[Shane]

This had no bearing on my judgement, but I find this argument disturbing on a personal level. This is why I can't stand the NBA.

Originally Posted by Dave M

Look at Philadelphia, for example. Allen Iverson is the poster child for poor image of a basketball player. Do you think the 76ers owners are concerned with his image? They most certainly are not. They proved a good image is not important when they went and traded for the biggest crybaby in the league, Chris Webber. Let’s not forget the troubles he had at the airport when he got busted with weed in his bag. Mark Cuban is an owner that spits a good image in the face. For all intents and purposes, he’s a jackass, but we love to watch him and his antics because it’s funny. We don’t want to watch him because he speaks highly of officials. We love him because he doesn’t care about his image or that of his players; he’ll say whatever he wants whenever he wants. Image? What about the Knicks? They signed a guy, Spreewell, who choked his coach. He has a GREAT image. And what about all of the teams that Jason Kidd plays for? Don’t they care about the image of him smacking his wife around? I can go on for days talking about NBA owners and their players’ images. Yet, all of these guys continue to make huge amounts of money. I think you know where I’m going with this. Owners don’t care about image at all.