As Roof Rises at Barclays, King Tells Writers It's NBA's "Best Building"

It might be true that players may find new sports facilities interesting to look at, but in reality, this is irrelevant to them comming. I never did buy into that video someone here made saying that only going to Brooklyn will land Dwight Howard when I really think it will come down to what he is being offered. I would be happy if the Nets get him, but the chances are very slim, and a new arena doesn’t give them the leverage, the offer sheets will. Also, new sports facilities have nothing to do with attendance either, it’s more on how a good a team is doing. I have stated here countless times that those that are on the top are the teams who have had winning seasons, and when a team is really doing good, nobody cares where they play. How come the Knicks and Pistons were able to have a number of seasons of consecutive sell outs at home games despite playing in arenas that were more than two decades old compared to a lot of them that were built recently? Maybe it’s because of their winning seasons, not their arenas that gave them the fans. Would teams such as the Bulls, Spurs, Lakers, Mavs, Magic, and Celtics still have the winning seasons they just had even if they didn’t get new arenas? My guess is that they would. BTW, the Cavs didn’t move into a new arena when they got Lebron James and neither did the Nuggets when they got Carmelo Anthony. When the Pacers made the 2000 NBA Finals, it wasn’t because of their new arena that came that year, it was because they actually played better that season, so it was only a coincidence. Since baseball is being mentioned here, the Yankees didn’t win the 2009 World Series because of their new stadium, and I doubt they made it solely because of that, though they did win their first ever World Series in 1923 with a new stadium that year, but that two was a coincidence. The same goes for the Phillies, Giants, Cardinals, White Sox, and D’Backs for having recently built stadiums and winning their championships within the last decade. Keep in mind that the Red Sox won two championships recently, and the last time I checked, they have been playing in the same stadium for nearly a century. In conclusion, new sports facilities are nothing more than just a venue for the team, and it’s really the team themselves that make them better, not where they are playing in.

I am so tired of everyone who keeps on talking about that called strike three that Carlos Beltran didn’t take and cost the Mets a chance to get to the 2006 World Series when facing the Cardinals. This is no special feat, and this has happened numerous times before. He didn’t know what the pitch was going to be, and this can happen to anyone. I can now get back at Phillies in saying how Ryan Howard didn’t take that pitch against the Giants and cost them the 2010 World Series. In reality, when you compare this to how the Yankees failed to sweep the Red Sox in the 2004 ALCS and let them come back and win four straight, that called strike that Beltran took feels less important and humiliating. Let’s not forget that the Yankees even lost a World Series back in 2001 when they gave up a walk-off single to Luis Gonzalez to give the D’Backs the championship. Overall, Beltran is not a terrible player, and I am glad that the Mets were able to have him when needed.

Here is what Oder had to say about the protests on Wednesday, and there are even videos showing it, plus I heard that DG himself was there as well.

http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2011/07/ratner-response-to-yesterdays-protest.html
http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2011/07/did-forest-city-ratner-try-to-avert.html
http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2011/07/furee-looking-for-missing-jobs-promised.html
http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2011/07/at-protest-outside-atlantic-yards-site.html