NBA approves five rule changes for 2013-2014 season
July 18, 2013NFL Rumor: Fullback Owen Marecic’s roster status in jeopardy
July 19, 2013“While We’re Waiting” serves as the early morning gathering of WFNY-esque information for your viewing pleasure. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email at tips@waitingfornextyear.com.
“Simply watching Taylor in the Las Vegas Summer League, it’s a little hard to understand why he’s been unable to stick in the NBA up to this point. His athleticism is off the charts, as he was more than willing to show with a series of jaw-dropping dunks before the Cavaliers took on the New Orleans Pelicans. He has adequate, if not ideal, size for an NBA shooting guard at 6’4, and the range on his jumper extends well beyond the three-point line. Over the years, scouts and critics have rightfully questioned Taylor’s defense and consistency, but he hopes that his drive and desire will eventually help him overcome his deficiencies. Taylor hasn’t reached his goals yet, but lots of players can learn from his journey.” [Kaczmarek/SB Nation]
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Slider’s $350 an hour comes in around the middle of the pack– “What individual mascots will do and what they cost vary widely. Mr. Met costs $600 for a one-hour appearance. The Phillie Phanatic also gets $600 for a private party, but $300 for a visit to a non-profit, while the Mariner Moose’s fee ranges from free for schools and hospitals to $600 for an hour-long corporate event.” [Bollerman/Wall Street Journal]
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NBA rookie deals and extensions- “NBA players selected in the first round of the 2010 draft are eligible for contract extensions this offseason, which means budding stars like John Wall could sign deals that set them for life in the next few weeks. We took a look at players who got their contracts extended in the last decade while still on their rookie deals and found a few nuggets:
Out of 294 first-round picks between 2000 and 2009, only 72 (24.4 percent) received extensions before their rookie contracts expired. Players selected with the No. 27 pick saw their contracts extended more often than No. 2 picks.” [Hoops Hype]
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“The Turning Point: Braxton Goes For It All. Braxton received the snap in the shotgun, looked for open receivers and saw none. A Badger defensive lineman flushed him to his right and Braxton took off for what looked to be a a gain of one before he scampered out of bounds. But Miller had other ideas. Keeping his eyes downfield he let the ball go right at the line of scrimmage. Behold.” [Beck/Eleven Warriors]
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Finally, ESPN goes behind the scenes of the movie Draft Day. [ESPN North Blog]
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Link from that SBNation article that I ended up diving into:
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/7/16/4527834/nba-cable-bills-rockets-tv-rights-dwight-howard?utm_source=sbnation&utm_medium=nextclicks&utm_campaign=articlebottom
Another showdown in TVland with sports. Houston AT&T/DirecTv apparently fighting the cost of the Dwight/Harden Rockets & Astros.
Of course, the Astros were just dropped from Austin/SA (Rangers maintained) because of these high costs too. $3.40/month is an awful high cost for a local sport channel (when spread across all consumers – if it were optional, then it’d be fine as pay much more than that for my “local” Cleveland sports between the NFL-Replay, NBA League Pass, and MLB.TV).
Good article on the rookie extensions. Now, the flip side. How many rookies that teams offered extensions said “no thanks” and signed the QO? Also, how many max extension offers were bypassed?
http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/9491748/matt-garza-says-chicago-cubs-told-agent-traded
So, now Garza has been told he’ll be moved. I wonder how much it was actually Garza and his agent pushing to be traded.
We found out last year that having the 1st round compensation pick will severely dampen a players FA market value. Getting trading in the last year of your deal eliminates that compensation pick. Therefore, Garza stands to make much more money (and can likely sign quicker in offseason) than if the Cubs hold onto him.
Interesting to track moving forward with some of these players.
from your link:
“The Cubs have made it known that they want third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall in return, according to sources.”
Uh, no thanks, not for 2.5 months of Garza, not when we have nada in the minors ready to play third, and would either be forced to weaken the bench by sticking Aviles there or again let Reynolds stumble around at third until he’s a FA.