Sixers still have one of the best players in the NBA. Hopefully he doesn’t get absolutely beat up in the First Round with an opponent that employs that strategy.
They also have Maxey who is becoming an absolute star. He is not the offensive liability that Simmons was. He isn’t the all around liability that Harden was.
Tobias Harris is a solid player that does anything needed. This trade will allow them to go after a player like LaVine.
And they have a great coach in Nurse.
Nice “gather step.”
There are studies that say the opposite. That’s all I can tell you.
Again, I am not against stadiums or sports. The argument to build them based on them bringing an economic boom to an area is disingenuous.
Not like I don’t know companies get tax breaks. Not really news. Also doesn’t make the main example the right thing to do.
Michael Leeds professor of Economics at Temple looked at Chicago. He said a baseball stadium in Chicago (a good example because of number of games) showed the same economic impact as a department store. Football is worse because less games. Would a city fund a billion dollar department store through taxes? Probably not. They have found that most of the economic benefit goes to the owners. You can Google this and there are a lot of studies.
I am a sports fan. And I certainly don’t think public funding of stadiums will ever stop. In fact, it’s getting more expensive. I just don’t agree with it. There are plenty of other things to fund with tax dollars that will improve livability. And for instance, the owners of the Bills are worth 5 billion. Why can’t they fund it? There are owners that privately fund.
The Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce put out a study that promotes Oklahoma City? Okay. I can point to multiple studies by University of Michigan, Brookings Institute, and on and on that says the economic benefits are not realized. If you want to argue that it makes a city more appealing, maybe. However, when a team leaves people generally find something else to do. You are talking about a minuscule percentage of a population that fits into an arena. Just because people desire a sports franchise, like Baltimore bringing back football, doesn’t necessarily mean it equates to better economics. That can be tracked. And it has been shown to not economically benefit areas all that much.
Set of steak knives.
Of course you will pay for it politically and that’s why it hardly happens. It’s also why we get what we vote for.
It’s also because no politician actually has the balls to do what is right.
This is one of the biggest taxpayer rip-offs in the country. Under the guise of the limited jobs it creates. Study after study proves what a rip-off it is. New York taxpayers are about to foot 1 billion so the Bills can keep coming up short of expectations.
It’s unheard of to win multiple NBA Championships with only 1 HOFer. So the answer is “no.”
I think the downfall is that it’s dumb.