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NBA Playoffs 2012 Running thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Gehrig, Apr 27, 2012.

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  1. albert77

    albert77 Well-Known Member

    I know San Antonio is considered a "small-market" city in terms of pro sports, but it is in fact the seventh-largest city in the United States, with a population of about 1.4 million.
     
    albert77, May 19, 2012
    #289
  2. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    But the 36th TV market and No. 24 among those with NBA teams, trailing:

    New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco/Oakland, Boston, Washington, Atlanta, Houston, Detroit, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Miami, Denver, Cleveland, Orlando, Sacramento, Portland, Charlotte, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City and Milwaukee.

    And only ahead of Oklahoma City (44), Memphis (49), New Orleans (52).
     
    MileHigh, May 19, 2012
    #290
  3. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Ut-oh. Westbrook is down and in a lot of pain. Lots of slipping on the Staples ice surface in this game. Lakers up 10, but this could be a series-changer.
     
    MileHigh, May 19, 2012
    #291
  4. Stoney

    Stoney Well-Known Member

    That's misleading bullshit. Official city limit population numbers mean next to nothing, as they're largely just a function of how municipalities decide to draw their official borders. Some cities only count the inner core, others rope in all sorts of outlying areas. The only accurate way to compare a city's size is by metro area studies, and San Antonio only has around the 24th largest metro:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas

    In reality, it is nowhere close to the 7th largest city.
     
    Stoney, May 20, 2012
    #292
  5. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    And that's it for the Lakers. Another fourth-quarter gag fest. 25-9 run for the Thunder in the last 8:02 to end it. Blow it up, Mitch.
     
    MileHigh, May 20, 2012
    #293
  6. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Champions finish. End of a mini-era for the Lakers/Fakers.
     
    MileHigh, May 20, 2012
    #294
  7. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    Durant with a stone-cold three, and the Lakers are one game away from the off-season. What a great finish.
     
    old_tony, May 20, 2012
    #295
  8. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Lakers blow biggest lead going into the fourth in the playoffs in 29 years.
     
    MileHigh, May 20, 2012
    #296
  9. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    IIRC, he replaced Tark?
     
    HanSenSE, May 20, 2012
    #297
  10. albert77

    albert77 Well-Known Member

    The Census Bureau's MSA is no more accurate an indicator of population size than actual city-limit population. The Census Bureau can pull together any string of communities together it wants to, and call it a "metropolitan area," but that doesn't make it a city. Unless you actually think my old college town of Hattiesburg, Miss., really has a population of 140,000, which is what the MSA says it has.

    The population within the city limits of San Antonio is 1.4 million, and that legitimately makes it the seventh-largest city in America. The fact that there isn't a lot of urban sprawl associated with it is irrelevant, except that it does contribute to its rather low ranking in terms of TV market that Mile High alluded to. Which means you could accurately call SA a small-market team, and is probably why the Spurs are the only pro team located there.
     
    albert77, May 20, 2012
    #298
  11. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    No, he fired and replaced Bob Hill during the 1996-97 season, then led the most obvious and most successful tank job in NBA history to land Duncan. Spurs went from 20 wins to 56.
     
    LongTimeListener, May 20, 2012
    #299
  12. Stoney

    Stoney Well-Known Member

    Christ, I can't believe I'm being roped into a population-jack on the NBA thread.

    Look, albert, what matters for purposes of this discussion is how many people live within a commutable distance of the city center, how many viewers reside in the city's television market, how many potential season ticket buyers live in the area, etc. Metro area studies are designed to provide accurate answers to those questions, official city limit numbers are not.

    But, hey, if you want to delude yourself into believing SA is some gigantic top 10 metropolis, fine by me.
     
    Stoney, May 20, 2012
    #300
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