NBA General Discussion - Page 41

On August 27 2020 06:57 cLutZ wrote:
The 2023 CBA is going to be a bloodbath.

On August 28 2020 03:21 Sermokala wrote:

NBA has shown an ability to be surprisingly on the ball for everything that has come up so far. Adam silver has managed to thread the needle between player empowerment and a focus on the bottom line in a way that embarrasses the other leagues. They were sending memo's about the virus back in January and the owners have been fully supportive while the players have been and will probably continue to be supported in a way that the other leagues don't come close to. They have tons of currency on both sides of the CBA that I can't imagine will be anywhere near a problem that MLB will be facing or MLS when they finally get those national TV deals that are coming to them.

I think Lebron has suddenly realized that he grew up in and played for a team in ohio and that Giannis plays for a team in Wisconsin. Players shouldn't shut up and play but they should also shouldn't just shut up and not play. They have real power in America that black athletes, in particular, have been told to not use even by their fellow black athletes. Tom Brady would win any seat in the northwest that he wanted in November. Arnold Schwarzenegger won the governor race in California.

On August 28 2020 03:38 cLutZ wrote:


I almost 100% disagree with your first paragraph. The Silver NBA has had lots of problems. Cap smoothing was an easy situation that they boggled. They were slower at bubbling than MLS even though they have dozens of times more resources (competent leadership would have been able to start in May, excellent leadership May 1st). Player empowerment still hasn't resolved itself in a positive direction, they haven't monetized social media attention successfully, etc.

When it comes to the race relations stuff, they've mostly had layups like Sterling, and these new controversies it seems they just gave the players almost 100% of what they wanted, not really to great effect. The slogan-names are distracting and add little, for example. And in spite of all this, and appearing to be a very player-friendly commissioner from the outside, its quite clear that the players and the union don't trust him/have faith in him at all.

On August 28 2020 03:57 zev318 wrote:


and did you see how MLS's bubble started? i dont think the players have any beef about the NBA taking their time to make sure the bubble is actually safe for everyone and so far its working well.

im not a very big social media guy, so can you give me an example of someone "monetizing social media successfully"?

I'm just over the media aspect of it. It's sensationalized. We talk about it everyday. That's all we see, but it just feels like a big pacifier to me."

On August 30 2020 11:40 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
huh? i'll just take 1 year. 2017.

the 1st seeded Celtics are in a fight for their lives against the Bulls and the series turns when Rondo gets hurt. Otherwise, 1st seeded Boston gets eliminated. 3rd seeded Toronto ends up in a steel cage texas death match with the Bucks. The series turns when Norman Powell, a raw part time bench player at the time, gets put into a full time starter role by Casey. Powell at small forward goes a perfect 9 for 9 from 3. If Powell doesn't play absolutely out of his mind the Bucks probably win that series. 3 of Toronto's 4 wins are brutal slug fests.

you're over generalizing.