"parity in pro sports is communism"OP can't even leave his Communist ideas to the politics threads...
"parity in pro sports is communism"
im a deist, and an independent. ive never been a democrat or "communist".
somethings gotta give
i dont think rule changes are the right thing- but a commissioner with balls to make some tough decisions.somethings gotta give
Cousins is coming off an achillies injury. People need to do the research as to the effectiveness of the players who have had that type of injury. He's not going to be BOOGIE next year. But by the time he's back to his old self, guess who's back on the free market?
this is what i take issue with. purely speculative. is it probably accurate...yes. definitive? no. the warriors have dr's. he passed a physical.
this boogie cousins thing for 5 million has me on the edge of no longer watching the nba. I'm far from alone. something needs to be done to address this. I have a couple of ideas:
1 - assign players a rating system, perhaps using something similar to VORP. assign a "ranking" to players, maybe in tiers, and you are allowed only so many tier guys per team. something to that effect. take contracts out of it...and use a ranking system. keep a cap so to speak, but revenue sharing like MLB.
2 - perhaps set a market value "bottom" for every player, based on the above. you're not allowed to sign for less than your low end market value.
3 - just let 4 teams run the NBA, and let guys take below market value deals just to fit on a team of stars.
4 - i start watching the WNBA and cry while i punch myself in the nuts.
exactly. thus, it needs a change.
IMO players associations are too powerful. they shouldnt be treated like a union. theyre millionaires. how many millionaires do you know in unions?
The problem is that there is really nothing the league can really do if players are willing to take discounts to go somewhere.
Kawhi Leonard is willing to give up 90 MILLION dollars to leave San Antonio.
That's the part that just cracks me up. People get mad and complain that players put money ahead of winning. Then, when players take less money to win...they complain about how unfair it is.
Apparently, players are only supposed to take less money to play for teams the complainers like.
In the entire history of the NBA only I believe 11 franchises have ever won titles. This is just how it isHas anyone posted that the NBA has always been about 2-3 teams for decades?
Quiet frankly if you aren't Boston, Lakers, Warriors, Rockets right now, the smart thing would be to Trust The Process and start building your franchise for 5 years down the road. These next 3-5 years are going to be more pointless than the previous 4 years. If you are a lucky enough GM to have ownership to realize if you aren't GS,LA,HOU, or BOS and have no shot at anything and will give you the patience, then I would fire sell my entire team and build toward a roster that will be good in 5 years.
Right now the best team in that position is Phoenix.
It's the law of the jungle man - the strong prey on the weak and eat them - If you went walking down the street and found a bag with 100K in it - you know you would keep it and whoever lost it is just out of luckIn the entire history of the NBA only I believe 11 franchises have ever won titles. This is just how it is
I have mixed feelings about this, but I think you have to look at the facts
2 The fact is that they went how many decades winning nothing, missing the playoffs and etc? And is anyone going to complain about that? And when the team is busted up, how many more years before that happens?
Why does something have to give?
The Warriors are a unique team. They combined brilliant front office work with getting lucky, in some ways extraordinarily lucky. Take out the Warriors and the league is really really competitive.
People are overstating the impact of Cousins signing with the Warriors.
Personally, if I were a Warriors fan, like a TRUE Warriors fan from the Run TMC days, I'd want them to break up the team.
There's a certain mentality that you have as a fan rooting for an underdog. You're rooting to make the playoffs with a sub .500 record. Then all of a sudden, you're the odds on favorite against the field every year? I never want to see Villanova win 8 championships in a row. I never want to see the NY Jets become the New England Patriots.
That first championship must have been real sweet, but I'm sure there are GS fans who do not like what is going on.
There have been 73 NBA titles. I believe the Celtics and Lakers combined have won 2/3 of them.It's the law of the jungle man - the strong prey on the weak and eat them - If you went walking down the street and found a bag with 100K in it - you know you would keep it and whoever lost it is just out of luck