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ONE LOVE said:
Your analogy doesn't quite fit.


In the NBA, teams in big cities like New York, LA, etc, have a lot more money to spend due to their geographical location because of the spending power of their fan base. Therefore the teams are more likely to be able to afford the Luxury Tax, meaning the Luxury Tax rule clearly favors those big market teams vs small market teams that cannot afford to pay the Tax.


The hard cap, on the other hand, would impact all teams equally as their financial status do not come into play like the Luxury tax does.


Going back to your runner analogy, it would be like some runners running in sneakers and some runners running barefoot. With everything else being equal, which runners do you think would have a better chance at winning a marathon?
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I am saying that it is not the fault of the runner who can afford sneakers that some other runner does not have the same resources. Running the marathon with sneakers is not a right that is specified in the constitution or somewhere similar. I would also like take a part in some competition - showed the organisers edit the rules so that i can also have chance of winning? Whether it is the running or tour around the world with a yacht.
Another problem is that NBA is not a league, more like a franchise. Every team needs other teams and all have to be friends with each other. Not like Karpov vs Kasparov.
 
I can see why Epke Udoh is so good in Europe. Most of these European big men seem pretty easy to switch on for guards to take advantage to pull up for 3 on. They cant do that on Udoh.
 
What do you guys think about final four?
And who will win the finals?

Check the normal season standings btw.
Its like Utah being champions if fenerbahce wins

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lauriandres said:
I am saying that it is not the fault of the runner who can afford sneakers that some other runner does not have the same resources. Running the marathon with sneakers is not a right that is specified in the constitution or somewhere similar. I would also like take a part in some competition - showed the organisers edit the rules so that i can also have chance of winning? Whether it is the running or tour around the world with a yacht.
Another problem is that NBA is not a league, more like a franchise. Every team needs other teams and all have to be friends with each other. Not like Karpov vs Kasparov.
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Well the NBA isn't like a marathon in that in a marathon 'anyone' can compete. That's why I said the original analogy doesn't quite fit. The NBA is a 'collective' of 30 teams that came together and set up its own rules about how the League should be run. That's why every rule change requires 23 votes to get passed. See the lottery vote that didn't get passed a few years back: https://www.nba.com/2014/news/10/22/lottery-reform-vote.ap/


Central to the NBA's core principle is the fact that all 30 teams has the chance to compete for the title regardless of the market size. Adam Silver had said this numerous times. Also the fact that revenue is distributed evenly amongst the team supports this. So if 23 teams feel like they don't have a good enough chance to be competitive under the current system, and that a change is needed (i.e., putting in a 'hard cap'), I believe it can be achieved.
 
sepanol said:
Check the normal season standings btw.
Its like Utah being champions if fenerbahce wins
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I think the EuroLeague Regular Season standings do not show all the truth....Fenerbahce has the most complete roster, the best coach and they are playing in front of their home crowd.

I guess they were waiting this moment all the season especially after they lost the Euroleague final in Berlin last season.
 
Siro said:
Too expensive. But I think he would be a good fit with Gobert covering him. Would add a great scoring option. But, it ain't happening.
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I know, us trading with Ainge is never going to happen for DL. Both too shrewd to get screwed over.
 
The Cavs are good, but they're not all that good. Jazz wouldn't be getting embarrassed like this.

Wait til the Warriors beat the Cavs in 5. Then it'll be clear the disparity between the conferences.
 
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