2019-2020 Official Regular Season Thread

[Wamu]

Dear GAWD, no.

But, I can't stop laughing everytime I see the video of that Lady squaring up on that guy that tried to steal at best buy...lol

He went over the top this time. I had no idea you can call cops vulgar names & get away with it. I'm gonna try that shit!

 

[Wamu]

His fucking haircut didn't give that away?

What? Everything looks normal to me.





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[Shaqdaddy11]

What? Everything looks normal to me.

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[tlance]

So here is what I am saying.

The NBA should get rid of the max contract setup. Let any player make as much as they can, while keeping the team cap the same. This will even out the league as teams will pay huge dollars for certain players and will not be able to put more than one on a team. I mean should Kyrie and Kawhi be making anywhere near the same dollars

I agree totally. No max contract pretty much fixes everything. It even virtually guarantees that the team who has a player’s Bird rights can keep him if they really want. Because they could go way over cap to pay him whatever while others would have to fit him under the cap.

But it won’t happen for the reasons @CitySushi posted. Too bad really.

 

[tlance]

So, what happens when a desperate for stars Knicks team spends 75% of their Cap on the next big thing and have to try to fill the remaining 11-14 spots with the remaining 25%?

Look at the Dubs.

They are hardcapped because of the DLo trade and couldn't add a player no matter what.

Injury, suspension....doesn't matter.

Does your article take those things into account?

Max salary slots save Owners, executives from themselves just as much as they prevent teams from forming super teams.

I think that is true to a point.

But, I honestly don’t believe there is too high a price for the LeBron’s and Giannis of the world. The true elite superstar.

I also believe that The second and their tier max players like Middleton don’t get anything close to what they currently make in a true free market system with no max.

There would surely be a few ridiculous albatross contracts out there, but I think overall there would be fewer bad contracts across the league.

Hard to say for sure though.

 

[tlance]

You'd have to remove minimum salaries as well.

I don’t think it would be the min guys who would get hurt.

It would be the role players who normally command 10-15 million get 4-5 instead. The guys like Middleton maybe get 25 instead of whatever he gets.

 

[Mecca]

I don’t think it would be the min guys who would get hurt.

It would be the role players who normally command 10-15 million get 4-5 instead. The guys like Middleton maybe get 25 instead of whatever he gets.

Yeah, it would be felt across the board.

I only mentioned minimum deals because his idea was based on the salary cap remaining the same.

There are minimum salary slots based on time of service.

If you can pay your top guy any amount you choose, in order to fill your mandatory roster spots, you should be able to pay the end of the bench guys as little as you like as well.

 

[DJ]

The Cavs are going to beat the Lakers tonight

Nope.

 

[DJ]

Somebody needs to take my wager in the BE.

 

[DJ]

6 years on tHoop come June....holy shit.....

 

[Black Adam]

Nope.

yeah, i'm not seeing that either...

 

[Mecca]

I think that is true to a point.

But, I honestly don’t believe there is too high a price for the LeBron’s and Giannis of the world. The true elite superstar.

I also believe that The second and their tier max players like Middleton don’t get anything close to what they currently make in a true free market system with no max.

There would surely be a few ridiculous albatross contracts out there, but I think overall there would be fewer bad contracts across the league.

Hard to say for sure though.

Maybe.

The True top guys, agree.

I don't think it would be as bad as the cap spike that saw guys like Mosgov, Bazemore get huge overpays.

But, it would force teams like Minny, Cavs, Grizz to go to ridiculous lengths to retain talent.

Let's look at a guy like Harden.

When he went to Houston, they weren't very good.

But, he wanted his bread.

If you removed his max dollar ceiling, he's the type of guy who would think he's worth 70 % of your cap space and it would just be a bidding war for his services.

That would absolutely cripple a franchise. But, desperate ass teams like the Knicks would give it to him.

I don't see how that would be helpful.

 

[tlance]

Yeah, it would be felt across the board.

I only mentioned minimum deals because his idea was based on the salary cap remaining the same.

There are minimum salary slots based on time of service.

If you can pay your top guy any amount you choose, in order to fill your mandatory roster spots, you should be able to pay the end of the bench guys as little as you like as well.

I didn’t read the whole idea.

I was assuming keeping the soft cap. If not, then yes, you are right about the minimum contracts.

 

[Mecca]

6 years on tHoop come June....holy shit.....

#metoo

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

Nope.

It feels like the kinda game where they're going to underestimate the cavs and lose.

 

[Mecca]

I didn’t read the whole idea.

I was assuming keeping the soft cap. If not, then yes, you are right about the minimum contracts.

Oh, none of us read the whole idea.

His entire ploy was to get us to click the link to his blog.

Nope.

So, he only trickled out bits and pieces when we asked him to elaborate on his thought process.

Based on his first post, you are 100% correct.

The math changed when his follow up post said he would keep the salary cap in place.

 

[Mecca]

Somebody needs to take my wager in the BE.

What is it?

I got fake 80k

 

[DJ]

What is it?

I got fake 80k

Thanks....

 

[msgkings322]

It feels like the kinda game where they're going to underestimate the cavs and lose.

I don't know if it's possible to UNDERestimate the Cavs

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

I don't know if it's possible to UNDERestimate the Cavs

Just got a feeling at some point the Lakers are going to have a terrible loss against an even worse team.

Hardly gets any worse than the cavs.

But hey if it does happen we might even get so see wiggy for a minute or two