Archive for September, 2011

Dre Alvarez has put together a nice table over at Wages of Wins that shows the total win/loss numbers and win percentage of current NBA owners. I know, I’m throwing a lot of numbers stuff at you today, but hey, even people who hate math have to venture into this territory during a lockout. But don’t worry, there’s not a whole lot of math to it as he’s already done most of that for you.

Attendance numbers for sports teams have always fascinated me. And trust me, I’m not really a math guy. But still, watching certain attendance trends is interesting. Obviously, a huge part of attendance deals with how the team is performing. Who wants to go watch a team that constantly stinks up the joint? So it’s pretty cool to be able to look at certain trends over a particular period of time.

The Golden State Warriors have announced that they will retire the No. 17 on January 20 before a scheduled home game. The number? Chris Mullin‘s, of course. The opponent that night? The Indiana Pacers. Mullin has been on quite the run here lately. He was enshrined into the Hall of Fame last month, and now he’ll have his number retired by the team on which he started his path towards greatness.

Even though it sounds like the NBA lockout if far from over (considering how the recent negotiations went), there’s some news that is somewhat normal coming out of Indy today. The Pacers will hold a four-day minicamp next week in order to start preparing for the upcoming season…..which may or may not happen.