NBA is getting like the old NFL

[juck]

A few great superteams. Nets,Miami,OKC,Knicks, Lakers. Thats a wrap basically. Superteam or bust. I mean the Nets are gonna get D12 too. How is that fair for the rest of the NBA?

 

[Romo2Bryant4Six]

It started with LEbron, Bosh, And Wade....it will be a continuing trend. It's not
Fair to the NBA, but that's how it's gonna be.

I guess you could say it started with the Celtics, but those guys werent exactly
In their primes.

 

[MC KAos]

A few great superteams. Nets,Miami,OKC,Knicks, Lakers, SPURS. Thats a wrap basically. Superteam or bust. I mean the Nets are gonna get D12 too. How is that fair for the rest of the NBA?

fixed it for ya

 

[MC KAos]

A few great superteams. Nets,Miami,OKC, SPURS, Lakers. Thats a wrap basically. Superteam or bust. I mean the Nets are gonna get D12 too. How is that fair for the rest of the NBA?

actually, now its fixed

 

[MC KAos]

It started with LEbron, Bosh, And Wade....it will be a continuing trend. It's not
Fair to the NBA, but that's how it's gonna be.

I guess you could say it started with the Celtics, but those guys werent exactly
In their primes.

according to lebron, the seed was planted with the celtics getting together and winning the title. its a pretty rampant (and i believe true) rumor that wade lebron and bosh decided to get together back in 08 during the olympics, which is in line with the aftermath of the finals that saw boston win it all after they got together. i remember those three guys criticized melo for not signing the same extension those three (and some others) did to become free agents in 10

 

[juck]

Actually I think OKC and Spurs arent a superteam. As I think about it they did this thru never landing big fishes. Dallas in 2011 really only had one superstar. people forget Chandler was a castoff until Cuban gave him a shot. Im talking about these teams that just gather superstars and ring chase. I guess yea the celtics did it. However they kinda lucked out thru trades etc... Miami did this intentionally. Now the Nets, Knicks, Lakers(always been this way).

 

[juck]

These players want the glitz now.

 

[juck]

Im 39 and my generation and older always seemed to have a lot of Cowboy haters for this exact reason. They always would say "they buy rings". I disagree because I know the majority of our 90s teams werent drafted or not superstars until they played for us.

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

A Dwight Howard trade isn't close to getting done. I wish it was, but no deal is imminent.

 

[RastaRocket]

The NBA is always top heavy. The Knicks however, suck. They do not belong in that conversation.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Between what the players are doing and what the league has been doing for years. They are going to kill the league....good riddance.

 

[SkinsandTerps]

Do you need a tissue ?

 

[CATCH17]

A few great superteams. Nets,Miami,OKC,Knicks, Lakers. Thats a wrap basically. Superteam or bust. I mean the Nets are gonna get D12 too. How is that fair for the rest of the NBA?

At least in the NFL format you can eliminate a team from the playoffs in 1 game.

In a 7 game series it's almost impossible to pull off an upset.

 

[StylisticS]

OKC isn't a superteam. They built organically through the draft. Miami and NJ if they get Howard? Different story.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I don't know that I agree on the superteam concept. I mean, yeah, Miami and Boston have done this in the very recent past, but with the Luxury Tax and what the NBA has recently done to the Lakers in blocking a trade for CP3, I think that's something the NBA is wanting to change.

The problem for the NBA is that you it really need marquee teams because the brand won't sell without them. People say that the NBA season is so long, and it is but really, it's not. The NBA season is really only as long as the playoffs in all honesty. The NBA is not like Baseball. People don't really start paying close attention to it until the playoffs start to role around. At that point, you need marquee teams in the playoffs to get viewers. It's a double edged blade in many ways.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

A few great superteams. Nets,Miami,OKC,Knicks, Lakers. Thats a wrap basically. Superteam or bust. I mean the Nets are gonna get D12 too. How is that fair for the rest of the NBA?

How you can think of the term "superteam" and list the Nets as the first team in that conversation is beyond me.

When's the last time they made the playoffs? And the Knicks? Really?

 

[joseephuss]

The NBA is always top heavy. The Knicks however, suck. They do not belong in that conversation.

This is very true. There have only been 10 different franchises win the title since 1980. During that same time there have been 15 different franchises win a championship in the NFL.

I agree about the Knicks. Playing in New York has really distorted the historical perception of that franchise.

 

[SkinsandTerps]

At least in the NFL format you can eliminate a team from the playoffs in 1 game.

In a 7 game series it's almost impossible to pull off an upset.

But then you would could possibly have the best two teams watching the playoffs. That is why all of the other sports have playoff series as a format and the safety aspect.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/sto...th-team-possibly-complete-dwight-howard-trade


I read the following contained in this piece from ESPN (see link above).

"You can talk about the new (luxury) tax all you want, but if the Lakers get Nash and the Nets get Howard, then what did the new CBA accomplish?" one GM said. "You have to realize part of long-term planning is making sure you don't help create teams you can't beat."

This kind of sounds like collusion. How can you limit the moves a team makes in an attempt to get better? Isn't that how you are supposed to do it?

 

[StevenOtero]

Between what the players are doing and what the league has been doing for years. They are going to kill the league....good riddance.