Nba don't want the Jazz to win the title.

[Handlogten's Heros]

Also crazy that the league stepped in and decided to basically run the sixers because they were tanking but OKC decides to shut down Al Horford for the year and we have heard nothing. It must be kind of embarrassing to be the Kings, Pelicans, Bulls, Wizards to see OKC openly trying to lose but still winning as much as they are.

 

[Max Porter]

LMA takes the ball out of the hands of two of the best scorers in NBA history at their peak.

They would have been much better off adding role players (snipers, wing defenders, ball movers) than adding redundant and lower efficiency scorers.

Nets were better before LMA.

I disagree because they don’t have to give him the ball unless they really want to expose someone in the post. Bojan on the Jazz got smoked like 4 times in a row from the sixers using that strategy. The more ways a team CAN beat you not HAVE to, the better the team is. He’s also a veteran that will never demand the ball. If I were the Jazz I’d take him.

 

[Max Porter]

Boston and LA created the super-team mentality back in the 70s and 80s. The 90's and early 00s were more about selfish basketball and the "star", then it got back to (non-drafted) super teams with the Gasol trade and the KG/Allen trades. Lebron just made it OK for players to be the drivers of the super-team, not general managers.

So because the league is already lopsided with super teams created by GM’s, you’re ok with making it more lopsided by the best players in the leagues also creating super teams? That’s like saying your food is already a little spicy, you might as well add a ghost pepper. If it’s already lopsided then balance it out or at least try to. Without at least the attempt for fairness you end up more like the WWF where it’s not actually real, it’s preordained.

You should never have a league where it’s almost impossible for 90% of the teams to ever win a championship no matter what they do because then those teams become totally obsolete.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

So because the league is already lopsided with super teams created by GM’s, you’re ok with making it more lopsided by the best players in the leagues also creating super teams? That’s like saying your food is already a little spicy, you might as well add a ghost pepper. If it’s already lopsided then balance it out or at least try to. Without at least the attempt for fairness you end up more like the WWF where it’s not actually real, it’s preordained.

You should never have a league where it’s almost impossible for 90% of the teams to ever win a championship no matter what they do because then those teams become totally obsolete.

I just dont get why you bitch about one so much compared to the other.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Also crazy that the league stepped in and decided to basically run the sixers because they were tanking but OKC decides to shut down Al Horford for the year and we have heard nothing. It must be kind of embarrassing to be the Kings, Pelicans, Bulls, Wizards to see OKC openly trying to lose but still winning as much as they are.

The Thunder are going to be so ****ing good 4 years from now.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Its kinda wild that Memphis bough out Dieng considering he signed with the Spurs... they kinda had to know that might happen since these things don't necessarily come out of nowhere and many times are understood before a guy becomes available.

Memphis is a game back of the Spurs for the 8th seed. Wonder if they are doing a stealth tank. Would think GS catches them is Steph stays healthy... Kings are still fighting for the 10th seed. Just kinda interesting.

The Kings are on fire. They fighting for that 8th seed. Also remember play in games now exist, so less teams will tank.

 

[NUMBERICA]

It’s easy to say when you’re a fan of the big market teams. Without parity though it’s 3 or 4 teams competing for a championship per year at most, some years even less. How about we just have only the lakers and Brooklyn in the league the next two years? What’s the point of a regular season? 95% of the time there are no surprises in the league of who’s going to the finals. BORING. I want a dogfight. I want to see competition.

Without parity it’s cheap because then you have teams who trust the process and spend years of hard work and draft building to get towards the very top, then with one fell swoop you have the two biggest market teams casually pick up the best buyout players out there for nothing.

Gone are the days of the San Antonio Spurs - if you’re a small market team, even if you do everything right, you have almost no chance of winning a chip.

You can’t control the best players going to the larger markets. That’s fine. So at the very least they can change the rules on the buyout. If you get bought out you can’t play until next year. I think that’s fair.

Anyone saying San Antonio is a “small market” has likely never been to the region (which includes Austin, which would make it the biggest in Texas).

Also, Texas is warm.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Anyone saying San Antonio is a “small market” has likely never been to the region (which includes Austin, which would make it the biggest in Texas).

Also, Texas is warm.

It's definitely a small market. Both Dallas (DFW) and Houston (****ing huge) are much bigger markets than Austin/San Antonio. And people in Austin arent Spurs fans, by and large.

 

[infection]

It's definitely a small market. Both Dallas (DFW) and Houston (****ing huge) are much bigger markets than Austin/San Antonio. And people in Austin arent Spurs fans, by and large.

I lived pretty much equidistant from Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio for 4 years and was surprised in never really seeing anyone wearing any gear of any of these teams.

 

[Elizah Huge]

This entire thread is a joke and disappointment. You guys sound like a bunch of whiny ****s. We have the best team and record in the league and a legitimate MVP candidate and this is what you waste your time on.

 

[LogGrad98]

Anyone saying San Antonio is a “small market” has likely never been to the region (which includes Austin, which would make it the biggest in Texas).

Also, Texas is warm

This.

The size of the market is not like border wall around any given city. It is also the surrounding area, and largely the state and general region. You better believe in Texas alone there are far more Spurs fans than there are Jazz fans in all of Utah/Wyoming/Idaho/Montana combined. Not to mention surrounding states and just the general popularity of the franchise around the country. The Spurs are undoubtedly more popular in general, thereby entertaining a much larger fan-base, than the Jazz, and therefore, worth more to the NBA in general.

This highly highly scientific study bears this out:

Top 25 NBA teams with the biggest fanbases on social media: Which franchise is the most popular?

A revealing look at the 25 NBA teams with the largest social media fan bases on Facebook, capturing the pulse of basketball's most loyal and connected followings. These franchises dominate the digital game.

bolavip.com

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

The Thunder are going to be so ****ing good 4 years from now.

May not have to wait that long if they keep finding guys like Dort and Brown in addition to the 428 draft picks they have over the next couple years.