a plan?
3 stars decided they wanted to play together in South Beach and took less money
Right!! That wasn't management, that was player collusion.
Like I said in my previous post, the players have too much freedom in the NBA. Look at the NFL for instance. Franchise tags and transitional tags are meant to help franchises retain their star players. The NBA doesn't have that. That's the problem the NBA has.
Why shouldn't players have the current freedom they have now, its their fault they end up on a franchise that does nothing to help them.
Than deal with it, b.
You're getting paid millions to go to work. I don't have the freedom to object my current employers reasons for moving me into a different location, so why should NBA employees have that chance?
Cut NBA players freedom away a bit. Franchise tags and transitional tags needed badly.
But you can't work somewhere else? If you get a better offer can't you quit?
a plan?
3 stars decided they wanted to play together in South Beach and took less money
Right!! That wasn't management, that was player collusion.
Like I said in my previous post, the players have too much freedom in the NBA. Look at the NFL for instance. Franchise tags and transitional tags are meant to help franchises retain their star players. The NBA doesn't have that. That's the problem the NBA has.
Why shouldn't players have the current freedom they have now, its their fault they end up on a franchise that does nothing to help them.
Than deal with it, b.
You're getting paid millions to go to work. I don't have the freedom to object my current employers reasons for moving me into a different location, so why should NBA employees have that chance?
Cut NBA players freedom away a bit. Franchise tags and transitional tags needed badly.
Oh you comparing your life to the life of an athlete, you just want players stuck in that death trap of city/franchise of yours.
Getting paid 10 million a year is stuck? yoir logic doesn't add up.
Why is the amount of money they are making your prime argument against it? Who said they are miserable, if someone is a star and better than 95% of players they command a more competitive salary/situation. That's how the free market works. It's a contract, once that contract is up they can go anywhere. Why is this a problem?
- common sense isn't here I see...
MLB fans can miss me with that "regular season games don't matter nonsense" though. As if each and every single one of your 162 games mean **** especially in April and May. Or like anybody gives a **** about Marlins and Cubs games once August and September roll around. This is an MLB game during it's season opener!
And there are a lot of franchises' stadiums that look like that currently and will continue to throughout the season. Hell, half the fans in attendance at MLB games during the summer are only there to enjoy the weather and drink beer
That's why there's a cap, some teams have more money to pay a star than the Heat or Lakers do etc. You say they'll go to the same teams but you don't think Melo wouldn't consider Chicago if they could offer the max? Or Dallas or the Suns? In fact the league was worse before when only Lakers or Celtics dominated the league. At least now stars weigh options with different teams, Heat went from one of the worst records to the best team through free agency. A move like that could happen again, we have no idea where this free agent class will go this time.Because if every player had an option to choose where to play, they wouldn't pick any of the 26 small market teams? Meaning the real talent would be compressed into 3 or 4 different teams?
SO what's the point of having a league where the talent isn't distributed correctly? Might as well not have a league if everyone is trying to play for 3 or 4 teams.
Some of you man,
Great post, well said.Fans of smaller market teams seem to want rookie contracts to last an automatic ten years.. with an option for another 5 years after that
You get them cheap for a few years, you get to offer them the most money due to restricted free agency, thus giving you an advantage over other teams. What else do you want?
And the "You're getting paid millions to play basketball" is all relative when these franchises are selling for half a billion and are generating incredible amounts of money for the team and city. Look at what Lebron brought to Cleveland when he was there.
There will always be great teams and bad teams.. it's the nature of the sport when one superstar player can bring you to the playoffs.. and a couple great players make you a contender. If you don't have one of those elite players or a solid/good group of players, your team will struggle.
Should we do a fantasy draft every few years, just to make sure the talent is evenly distributed? If your franchise is bad, if your management sucks, no amount of rules, caps, contract restrictions, will change a great player from leaving... it'll just be delayed. Indiana, OKC, San Antonio, Portland, all have top records in the league to go along with bigger markets like LA and Miami. If we want to see the talent is too watered down, then that's one thing. Too many teams, not enough elite players, I get that. Unfortunately, I don't think contraction will work or be fair.
But the complaint that the players have too much power? Nah.. not buying it. They've always had power, it's just maybe they're more willing to wield it. Franchise not going where you want it to? Management fails to build around you properly? Go somewhere that will do it better. Same thing as any other job. Doesn't matter if you get paid 25k or 25 million.
Because a lot of the dudes who are giving these criticisms about the NBA are fans of sports where there league suffers from the same things (mostly MLB). Yet, they turn a blind eye to that. How does that make sense?
