... a microscope with squinted eyes. The traditional perceptions of the paradigm from outsiders consist of entitlements, bandwagoners and flamboyance instead of love for the team and the game. From the outside looking in, a person would seem to agree with these statements at face value. However, without actually ... the formation of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Lakers were founded in 1947, when Ben Berger and Morris Chalfen purchased a disbanded team called the Detroit Gems from the National Basketball League (NBL). Berger and Chalfen paid the then Gems owner, Maury Winst...

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... , until the end of the '80s, the overall NBA attendance rose forty-seven percent; thus, the Chicago Bulls became the most popular road team in the league (Attendance). In addition, during this time, the NBA's gross revenues nearly doubled to $300 million dollars,! and the average ... an eighteen month period from 1987-1988 than they had in their twenty-two year history. Almost single-handedly, Michael Jordan's fame had brought the league from being mocked as the National Buffoon Association in the beginning of the decade, to one of the most popular sports ... to Forbes, which states tha...

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... The Time, they were paying $800 a game to the Southwest Conference teams that Would play them, and a maximum of $2500 to the other visiting teams. When The time arrived, UCLA brought in a 47-game winning streak, then exceeded among major college only by the 60 in a row won by his wall at a height of 7-2. Athletes and other visitors would gaze at ... , they Began the season by losing the first seven of their nine games. The blame was Quickly placed on Hayes, like it normally is when a team isn't winning with A superstar on it. As time when on, the team only got worse, which angered Hayes....

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