Kizz Fastfists wrote:That is because the points you were trying to make fail real world business. You clearly do not have a grasp of business revenue or the CBA. There are no dividends to be made by going deep into the luxury tax. It is an unnecessary business expense in the short-term with no pat off either short or long term. There will not be new long-term fans generated that will be buying seats in OKC. The Bulls do not gain revenue from people buying Jordan's shoes, clothing, etc. The Bulls do not gain revenue from people buying old Jordan jerseys or any other bulls merchandise. The merchandise sales go into the revenue sharing.
You can argue keeping Russ sells more seats short-term as a reason not to trade him. You can not make a business argument for going deep into the tax without expecting at least a WCF run, which isn't a reasonable expectation of this team. If you believe that OKC is going to have to rebuild at some point then there is no long-term business reason to keep Russ it is actually bad business to do so. If you believe attendance will dip during the start of a rebuild you are better off speeding it up by trading Russ for picks and young players to speed up the process and minimize the terrible years. You can not find a single business reason for OKC to be in the tax. You can not find a single business reason for OKC to keep Russ. You can only find emotional reasons of wanting not wanting to see the team lose more right now and instead of seeing them lose in the future.
This will be the last reply I make to you on this forum ever again. You continue to make disparaging remarks about anyone who disagrees with you, and I along with many have grown incredibly tired of it.
You have assumed I mean jersey sales, shoes, etc.... are what I’m talking about when it comes to paying tax and future revenue, but I do not. You’ve assumed that I don’t understand the CBA or business revenue. Here’s a part of what I mean. Does a major company pay the same money for naming rights/sponsorship rights for the arena if the team moves on and begins a rebuild? Do the same corporate sponsors renegotiate a lower amount they pay (Devon, Loves, Homeland, Chesapeake, etc....) during a rebuild from this team? This is just one example of several.
You have clearly convinced yourself that the only correct position is your own. You’ve made your point abundantly clear about a million times.
I’ve tried to be reasonable with you and assume your knowledge of how all of the finances, trades, cap work. You can go back through our posts and see that this is the case.
Sadly I think we are much closer to the same position (a rebuild) but I along with the majority of people on this forum want to at least wait till after this summer. If George returns most of us are of the position that OKC pays the cost to be as competitive as possible during Russ prime years. We get that you don’t. You’ve made your point abundantly clear.
I think you are an incredibly knowledgeable poster, but I’m done engaging you in any fashion going forward. If your goal is to continue to post the same stuff over and over and talk down to people who disagree with you, then have at it.
