jontaejones
Well-Known Member
Cmon man.
Ridiculous.
Not at all.
Lots of fans always root for the underdog. It's a very common thing.
Cmon man.
Ridiculous.
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.
Not at all.
Lots of fans always root for the underdog. It's a very common thing.
No, that part is true.
But to suggest a long time Warrior fan would want the team broken up so they can be underdogs again is proposterous. Especially in the NBA where underdogs so rarely win.
People like rooting for the underdog when they don't have a dog in the fight. But I have never once encountered a fan that wanted their own team to break up because they are too good. The goal in sports is to win. And when you have a winning team, it is a great feeling, and also a fleeting one.
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.
Stop it by not allowing CP3 to be traded to the LakersAnd what exactly is the commisioner supposed to do?
It’s well documented that the CP3 trade was vetoed because the franchise was literally owned by the NBA. They couldn’t deplete the team of assets while trying to sell it.Stop it by not allowing CP3 to be traded to the Lakers
If you've had a team win two championships and one was done as an underdog knocking off more powerful teams by thin margins, and the other was done by being the prohibitive favorite all year and steamrolling everyone in their path, then you know how different the feeling is.
But 'breaking up' isn't as you think. Just get rid of Durant. They could have easily have won without him. I can guarantee you there's Warrior fans who deep down never wanted Durant.
Not at all.
Lots of fans always root for the underdog. It's a very common thing.
And yet they are bitching about the WarriorsThere have been 73 NBA titles. I believe the Celtics and Lakers combined have won 2/3 of them.
There is just no way in hell a real fan would want his team to break up a title contender - Put your crack pipe down and walk away man -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 is just no way in hell a real fan would want his team to break up a title contender - Put your crack pipe down and walk away man -
Yes they do -So all Pistons fans would have wanted to win at the cost of anything, including adding Michael Jordan?
You put down the crack pipe.
There is just no way in hell a real fan would want his team to break up a title contender - Put your crack pipe down and walk away man -
The way I look at it is like if Michael Jordan joined the Detroit Pistons after he was tired of them beating him every year.
I guess if people are OK with that, then I won't argue with them.
That Pistons team with Jordan would have been some kind of a team, but ... would the NBA really have been better off?
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.