blow everyone else out of the water with their spending. We have had a different team win an NBA title for 8 straight years! That makes fans of every NBA team feel like they have a shot.
YessirTAFKASP wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2026 1:29 pmThis basically already exists in MLB. Takes a major miracle of drafting and development to see a small market team succeed like Milwaukee is currently. And now in short order they'll begin losing those players to the big markets.Q-is-here wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2026 8:19 am
- To FNG's point, do we really want to go back to the days where the big-market teams owned by guys like Ballmer (9th richest man in the world) can simply blow everyone else out of the water with their spending. We have had a different team win an NBA title for 8 straight years! That makes fans of every NBA team feel like they have a shot.
How many times in a row have the Twins made the playoffs only to be sent home by the Yankees?
America's game is no longer all that popular in large part because of that imbalance IMO.