Interesting AH ideas that aren't commonly used

There are plenty of TLs which begin with a premise which has been used by many, or have ideas in the TL which again aren't that creative. But are there AH ideas which are plausible, but aren't commonly used (or in some cases, not used at all)?
 
What if Anthony Carter's agent does not accidentally let his player option expire? Without it, the Miami Heat do not have the cap space to get Lamar Odom. Without Lamar Odom, the Miami Heat may not make the 2004 NBA Playoffs which helped establish Dwayne Wade as a budding NBA superstar. Without Lamar Odom, the Miami Heat do not have the ammunition to trade for Shaq, or would have to give up Wade to get him. Without Shaq or Wade, the Miami Heat do not become the 2006 NBA Champions. Without that record of success, the Miami Heat probably does not attract Lebron James and Chris Bosh in 2010.
 
Italy receiving all the promised territory at the end of the WW1.

No strong revanchism > no fascism uprising > no nazi uprising either > the f is going to happen.
 
Different Old Time Radio Shows.
I did some on the first version of Step By Step. (if I ever get time to do the Version 2.0, I will do more alternate Old Time Radio Shows. )
I had a anthology show based on the works of H P Lovecraft in the late 40's and a Spirt Radio Show based on the classic Will Eisner Comic character in the early 1950's.
 
The Russian Empire being extended to Africa where Eritrea and/or Djibouti becomes a Russian colony and Ethiopia is gradually transformed from a client state to a Russian protectorate.
 

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* Prohibition only covers distilled alcohol, not beer or wine. How might that impact the development of organized crime, corruption, resistance to Federal authority, disruption of portions of the economy, etc.

* Alfred Mahan's impactful book "The Influence of Seapower on History..." either doesn't get written or remains a dusty dry tome on the far back shelves in the third sub-basement of the Library of Congress. The Kaiser, etal then don't use this work to help justify the battleship building race of the early 20th Century (This might be a timeline where it's more about what doesn't happen...) A possible offshoot of this POD, is that the "Jeune Ecole" concept has more legs (or fins....)

* J. Edgar Hoover doesn't go into law enforcement. A POD? Maybe he gets drafted on completion of college 1916 and gets sent to Mexico with the Pancho Villa Expediton.

* Cable TV never becomes a dominant program distribution technology.

*edit* These are fair game for anyone to tackle as their own TL.
 
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* Prohibition only covers distilled alcohol, not beer or wine. How might that impact the development of organized crime, corruption, resistance to Federal authority, disruption of portions of the economy, etc.

* Alfred Mahan's impactful book "The Influence of Seapower on History..." either doesn't get written or remains a dusty dry tome on the far back shelves in the third sub-basement of the Library of Congress. The Kaiser, etal then don't use this work to help justify the battleship building race of the early 20th Century (This might be a timeline where it's more about what doesn't happen...) A possible offshoot of this POD, is that the "Jeune Ecole" concept has more legs (or fins....)

* J. Edgar Hoover doesn't go into law enforcement. A POD? Maybe he gets drafted on completion of college 1916 and gets sent to Mexico with the Pancho Villa Expediton.

* Cable TV never becomes a dominant program distribution technology.

Would it be plausible for channels like USA, TNT, FX or AMC to still exist as terrestrial channels in that scenario?
 

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Would it be plausible for channels like USA, TNT, FX or AMC to still exist as terrestrial channels in that scenario?

That's a good question.... Maybe using the regional superstation idea (WGN, etc) as a starting base and then take them national? Instead of 3 commercial broadcast networks, plus PBS, there might be 6-10? That would take several megatons of cash to get rolling.
 
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