Most of Activision’s value was in King (Candy Crush), not CoD.

Video games are a more valuable media enterprise than sports. The entirety of sports, not just NBA. This is mostly propped up by mobile games but console games also contribute a large chunk of money. It just comes down to the fact that, as it turns out, people have phones. And they wanna play games on that phone and spend money doing so.

I mean… you probably have better odds getting your wife to assent to your side piece than Lebron saying yes to Memphis

Giannis had already said he was not re-signing in any circumstance in April, and the trade was unofficially official before the draft

Nah you have to try. Even if you get the player you start to develop that reputation for future players to consider. That’s what the Clippers, Thunder, Knicks, Rockets, Sixers were doing in the 2010s and in the 2020s they got Kawhi, Harden, PG, Hartenstein, Brunson, Kd.

Basketball-wise, yes. But I could see them not wanting to have LeBron and his documentary crew there to mess up the locker room vibes and/or Wemby being the undisputed leader of the team.

Replace fox with lebron and the Knicks don’t have a ring right now.

What are you talking about? You’re talking about signing a FA for the vet minimum. How is he setting back the development of the whole team by filling in at their biggest position of need and costing literally zero assets?

The reason they didn’t make an offer is because they knew that he wouldn’t sign there as an overdog, so SAS/OKC/NYK were ruled out from the jump because he wanted to avoid that perception

You’re acting like LeBron would’ve taken a bunch of assets to acquire or signed for long term. A year or two of LeBron at the vet minimum isn’t worth paying luxury tax (not even the aprons) and “sets back the development of the team”? Who’s your dealer?

House of the Bron

It’s actually insane how delusional Celtic “fans” are

Yes. That’s why the Celtics were ahead of the Sixers in title odds until the Sixers landed LeBron. And they’re still right behind them now even after the signing.

These celtics fans are delusional. I understand being a homer but some of these fans are like a cult. “Celtics can do no wrong and every other team is bad and stands no chance against us” The undying loyalty to brad stevens is something else man. They just can not admit there’s even a shred of possibility that the trade might’ve made us worse for next season

Lebron is 103 years old. On the sixers he can sit back and chill until the playoffs where as on the celtics he probably would’ve had to carry a similar load to the one he just had on the lakers. The choice was obvious and I’m surprised he even considered the celtics given the history and the current roster

I’m saying the Celtics with LeBron would be clearly better than the Sixers with LeBron.

Not sure why it’s a controversial take. The Celtics were ahead of the Sixers in regular season win projections and title odds before the LeBron signing. They’re actually still (barely) ahead in win projections now. Their roster fit is much cleaner than the Sixers.