Wages of Wins Podcast

Kenneth Faried is great

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:03:41 GMT

Wages of Wins Podcast - March 21st 2012
By The Wages of Wins Network
Tags: Denver Nuggets, Kenneth Faried, Kyrie Irving
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Patrick, Dre and the spirit of Greg get together to discuss the greatness that is Faried.

Academia vs. Sloan

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:47:02 GMT

Wages of Wins Podcast - March 14th 2012
By The Wages of Wins Network
Tags: Bill James, Sloan, Wins Produced
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Dave and Dre discuss the difference between the Sloan Analytics Conference and Academia.

Heuristics with Chris Yeh

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 22:01:24 GMT

Starring Chris Yeh
Tags: Jeremy Lin, Kwame Brown, Monta Ellis, Stephen Curry
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Chris Yeh from Adventures in Capitalism joins to discuss some of the undertones in the NBA that keep teams from noticing talent.

Northwest Division Preview

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:03:45 GMT

2011-2012 NBA Northwest Division Preview
By Wages of Wins
Tags: Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, NBA, Northwest Division, Oklahoma City Thunder, Portland Trail Blazers, Utah Jazz
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Mosi Platt, Patrick Minton, James Brocato and Dre Alvarez examine the Northwest division and give their thoughts on how the season could play out.

You Monopoly, I say Monopsony

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:22:53 GMT

You say Monopoly, I say Monopsony
By The Wages of Wins Network
Tags: MLB CBA, Monopsony, NBA Lockout
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Podcasters: Miami Heat Index, David Berri & Andres Alvarez from the Wages of Wins Network and Patrick Minton from The NBA Geek

Companion Reading

The podcasters referenced the articles linked below during the discussion.

Monopoly vs. Monopsony: The Economic Battlefield of the NBA Lockout by David Berri
Monopoly, Monopsony by Patrick Minton
NBA Lockout: Wages of Wins Network Renegade by Miami Heat Index
Sports Illustrated: “Within five years of retirement, an estimated 60% of former NBA players are broke”
How the Owners Plan to Steal a Billion Dollars by Arturo Galletti
Could Your City Give a Sports Team a Good Home? by Arturo Galletti

Rodney Fort on NBA Lockout and Roster Depreciation Allowance

Sat, 5 Nov 2011 03:59:34 GMT

Rodney Fort discusses NBA RDA
By The Wages of Wins Network
Tags: Lockout, NBA, Roster Deprecation Allowance
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Sports economist Rodney Fort, an expert on roster depreciation allowance, joined Mosi Platt on the weekend podcast to discuss the NBA Lockout and the WoW Network's analysis of NBA owners using the RDA to hide profits.

The Owners Win

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 05:13:11 GMT

The Owners Win
By Arturo Galletti
Tags: NBA Lockout, Owners
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Arturo discusses the financials of the lockouts. This includes how the owners can cook the books, how the players could start a league and how the owners will eventually win.

Voting Parity and Flimsiness

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:02:40 GMT

Voting, Parity and Flimsiness
Tags: NBA lockout, Parity
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Dre and Dave discuss how the voters know parity is impossible in the NBA. They also discuss how this could be leverage is a players league if the players would ever form it.

Dave Berri on Wake Up To Money

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:20:11 GMT

Dave Berri on Wake Up to Money
By Dave Berri
Tags: BBC, NBA Lockout
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David talks the NBA lockout on Wake up To Money ( a BBC program) and earns bonus points for getting a European to call a US league socialist!