If you don’t have money on the game, maybe the 3-point shot has made basketball boring. Maybe the league should move the 3-point line back a few feet. A Vox video by Edward Vega.
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The 2017 NBA All-Star game will be moved from Charlotte, North Carolina to another location because of the Tarheel State’s bathroom legislation, the Association announced last Thursday. The “Bathroom Law,” aka HB2, requires people to use gender-separated bathrooms and changing rooms according to the sex on their birth certificates, which denies transgender people access to public facilities.The All Star Game isn’t just a single pro hoops contest; it’s a 3-day weekend series of events for basketball fans, supported by the NBA, league sponsors, and local businesses, and the cancellation will cost state businesses an estimated $100 million.
ARRGHHH!!! responded North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, or words to that effect. The NBA’s Charlotte Hornets issued a perfunctory statement accepting the situation and urging Carolinians to get it together or lose any chance at the 2019 All Star Game.
Other businesses and events have also cancelled plans for activities in North Carolina. Over 200 CEOs of major companies (including the state’s largest employers) have signed an open letter urging the law’s repeal. Scores of state, county, and city governments have forbidden government-related travel to North Carolina due to the law.The bathroom law is flushing billions of dollars in business activity and tax revenue down the toilet.
More:
“The NBA Has Moved The All-Star Game From North Carolina Because Of Anti-LGBT Law,” Kevin Draper, Deadspin
“NBA pulls 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte over HB2 law,” Sports Illustrated
“NBA will move 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte over HB2 law,” Tim Bontemps, Washington Post
Related:
“House Bill 2 could cost N.C. $5 billion a year, report says,” Katherine Peralta, Charlotte Observer
“Police officers have no idea how to enforce North Carolina’s new ‘bathroom law,” Mark Abadi, Business Insider
“North Carolina’s ‘bathroom’ law is about more than who’s in the next stall,” Paul Woolverton, Fayetteville Observer
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National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver wants betting on professional sports legalized in places other than Las Vegas, and wrote a New York Times op-ed about it. After all, why should the crooks get all that sports book money, $400 billion a year? Besides, nothing could go wrong, except maybe a bit of point shaving and a few dirty referee calls.
So will it happen? Don’t bet on it. It would take an act of Congress, a repeal of the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act. And with this do-nothing Congress, odds are surely against it.
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Donald Sterling’s effort to obtain a stay of the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team was denied by California’s 2nd Court of Appeals. So Steve Ballmer now owns the Clippers, and Donny Sterling will just have to take his $2 billion dollars and go home.
Update:
“Steve Ballmer leaves Microsoft board to focus on L.A. Clippers,” Benjamin Snyder, Fortune
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“Ball Is in the N.B.A. Owners’ Court,” Harvey Araton, New York Times
“The Clippers, Like Many NBA Teams, Have a Majority-Minority Fan Base,” Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
“Why Would The NAACP Honor Donald Sterling Anyway?” Karen Grigsby Bates, NPR
“Head of LA NAACP resigns after Donald Sterling scandal,” AP via CBS News
“The Non-Sports Fan’s Guide to Donald Sterling,” Jordan Sargent, Gawker
“Your Complete Quotable Guide To Decades Of Donald Sterling’s Racism,” Timothy Burke, Deadspin
“NAACP won’t award Donald Sterling,” Darren Rovell, ESPN.com
“Donald Sterling: Slumlord Billionaire,” Dave Zirin, The Nation
“The NBA’s Ownership Society,” Josh Levin, Slate
Former Washington Wizard Javaris Crittenton has been charged with a handgun murder in Atlanta.The highlight of his time with DC’s NBA team was his misdemeanor gun charge for brandishing illegal firearms in the Wizards locker room after a disputed card game.
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“Javaris Crittenton, Ex-Wizards Player formerly involved in Gilbert Arenas Gun Saga, Indicted on Murder, Gang Charges,” Simon Landau, WUSA-9 News
“Bourré-Playing Former Wizards Player Charged With Murder,” Will Sommer, Washington City Paper blog
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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan got a passing grade during the 2012 Sprint NBA All-Star Celebrity Game last Friday with this behind-the-back pass (video above). The Secretary was co-captain of the Harvard basketball team and played pro ball in Australia. Mr. Duncan scored big — 17 points, 8 rebounds, 5 steals — and led his team of comics, reality stars and old jocks to a 86-54 victory.
Related:
“Team Obama Signs Duncan,” NotionsCapital.com
Hat Tip: Fishbowl DC
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The new NBA season is upon us, and Washington Wizard Gilbert Arenas is back among the shooters. Mr. Arenas is also on probation for felony gun offenses, having brought four handguns into the team locker room after an argument over a card game. He returns to basketball after a month in a halfway house.
There is media interest about the sports millionaire’s gun incident and halfway house experience, but NBA Commissioner Stern told Mr. Arenas not to shoot his mouth off about it.
NBA Wizards star Gilbert Arenas avoided jail time, just like he did in his last gun conviction seven years ago. He will have to spend 30 days in a half-way house and perform 400 hours of community service. The pro athlete, who has a $111 million six-year contract, must also contribute $5,000 to a fund for victims of violence and look contrite whenever he sees a camera.
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