Re: NBA Draft & Offseason Thread

[SouthSideRyan]

This stupid salary cap structure has successfully made the NBA even MORE of a big market/small market league.

And it's good for the league. "Super Teams" make the product better and the league more intriguing/exciting to watch, imo. I'd rather there be 3-5 teams with 3+ all stars on their roster than have it be spread out where every team has one and the rest of team is made up of [expletive] role players. But that's just me, I get the argument for the other way around too. Also contraction of 3-4 teams would be nice to concentrate the talent even more.

Which is why the NBA and MLB are more popular than the NFL, where they have a straight cap that prevents super teams...

 

Yeah that's why the NFL is popular.

[illiniguy]

This stupid salary cap structure has successfully made the NBA even MORE of a big market/small market league.

And it's good for the league. "Super Teams" make the product better and the league more intriguing/exciting to watch, imo. I'd rather there be 3-5 teams with 3+ all stars on their roster than have it be spread out where every team has one and the rest of team is made up of [expletive] role players. But that's just me, I get the argument for the other way around too. Also contraction of 3-4 teams would be nice to concentrate the talent even more.

Which is why the NBA and MLB are more popular than the NFL, where they have a straight cap that prevents super teams...

 

Yeah that's why the NFL is popular.

Every team having a chance to win has to be a part of it, no?

[illiniguy]

So you guys want to be Celtics fans then?

Why? They aren't going to win [expletive].

They were one game from winning it all. I wouldn't want that to eat at me all year long. I mean to be so close and choke it away. It has to eat at Ryan.

 

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[SouthSideRyan]

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[illiniguy]

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You win this round.

[Cubswin11]

This stupid salary cap structure has successfully made the NBA even MORE of a big market/small market league.

And it's good for the league. "Super Teams" make the product better and the league more intriguing/exciting to watch, imo. I'd rather there be 3-5 teams with 3+ all stars on their roster than have it be spread out where every team has one and the rest of team is made up of [expletive] role players. But that's just me, I get the argument for the other way around too. Also contraction of 3-4 teams would be nice to concentrate the talent even more.

Which is why the NBA and MLB are more popular than the NFL, where they have a straight cap that prevents super teams...

 

Yeah that's why the NFL is popular.

Every team having a chance to win has to be a part of it, no?

A good 1/3 of the league has no chance of winning this year (assuming by saying chance to win you mean superbowl). MLB is just as wide open for teams having a chance to win as the NFL is.

[Old Style]

So you guys want to be Celtics fans then?

Why? They aren't going to win [expletive].

They were one game from winning it all. I wouldn't want that to eat at me all year long. I mean to be so close and choke it away. It has to eat at Ryan.

In what season were they one game from winning it all?

[Old Style]

So you guys want to be Celtics fans then?

Why? They aren't going to win [expletive].

They were one game from winning it all. I wouldn't want that to eat at me all year long. I mean to be so close and choke it away. It has to eat at Ryan.

 

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The caption for that photo reads "The only reason why Boston had a chance to choke away the Eastern Conference Finals against Miami."

[illiniguy]

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[illiniguy]

So you guys want to be Celtics fans then?

Why? They aren't going to win [expletive].

They were one game from winning it all. I wouldn't want that to eat at me all year long. I mean to be so close and choke it away. It has to eat at Ryan.

In what season were they one game from winning it all?

I don't think you get the trolling.

[Sammy Sofa]

Well, that's ironic.

[Cubswin11]

So you guys want to be Celtics fans then?

Why? They aren't going to win [expletive].

They were one game from winning it all. I wouldn't want that to eat at me all year long. I mean to be so close and choke it away. It has to eat at Ryan.

In what season were they one game from winning it all?

A few years ago in the finals against the Lakers, maybe?

[illiniguy]

:banghead:

So you guys want to be Celtics fans then?

Why? They aren't going to win [expletive].

They were one game from winning it all. I wouldn't want that to eat at me all year long. I mean to be so close and choke it away. It has to eat at Ryan.

In what season were they one game from winning it all?

A few years ago in the finals against the Lakers, maybe?

[illiniguy]

Well, that's ironic.

God you are funny and witty. Well played.

[Guest]

that seems like an awful trade for the magic.

[Sammy Sofa]

He's just firing wildly! Nobody is safe!

[illiniguy]

He's just firing wildly! Nobody is safe!

You should drop knowledge to protect everyone. I still stand by my thought at the lakers always having a super team isn't good for the league as a whole.

[Magnetic Curses]

Someone want to link me to the huge spike in NBA popularity? I know the Finals brought in big ratings, but attendance hasn't moved at all, and I'm skeptical that there's been a spike league-wide in TV ratings.

 

i can see the average casual fan being more apt to watch the finals featuring the lakers and heat, but fan support is going to wane in the bigger markets if players flock to cities like miami and la, where sports generally take a backseat to whatever else there is there.

[Sammy Sofa]

Someone want to link me to the huge spike in NBA popularity? I know the Finals brought in big ratings, but attendance hasn't moved at all, and I'm skeptical that there's been a spike league-wide in TV ratings.

 

i can see the average casual fan being more apt to watch the finals featuring the lakers and heat, but fan support is going to wane in the bigger markets if players flock to cities like miami and la, where sports generally take a backseat to whatever else there is there.

 

Does it really matter where the super teams exist so long as they simply exist, period? It's not like it would be any more difficult these days to follow a super team in, say OKC or Milwaukee as opposed to NYC or Chicago.

[Magnetic Curses]

i would say yes. but it doesn't make a huge difference, although i think if the heat played in new york, they would be national heroes instead of villains and they'd wind up as beloved as the 90's bulls teams. the point stands though that super teams are bad for business.

 

for the record, milwaukee did have a super team and they won a title with them.

[Sammy Sofa]

When the hell was the last time a NYC team was actually nationally beloved? That's crazy talk.

[Magnetic Curses]

When the hell was the last time a NYC team was actually nationally beloved? That's crazy talk.

 

probably back when homeboy whatever his name is hit those shots on a broken leg and was a national hero ever since. your face is crazy talk now sit down before you lose your pants.

[illiniguy]

When the hell was the last time a NYC team was actually nationally beloved? That's crazy talk.

'01 Yankees on a technicality?

[Magnetic Curses]

there's always the 69 jets and joe namath who was never particularly good.

[Magnetic Curses]

and the 69 mets. man, [expletive] these new york teams in 69.