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re: How can the NBA create more parity among its teams?
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:39 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:39 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
Contraction
Posted on 2/19/19 at 8:55 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
1. Stop rewarding tanking.
2. Punish players for holding teams hostage (see current AD situation). You sign a contract, you play or GTFO.
2. Punish players for holding teams hostage (see current AD situation). You sign a contract, you play or GTFO.
This post was edited on 2/19/19 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 2/19/19 at 8:59 pm to CptBengal
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Watching how upset you are about what your leHero started is pathetic.
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Posted on 2/19/19 at 9:04 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Big Hairy Thought: Contract down to 24 teams.
24 may not even be enough. 18-20 seems like the right number.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 10:44 pm to TheeRealCarolina
quote:Why is that?
Shel has the first two steps right. Third step would be a huge step in the wrong direction.
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:10 am to shel311
A lot of interesting ideas, but most of them are either impossible due to the CBA, or self-defeating.
Contraction isn't going to happen. That's not even a good idea. The league has a perfectly good number of teams, and is likely to expand in the next decade or so. You aren't flushing the volume of product you put on the floor, for purposes of trying to artificially generate competitiveness.
Hard caps have been a goal for a while, but the union has shot them down consistently.
Realistically, they can do some measured things to improve resignability for players in drafted markets; they can make Bird rights/players untradeable for a number of years after signing-- you want that big resigning deal, you have to stay in town. They can pitch it to the union as security-- you sign your higher value supermax deal, and you are both tethered together-- the team has an inventive to build around you, and you get more money.
They could increase the penalty on repeat violators of the Salary Cap, for non-franchise drafted Supermax players-- say you draft 2 Supermax quality guys-- you did a good job, your franchise should be rewarded. You acquire them through FA? Pay through the nose for them in luxury tax dollars. You can't buy your way to a championship or have a sustainable model built around a Durant/LeBron fleeing to a better situation model.
Contraction isn't going to happen. That's not even a good idea. The league has a perfectly good number of teams, and is likely to expand in the next decade or so. You aren't flushing the volume of product you put on the floor, for purposes of trying to artificially generate competitiveness.
Hard caps have been a goal for a while, but the union has shot them down consistently.
Realistically, they can do some measured things to improve resignability for players in drafted markets; they can make Bird rights/players untradeable for a number of years after signing-- you want that big resigning deal, you have to stay in town. They can pitch it to the union as security-- you sign your higher value supermax deal, and you are both tethered together-- the team has an inventive to build around you, and you get more money.
They could increase the penalty on repeat violators of the Salary Cap, for non-franchise drafted Supermax players-- say you draft 2 Supermax quality guys-- you did a good job, your franchise should be rewarded. You acquire them through FA? Pay through the nose for them in luxury tax dollars. You can't buy your way to a championship or have a sustainable model built around a Durant/LeBron fleeing to a better situation model.
Posted on 2/21/19 at 1:35 am to RogerTempleton
Parity is difficult in such a superstar oriented sport.
Posted on 2/21/19 at 3:26 am to BoardReader
The hard cap would be great. One way to make this more appealing is to allow each team one exception, as in one player that doesn't count against the cap. Also, I'd love for them to cap contracts at 3 years..
Posted on 2/21/19 at 5:30 am to PureMetairie
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Simple - Contraction
Why would the NBA contract when their talent pool is growing?
Posted on 2/21/19 at 9:09 am to chalmetteowl
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5 game series in round 1 were awesome
What about the 3-game mini-series, circa early 80s?
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