Now we become aware
Joshua Harris majority owner of the Sixers is exploring purchase of the NHL Devils however that’s not the key story. The speedy fiscal growth of an NBA franchise or at least the one he owns is the account. *An NBCSports story indicated the Sixers were purchased for $287 million are now worth $418 million according to Forbes.

I researched the purchase date of the Harris group **October 18, 2011 a little less than 3 years ago. If Harris sold the Sixers today he’d walk away with a cool $131 million dollar profit. We can guess the fiscal growth of the other 29 teams might not be quite that vigorous. On the other hand it provides us the why “for sale” signs on NBA franchises don’t often remain on the market for very long. *NBCSports.com and **NBA.com

This is shocking news----Not!
Kansas Coach Bill Self informed the world his thoughts on the NBA. He indicated a willingness to listen to an offering from the NBA if a coaching position should present itself. NBA haters (there are a number of them out there) might discover this is shocking news. They might question; “doesn’t the university pay him enough? “ As for the pay the answer is they do pay however it’s my belief Self is like any other coach. He has a desire to coach at the very highest rung---sorry hater that’s still the NBA.

There is no immediate worry Kansas faithful the 76ers don’t have a head coach however I doubt if they are looking his direction. Kansas fans might not be pleased with this announcement, at the same time why should they be shocked. Former Butler Coach Brad Stevens moved to the Celtics rather easily, most thought he was a lifer at the school. Self is certainly entrenched at Kansas however if a suitable NBA opportunity presents itself don’t be shocked or even surprised.

Nobody wants to see this terrible team???
The NBA announced its’ 2013-14 schedule, opening the season in the late game is the Clippers at the Lakers October 30 on a TNT telecast. The Lakers have been designated as one of the Christmas Day games December 25 on the ABC Network, they face the Heat. Speaking of the Heat-Lakers which team would we guess makes the most national televised appearances? That should be easy, the Heat is two-time defending champions, in addition they have LeBron James however it’s not them. The Lakers have been placed on national television broadcast 29 times versus the 27 of the Heat. Why do the networks insist on forcing us to see this bad Lakers team?

Next time
You see a poll naming LeBron James the all-time best consider this letter from an insightful person. I was reading a Canadian basketball website, the site asked readers to choose the all-time best Canadian high school player, a respondent wrote. “A poll like this will always be skewed to the newer generation because the younger folks never saw these guys play etc. etc” His email pointed to the inaccuracies of these types of polls. They are entertaining however I wouldn’t place too much stock in any of them. Another example, ESPN claims the latest poll they conducted indicates LeBron James is the most popular player in the NBA. I don’t doubt the polls findings I do question what ESPN is attempting to prove. As they say in baseball, location, location, location. Is LeBron James the most popular NBA player in Southern California? I’m sure fans in that portion of the country acknowledge LeBron’s skill but most popular, I seriously doubt that. How about NBA fans in Boston or Cleveland?