2013-2014 NBA Thread - IND @ WAS and OKC @ LAC on ESPN

[stayblessed]

My main reason for contracting is the constant cycle which started with the Melo to MIA comment. Here is how it works in the NBA right now. Teams that either have bad owners/management or suffer serious injuries normally tank to get a higher draft pick. Once they get the higher draft pick they pick up the next superstar, who will play for them and then test free agency where many of them land within the same 16 teams. So why even keep those teams around, I know you would want them there if you are a die hard or are from that city but overall does that team really matter in the grand scheme?

 

[llarrydavid]

17 teams in the NBA are under .500 , that is more than half of the league and you guys think I'm crazy for wanting to contract league? No I just like to support and watch a good polished product sorry.

Yep, teams like the Magic never beat and/or compete with the likes of the Thunder or Pacers, who needs em right?

 

[blastercombo]

Meh, soon enough everyone will just want 2 teams. Things are what they are.

 

[addict4sneakers]

so what if the league contracted the clippers after being a doormat for 25+ years?

 

[shoeking2101]

the thing is, the d league isn't just about getting called up the the NBA. your best D league player is probably a rotation guy at best. the D league is the most scouted pro league in the world. it helps fringe guys get in or back into the league and it lands higher paying jobs overseas for guys who aren't NBA players.

i personally know a dude who went from the trap to playing ball in the Czech republic. he literally had never been outside of dallas.

All of this. I know a few d league guys who've gotten some nice contracts overseas because of the D League. It's not just for the NBA.

17 teams in the NBA are under .500 , that is more than half of the league and you guys think I'm crazy for wanting to contract league? No I just like to support and watch a good polished product sorry.

Wot

 

[Master Zik]

Meh, soon enough everyone will just want 2 teams. Things are what they are.

2 team league? I'd make millions.

 

[blastercombo]

They should've.

It's still not too late.

 

[kal-el-8]

so what if the league contracted the clippers after being a doormat for 25+ years?

We still wouldn't have cp3.

 

[shoeking2101]

The issue with the league IMO is not the amount of teams. It's the lack of great scouting and the over dependency of our basketball culture on overhyped "prodigies", which goes back beyond the NBA, and beyond college..

 

[addict4sneakers]

so what if the league contracted the clippers after being a doormat for 25+ years?

They should've.

might as well contract the knicks in 2020.

poor drafting? check
poor management? check

that's you guys' criteria right?

 

[sea manup]

last place team every year is forced to relocate/sell the team

easy fix to tanking

 

[rck3sactown]

Instead of keep the Kings they should've let them contract.

Not to burst your bubble, but that wasn't exactly on the table 

Seattle Zombie Kings 

 

[addict4sneakers]

The issue with the league IMO is not the amount of teams. It's the lack of great scouting and the over dependency of our basketball culture on overhyped "prodigies", which goes back beyond the NBA, and beyond college..

it happens in every sport though. guys aren't as good as we thought they'd be.

i don't follow baseball like that but do people want the Royals gone? were they asking for the pirates to be gone prior to last season?

 

[antidope]

George Karl's heard "whispers" this might be Tim Duncan's last year?

 

[herbshuttles15]

If your team doesn't make it to at least the second round in a span of 10 years, an owner should be forced to sell the team

 

[sea manup]

all baseball is boring so the difference between entertainment value in a good team and a bad team is minimal 

 

[dt43]

17 teams in the NBA are under .500 , that is more than half of the league and you guys think I'm crazy for wanting to contract league? No I just like to support and watch a good polished product sorry.

Every team can't be above .500, it's math.

A win for one team is a loss for another.

 

[sea manup]

@jadande: Gregg Popovich says Tony Parker out "for the foreseeable future" with a "variety of maladies."

 

[coldcity]

Your in Atlanta, careful who's whispering in your ear.

 

[shoeking2101]

it happens in every sport though. guys aren't as good as we thought they'd be.

i don't follow baseball like that but do people want the Royals gone? were they asking for the pirates to be gone prior to last season?

I mean true, but I feel as though that our culture could help minimize the amount of overhyped players by making them prove themselves on a professional level before entering the NBA.

An ideal situation for me would be to allow players to make the jump from high school to the pros, but for teams to use their own judgement on whether or not to send that player to the D League. That way, we can get a better look at how this player looks consistently against pro level talent. I also feel that in general, the NBA should do a much better job of embracing the D League and putting it to use. I wouldn't want it to rival the NBA, but it would benefit a lot of teams if the d league was more publicized, on a wider scale, and overall just was presented as the NBA's little brother that it cared for, not just some adopted little brother that is forgotten most of the time.

By embracing the D league more, it would improve its reputation and take away it's stigma to a degree, making it easier to send younger players straight to the d league (whether they are coming from HS or college) whom teams feel are not presently ready to contribute at an NBA level.

 

[blastercombo]

Lol ok, Boston would of lost their team, NYC would of lost their team, clippers would be gone, ...... Any other I'm missing?

 

[blastercombo]

@jadande: Gregg Popovich says Tony Parker out "for the foreseeable future" with a "variety of maladies."

Good

 

[shoeking2101]

Maybe make all rookies play a minimum of two weeks in the D League before debuting in the NBA.

 

[rck3sactown]

This discussion is akin to complaining about All Star Weekend or the Dunk Contest while watching every minute of it 

 

[grandtheftbike]

Your in Atlanta, careful who's whispering in your ear.

they got sloths in atlanta?