Mike Vorkunov

Getting an NBA player to admit that he was manipulating his own performance to help other people bet on his prop bets a decade ago would have been a tremendous scandal for the NBA, right? Like that eats at the very integrity of sports.

Getting an NBA player to admit that he was manipulating his own performance to help other people bet on his prop bets a decade ago would have been a tremendous scandal for the NBA, right? Like that eats at the very integrity of sports.

Getting an NBA player to admit that he was manipulating his own performance to help other people bet on his prop bets a decade ago would have been a tremendous scandal for the NBA, right? Like that eats at the very integrity of sports.

One of the things that everyone is trying to really reckon with is whether this happened because sports gambling is so much more ubiquitous or if this was caught because sports gambling is now legalized. So I'm curious to see where this all ends up. I'm curious to see how high it might go. And I truly don't have a prognostication on that.

One of the things that everyone is trying to really reckon with is whether this happened because sports gambling is so much more ubiquitous or if this was caught because sports gambling is now legalized. So I'm curious to see where this all ends up. I'm curious to see how high it might go. And I truly don't have a prognostication on that.

One of the things that everyone is trying to really reckon with is whether this happened because sports gambling is so much more ubiquitous or if this was caught because sports gambling is now legalized. So I'm curious to see where this all ends up. I'm curious to see how high it might go. And I truly don't have a prognostication on that.

Uh, what it says is that it's a, and this is gonna be shocking. It's a damn good time to be a person who owns an NBA team. Um, And, you know, there's been a lot of them since 2019. In the last five years, no league has had as much ownership turnover like the NBA has. I think this will be the ninth team that will change hands since 2019. The NFL, baseball and hockey have not have 10 combined.

Uh, what it says is that it's a, and this is gonna be shocking. It's a damn good time to be a person who owns an NBA team. Um, And, you know, there's been a lot of them since 2019. In the last five years, no league has had as much ownership turnover like the NBA has. I think this will be the ninth team that will change hands since 2019. The NFL, baseball and hockey have not have 10 combined.

Uh, what it says is that it's a, and this is gonna be shocking. It's a damn good time to be a person who owns an NBA team. Um, And, you know, there's been a lot of them since 2019. In the last five years, no league has had as much ownership turnover like the NBA has. I think this will be the ninth team that will change hands since 2019. The NFL, baseball and hockey have not have 10 combined.

Right. So like that's the pace that this is going at. The Bucs and Mark Lazarus sold his controlling stake, I think about like a year and a half after they won the title. But this one on the market two weeks after they got that ring title number 18 time to cash out.

Right. So like that's the pace that this is going at. The Bucs and Mark Lazarus sold his controlling stake, I think about like a year and a half after they won the title. But this one on the market two weeks after they got that ring title number 18 time to cash out.

Right. So like that's the pace that this is going at. The Bucs and Mark Lazarus sold his controlling stake, I think about like a year and a half after they won the title. But this one on the market two weeks after they got that ring title number 18 time to cash out.

So you guys are just like, hey, trying to drive this price down, basically. Basically, yes. Well, it's actually a twofold problem, right? You're going to have to pay a very large tax bill if you keep this team together. And next season, 25-26, the tax rates, whether you're a repeater team or a team who hasn't repeated in the luxury tax, jump up a lot if you're 20 mil over the luxury tax line.

So you guys are just like, hey, trying to drive this price down, basically. Basically, yes. Well, it's actually a twofold problem, right? You're going to have to pay a very large tax bill if you keep this team together. And next season, 25-26, the tax rates, whether you're a repeater team or a team who hasn't repeated in the luxury tax, jump up a lot if you're 20 mil over the luxury tax line.

So you guys are just like, hey, trying to drive this price down, basically. Basically, yes. Well, it's actually a twofold problem, right? You're going to have to pay a very large tax bill if you keep this team together. And next season, 25-26, the tax rates, whether you're a repeater team or a team who hasn't repeated in the luxury tax, jump up a lot if you're 20 mil over the luxury tax line.

And you have a choice then. Are you going to pay these exorbitant tax rates? And the Celtics will be repeaters. And I think it's like becomes seven dollars and twenty five cents for every dollar that you're over. Right. So you're talking about like a little more than seven X for every mil that you're over there, which someone can do the math on me. But I.

And you have a choice then. Are you going to pay these exorbitant tax rates? And the Celtics will be repeaters. And I think it's like becomes seven dollars and twenty five cents for every dollar that you're over. Right. So you're talking about like a little more than seven X for every mil that you're over there, which someone can do the math on me. But I.

And you have a choice then. Are you going to pay these exorbitant tax rates? And the Celtics will be repeaters. And I think it's like becomes seven dollars and twenty five cents for every dollar that you're over. Right. So you're talking about like a little more than seven X for every mil that you're over there, which someone can do the math on me. But I.

believe generally translates to a lot of money. And then the other question is like, all right, if you don't want to pay this money in the Celtics right now projected for over $200 million payrolls each of the next few years, because all those signings you guys mentioned, are you going to be the person who buys the Celtics and breaks up a title team? Right.

believe generally translates to a lot of money. And then the other question is like, all right, if you don't want to pay this money in the Celtics right now projected for over $200 million payrolls each of the next few years, because all those signings you guys mentioned, are you going to be the person who buys the Celtics and breaks up a title team? Right.