Around the NBA, news/game discussions (Dec. 09)

[Glenn]

Free jacket and tee?

[Vinny]

I get $4 for everyone who subscribes through that link!

[Fool]

NBA ticket revenue slides 7.4 percent (UPDATE) - CBSSports.com

Average paid attendance is down 3.7 percent in the NBA through the first quarter of the regular season, sending gate receipts plummeting 7.4 percent, according to league documents obtained by CBSSports.com.

Net gate receipts, the money teams make from ticket sales, fell to an average of $828,985 per game, down from $894,823 at the same point last season. Only nine teams were up or flat in average net gate receipts through Nov. 29, while 21 teams saw a decline.

[…] The hardest-hit franchise so far is the Detroit Pistons, whose net average gate receipts are down a staggering 42.8 percent year-over-year, according to the figures reported by teams to the league office. The Pistons made an average of $537,263 per game on ticket sales through their first eight home games, down from $938,833 at the same point last season. The Pistons, located in the epicenter of joblessness, have seen paid attendance slip 22 percent, to 14,821 from 18,993 in the first month of 2008-09.

[Fool]

http://www.nba.com/2009/news/12/09/t....html?rss=true

Pistons 4th most valuable team. Zero debt.

[Uncle Mxy]

Cavs 5th most valuable -- doesn't Forbes know LeBron is a FA this year??

[Glenn]

Rashard Lewis refused to go back into a game last night with 6 mins left in the 2nd quarter. Something to keep an eye on.

[Fool]

Why did he refuse?

[Uncle Mxy]

I'm sure it's his highly elevated testosterone levels.

[Fool]

I bet the play called for him to go to the post.

[UxKa]

"He had 2 fouls."