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PARITY!?!?!

You are never going to have parity in the NBA. People like Lebron, KD, and Steph are rare human beings. They are who win the championships. Its just the nature of basketball. One player in basketball can impact a game more than most team sports. I dont think it will ever change.

There is no conspiracy to see here.
 
Hack said:
You are never going to have parity in the NBA. People like Lebron, KD, and Steph are rare human beings. They are who win the championships. Its just the nature of basketball. One player in basketball can impact a game more than most team sports. I dont think it will ever change.

There is no conspiracy to see here.
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If they were paid at fair market value it would by necessity change. How can you think not? If there were a $90 million hard cap and the Cavs had to pay Lebron $80 million and only had $10 million to split between all their other players, you don't think other teams would have a great shot at them?
 
colton said:
If they were paid at fair market value it would by necessity change. How can you think not? If there were a $90 million hard cap and the Cavs had to pay Lebron $80 million and only had $10 million to split between all their other players, you don't think other teams would have a great shot at them?
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I don't see the owners ever getting a hard cap passed the players union.
 
♪alt13 said:
I don't see the owners ever getting a hard cap passed the players union.
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I don't know...

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Bet they could sneak this bad boy passed 'em.
 
colton said:
If they were paid at fair market value it would by necessity change. How can you think not? If there were a $90 million hard cap and the Cavs had to pay Lebron $80 million and only had $10 million to split between all their other players, you don't think other teams would have a great shot at them?
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You are right. Lebron would fetch a large chuck of the cap, and they wouldnt be able to pay other big stars. That would mean the top talent would be spread out more. But by how much? There still isnt a Lebron for every team. There is still only a handful of players with real elite talent. Meaning, the team with Lebron, KD, Steph, etc.. would still be the favorite to win. Lebron and a bunch of average or below average players is still better than a team like the Jazz with talent apread out. See Lebrons original Cavs.

Also, what would happen is, some of these middle tier players would still be overpaid and use up big chucnks of cap. They wouldnt get Lebron money, but still overpaid. The competitive bidding for middle tier players would still be there. Again, only so many Lebrons to go around. So I dont think you would find that teams could stack middle tier talent and trump the talent of Lebron. It would be closer, yes, but by in large, the teams with one of the top players is still most likely to win it all. IMO.
 
Honestly. . . **** parity. I'd much rather see Gobert and Exum live up to potential and have the team become the top defense in the league. When you're winning, people want to play for you. Jazz need to own their identity and go balls to the walls to get the best 8-9 players that FIT that identity.

Want to be a defensive team? Be the best damned defense on the league by a mile and crush your opponents will to compete. Be a team that can physically matchup with anyone and SHUT them down on any given night. Since that appears to be the Jazz strategy, I'm hoping they really go all out to build that team to a defensive juggernaut that stifles even the vaunted offense of the Warriors.

It's kind of like bitching about being a part of the 99%. My personal opinion is that I'm going to scratch and claw and fight my way into the 1% instead of complaining about it. Might take awhile, but I'm getting there. Jazz need to be in the 1%.
 
The thing about hard cap and no max contracts, what happens when 3 super-stars decide to all take huge paycuts to play together?
 
Hack said:
You are never going to have parity in the NBA. People like Lebron, KD, and Steph are rare human beings. They are who win the championships. Its just the nature of basketball. One player in basketball can impact a game more than most team sports. I dont think it will ever change.

There is no conspiracy to see here.
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This.
Especially the part about "One player in basketball can impact a game more than most team sports."
 
King Cy said:
The thing about hard cap and no max contracts, what happens when 3 super-stars decide to all take huge paycuts to play together?
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Then the rest of the league is just as screwed as they currently are now. But at least it adds another huge obstacle to the formation of superteams.
 
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