2021-2022 NBA Season

[bksballer89]

Wtf

This year is turning into the G League classic.

Lol asterisk regular season for sure

 

[WiggyRuss]

both Cavs and Raptors are decimated by Covid. Would be a good win for the Cavs to get though.

Guys should be back in the next week or so

i dont know if they will be back for Thursday/Friday vs. the Hawks/Wiz.......but certainly soon after that.

I really hope Okoro and Mobley are back by Thursday.....Allen prob. not. Okoro and Mobley have a chance to be back I think.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Cavs bench is dirty. 2 guys they just signed in Anderson and Kornet off the street- and Valentine and Pangos. I really am happy they are resisting the temptation to play Love more minutes. He is just at 12 minutes. Getting a loss here or there- isnt as big a deal as keeping Love healthy and in this role where he has done well. I am glad Bickerstaff is being disciplined in that way and looking more big picture.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Cavs bench is dirty. 2 guys they just signed in Anderson and Kornet off the street- and Valentine and Pangos. I really am happy they are resisting the temptation to play Love more minutes. He is just at 12 minutes. Getting a loss here or there- isnt as big a deal as keeping Love healthy and in this role where he has done well. I am glad Bickerstaff is being disciplined in that way and looking more big picture.

Surprisingly deep this year. Valentine and Wade are pretty nice options when you go 9-10 deep and JB spreads the minutes out so these guys come in fresh and get their consistent playing time, that is the key imo

 

[tlance]

That is the best explanation I've seen of the breakdown. Even down to the generational talents for the Tier 3 teams. Timing can have a lot to with it for those teams too. The Cavs get Lebron and the Bucks get Giannis at times when they can get a title...but the Jazz get Stockton and Malone when they had MJ's Bulls and then the Shaq/Kobe Lakers to deal with.

Yep.

Those Jazz teams were good enough to win a title for sure, but they couldn’t beat the Bulls.

On the flip side, the Bucks didn’t have to beat any of the top teams at anywhere near full strength to get their title. So their timing was perfect.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[HurricaneDij39]

@HurricaneDij39 he's talking about you

Are you just going to tag me every time a Miami-based twitter account posts something? Kind of gay, dude...

 

[bksballer89]

Are you just going to tag me every time a Miami-based twitter account posts something? Kind of gay, dude...

yes. This is what happens when you run your mouth

 

[tlance]

"huge advantage" is bullshit.

even if your post is true- the fact is that market is the sole advantage that now exists when in the past NUMEROUS advantages existed.

Instead of having 4-5 arrows in the quiver- they have one now.

1960 to 2002 The Lakers and Celtics won 22 of 42 titles. Over half.

if you think they still enjoy the same advantages that they enjoyed over those years you are really really clueless.

1. Money. Orlando literally could not afford to re-sign Shaq to the deal that the Lakers gave him. Now every single team can sign multiple guys to max deals. Now 3 of the teams that have paid the most luxury tax in history are Cleveland, OKC and Golden State. Teams that generated tons of revenue used to have a large advantage when their owners sole business was basketball. Now for the majority of owners the NBA is their toy. Lacob and Gilbert have spent more than anyone since their fortunes are not from basketball. We just saw the Lakers let Caruso walk because they didnt want to pay more tax.

2. Player Endorsements. Before- you had to play in a major market to be a major marketer. Obviously that cannot be farther from the truth now. Way back in the mid-2000's the biggest marketers in the NBA were LeBron in Cleveland and Dwight Howard in Orlando. It has only become more pronounced since then

3. Winning a ton of titles was a lot easier in a smaller league with a lot less talent to go around.

4. The Lakers and Celtics had all-time coaches and GM's for long stretches of their history. Rob Pelinka and Brad Stevens aren't exactly Red Auerbach and Jerry West/Buss.

5. For large parts of NBA history- a Jazz fan probably never saw a Bucks team play in the regular season. At one point the NBA Finals was on tape delay. Now every single fan can see every single game. Its not just Celtics and Lakers on Sunday night national TV Anymore.

6. Max Contracts and the Salary Cap- even if it is a soft cap it has severely limited moves- and forces teams to go through spells where they literally cant spend money- even if they wanted to.

7. Revenue sharing- splitting national tv contracts. Centralized revenue -unlike MLB.

Used to be multiple advantages certain teams had. Those advantages are either totally gone, or severely mitigated.

I tell you what. Let me know when the next time a franchise superstar signs a free agent deal in a tier 3 market.

LeBron did it to return to Cleveland.

Aside from that?

We might not see it again for a long time.

But we will see superstars leaving these markets time and again when those RFA contracts are up.

So you better hope that the Cavs core has staying power and continue to ascend over the next few years or these young studs will eventually start to leave Cleveland too.

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

Cavs are for real.

 

[bksballer89]

Cavs are for real.

finals or bust?

 

[raptorlife4]

NBA is a joke putting these teams on the floor

Cut ticket prices in half and refund season ticket holders money if you have a sub standard product on the court

 

[bksballer89]

NBA is a joke putting these teams on the floor

Cut ticket prices in half and refund season ticket holders money if you have a sub standard product on the court

what do you honestly want them to do? The world must go on. Can't pause seasons after every covid outbreak

 

[Black Adam]

what do you honestly want them to do? The world must go on. Can't pause seasons after every covid outbreak

Yup. Gotta be realistic...

 

[bksballer89]

The most these leagues can do at the moment is allow people to comeback faster or play if they have no symptoms.

 

[thunderc]

what do you honestly want them to do? The world must go on. Can't pause seasons after every covid outbreak

Exactly, honestly as fast as this variant is burning through I really don’t think this will last as long as some do.

 

[bksballer89]

Yup. Gotta be realistic...

yeah covid isn't going anywhere and we are not going back on lockdown. This is our new life until further notice.

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

finals or bust?

Way too young and inexperienced to make the finals. As they grow they have potential tho.

 

[bksballer89]

and basically everyteam been hit hard by covid already. The only teams that so far avoided an outbreak are Miami, OKC, Phoenix, Utah, and New Orleans I believe. Phoenix just had 2 players go on the list and Miami just had lowry go on it so solid chance those teams will have an outbreak as well in the very near future.

The only thing I'll say is the rules must be the same for everyone. The Bulls and Nets got a competitive advantage over others as they had multple games postponed as their players got covid while other teams did not. That is my only complaint. Need more consistency which they should have learned from last year

 

[bksballer89]

Are you just going to tag me every time a Miami-based twitter account posts something? Kind of gay, dude...

If you admit you were wrong and Miami has more depth than what you gave them credit for....I'll drop it