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parkufarku
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I know it sounds crazy but think about it, they lost Barnes and their bench. With Durant, sure they added more firepower to their offense but they were already a great shooting, great passing, great scoring team. The loss of a defensive anchor hurts them more imo, and their role players. Don't get me wrong GSW is still great as ever. | ||
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JimmiC
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cLutZ
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andrewlt
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JimmyJRaynor
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On December 16 2016 11:17 cLutZ wrote: New CBA fixes nothing for the fans, the extra week won't stop resting, only all the major media people massively shifting their mentality will (herp derp Warriors with 30MPG max played too hard). The super max contact % of cap hasn't gone up nearly enough to actually differentiate between Lebron and CP3 vs. Melo and Conley, so player dictated super teams will continue to be in vogue. No change to the 1 year cooker time, draft unchanged, complex trade rules seem unchanged, midlevel exception appears to still exist, etc. in your view which teams have been "player dictated super teams" over the last ~7 years? the Miami "super team" won 2 titles in 4 years and 1 of them required an almost miracle level comeback in game 6. the season goes from 25 weeks to 26 weeks long. so it'll help. i recall Kobe being adamant about playing a full 36 minutes in Toronto and putting on a good show because we only got to see him once a year. Some players do have a conscious (or are supremely vain.  ) it still won't go away. there will still be resting. the NBA/NBPA did what little they could do to alleviate the problem. | ||
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andrewlt
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cLutZ
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On December 17 2016 04:10 JimmyJRaynor wrote: in your view which teams have been "player dictated super teams" over the last ~7 years? the Miami "super team" won 2 titles in 4 years and 1 of them required an almost miracle level comeback in game 6. the season goes from 25 weeks to 26 weeks long. so it'll help. i recall Kobe being adamant about playing a full 36 minutes in Toronto and putting on a good show because we only got to see him once a year. Some players do have a conscious (or are supremely vain. ) it still won't go away. there will still be resting. the NBA/NBPA did what little they could do to alleviate the problem.My point is with super teams is not that they win, its that they make the league worse. The Heat took talent that could have contributed to 3 fun teams, instead the East has had 1. West just went from 3 to 2 ( 4 to 3 if you dumbly like the Clippers). | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
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On December 04 2016 11:46 JimmyJRaynor wrote: the Raptors with a 40 point lead have the entire Mississauga team on the floor playing like its a tie game in the 7th game of the NBA final. This is what you get when you embarrass your opponent by 40 points and play as hard as Toronto did at the end of the game with a 40 point lead. Atlanta has come to Toronto to play some ball tonight. Every Hawk looks 100% locked in. Howard has been fucking awesome. On December 17 2016 10:18 cLutZ wrote: My point is with super teams is not that they win, its that they make the league worse. The Heat took talent that could have contributed to 3 fun teams, instead the East has had 1. West just went from 3 to 2 ( 4 to 3 if you dumbly like the Clippers). parity bores me. i like the balance the NBA has struck between team's rights to retain players and players having free agent rights. i'm liking the league the last 10 years. its been fun to watch. do u have a proposed rule change to stop Durant going to GSW? | ||
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JimmiC
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andrewlt
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JimmiC
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andrewlt
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The Warriors were built on the same plan as the Hawks, Jazz and maybe even the current Celtics. Build a good team using middle lottery picks and below and then hope to land a superstar. None of these teams were so terrible for so long that they were able to stock so many high draft picks. The plan was to build a perennial playoff team that is a superstar away from contention then use that to entice a superstar to join. It just so happened that the Warriors won one without said superstar free agent. The Thunder and Cavs were built on Sam Hinkie level tank jobs to get multiple high draft picks. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
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it was cool watching the zero resources Tampa Bay Rays compete against the unlimited resources NY Yankees during the Friedman era. It'd be cool to see something like that in basketball. | ||
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cLutZ
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Djagulingu
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c3rberUs
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andrewlt
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cLutZ
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On December 19 2016 02:57 andrewlt wrote: It got nixed, led by the Thunder. The Thunder has one of the worst ownership in the league. Its not even a good idea. If you do that it defeats the purpose of a draft. If you want to prevent tanking, just switch to an incoming free agent system | ||
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JimmiC
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