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  1. Sammy Sofa
    But now we're back to the idea that it was never really fair after it had been around a decade (even accounting for fewer teams).
  2. Sammy Sofa
    Dumping deadwood teams and wanting some kind of limitations on spending to maintain a broken system are two very different things. There's simply not an answer to make things "fair" for small market teams that wouldn't suck for the game. Most of them simply should not exist, something you seem to agree with.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Plus he drives like a Chinese!
  4. Sammy Sofa
    But, again, until the Celtics a few years ago where are these teams buying rings with money? And it's not like those teams have a clear advantage when it comes to being able to spend money; this isn't a Yankees-type situation. I'm not saying everything is on the same level, but come on, we're not looking at a huge baseball-like disparity. Hell, the Heat can't even fill of their seats. Plus a lot of those decisions simply stem from the desire of players to play for a big market team. How are they supposed to regulate that?
  5. Sammy Sofa
    Plus Stern presided over the late 80's to the late 90's era of the NBA, when you arguably had the best, most competitive era in the league's history. Again, even if we argue that things went south after that it's still basically just an argument against the Lakers.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    But the Knicks have been really bad for a good chunk of Stern's tenure. They had that 15 years stretch and have been rather unimpressive otherwise. Similar situation with the Bulls, too. Hell, this whole thing could be boiled down to an argument against the Lakers and the Celtics (and even then mostly the former).
  7. Sammy Sofa
    It seems like a decent point when it kind of debunks the idea you're presenting that 30 years ago/Stern ushered in some kind of imbalanced era that's unfair to almost everyone except a small group of teams. The NBA has been dominated by a small group of teams since it started. I'm not arguing that the financial landscape hasn't changed, but it seems like you're going about the wrong way of pointing that out by pointing out that only 9 teams have won the title in the last 20 years when only 15 have won it in the last 60.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    It wasn't really until the Boston Big 3 and the Heat last season that you saw money truly putting together teams, and even then those teams still hinged on on drafted/homegrown talent.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Pop quiz: Who has made the most worthless comment in the past 1 page? You're not witty. Why did you only go back 30 years? Because a trend started. One that Stern had a lot to with. Wait, what? The trend of a relatively small group of teams winning the title didn't start then. It was arguably there from the very beginning. Again, we've only had 15 different teams win the title since 1950.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    See also: Knicks, The New York.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Pop quiz: Who has made the most worthless comment in the past 1 page? You're not witty. Why did you only go back 30 years?
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Answer: 11 instead of 9! All the way back to the beginning (1950)? 15 (though 1 of those teams no longer exists at all)!
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Pop quiz: how many more teams have won the title if you go back 50 years instead of just 30?
  14. Sammy Sofa
    Who cares about New Orleans and Charlotte??? Amirite? Yes, you are rite.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, but they're the Timberwolves. Who cares what they want?
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Isn't it 9? And arguing that it's unfair requires glossing over the details. Take a team like the Pistons; they're one of the 9 because they won in '89 and 90's and then not again until 2005. There are some big gaps in between a lot of those wins. You also have something like 17 different teams making the finals during those 30 years. You've also got 6 different title winners in the last decade.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    Laugh all you want, but The Last Boyscout was based on REAL LIFE.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    I agree; he could be even more late to the next one. And then....anarchy.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    ALSO: BITCHES ALWAYS BE SHOPPIN'.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Glad to see you really put some time and thought into such a well-reasoned and logical conclusion.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    I WIN.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    So it's between all of the guys they interviewed. Stunning.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    NIGHTMARE FUEL: http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt112/MrWookie47/1231448056721-1.jpg
  24. Sammy Sofa
    Looks like Hendry has a beer. Or could be bacon grease in a glass, since it's Hendry. I don't follow. Because Hendrys fat and fat people like to drink straight bacon grease. Good God man does everything need to be written out? I still don't get it.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Looks like Hendry has a beer. Or could be bacon grease in a glass, since it's Hendry. I don't follow.
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