Matt Moore joins the WFNY podcast for the second time ever, and it just happened to be the night that Tristan Thompson got his deal done for 5-years and $82 million. What awesome timing. You know Matt from Hardwood Paroxysm, CBS Sports and from his @hpbasketball Twitter.
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Here's what we talked about.
Tristan Thompson gets a deal done with the Cavs for $82 million Eric Bledsoe and comparing his deal to Tristan Thompson Rich Paul shows that he's not going to back down Big contracts and how they become unlikely assets down the road Tristan Thompson and how much better he can get over the next five years The Cavs being unable to get anyone else to replace Tristan Thompson Dan Gilbert's willingness to pay the luxury tax is commendable The window with LeBron James and his age The weird changes around sports media business ESPN layoffs and the increasing costs of rights fees Ad sales people who need to understand the value of the Internet When Internet ad revenue will exceed TV ad revenue Pre-roll auto play ads The saturation point of media and Netflix kids What are the big things going on in the NBA that aren't related to the Cavs? The NBA's rookie class this year is really talented and interesting