thedoctor
Years ago
The Sports Guy NBA Preview
http://linky.com.au/aiyu4
Always an interesting read, Bill Simmons is back with his unique season preview. Some great insights into each team and predictions out of left field, as well as pop-culture analogies for various NBA scenarios including this one, explaining Denver's $60M extension of Nene's contract two seasons ago:
"What is a sunk cost? In financial terms, it's a lost cause -- you're paying for something that lost its value to you. Let's say I spent $200 on one of those beautiful six-foot-high, glass-blown water bongs and named it Barack Obonga. And let's say I smoked a little too much of the special hydro weed they give to cancer patients, decided someone was watching me through my front window, ran outside in my underwear with a baseball bat, and eventually spent the next two hours sitting in a tree waiting for the imaginary guy to come back before my neighbors called the police. And let's say the whole experience made me say, "You know what? I need to quit smoking pot, it's making me a little crazy." Maybe I'd try to sell the bong on craigslist to no avail, and none of my friends would take it because there's nothing grosser than owning someone else's bong. At that specific point, Barack Obonga would become a sunk cost; that money is out the window. It's gone. I need to accept this fact and move on."
Barack Obonga - I'd vote for him.
