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Interesting concept. I think one of the teams that should be axed is the Cleveland Cavs. After all you suggested it, so you should your team.
The problem is, no matter what numbers you look at, the bottom feeders always include a large market team, I don't think anyone looking for contraction would suggest the Nets, Magic or Bucks as candidates.
Besides, would dropping 2/30 teams, less than 10%, impact the game that much? We'd probably have to see a 30-40% decrease in players to see a real concentration of talent, and that would mean dropping 9-12 teams. Aint gonna happen.
If you want to see better play, have the referees call every foul, travel, charge, block, pick and dribble violation, no matter how much the player earns in salary and endorsements, no matter if the game is on the home court or away. Most of the stars would foul out by the end of each game, but we'd see a huge change in the type of players teams would draft with few players coming out of college early that couldn't play fundemental basketball. Though the level of play would ultimately improve, the watchability factor would decrease and fan base would erode in the short term. Aint gonna happen.
The NBA is like the publicly traded corporate world, investors/owners want more profit, and if quality is sacrificed in the process, nobody cares as long as there's a financial payoff in the end. The only thing Stern worries about is decreasing revenues. With overall league revenues up 27.9% & 5.3% over the past 10 and 5 years respectively, the leagues perspective is if it aint broke, don't fix it.
Besides, would dropping 2/30 teams, less than 10%, impact the game that much? We'd probably have to see a 30-40% decrease in players to see a real concentration of talent, and that would mean dropping 9-12 teams. Aint gonna happen.Perfect point that's too smart for anyone else to recognize. The league's already developed an identity as well that won't be changed by contraction. Contracting all these "sorry" franchises isn't going to do anything but make the rich richer. Do you think by contracting Charlotte, New Orleans and Toronto that these guys will suddenly want to go play for Oklahoma City or for Milwaukee? I doubt it. After all, it'll make the rush to Los Angeles and New York even more frantic. Contraction wouldn't do anything to prevent the rich from getting richer because the players have already adopted that mindset.
I KNOW THIS IS A COMPLETE PIPE DREAM! But given the way the Sonics were STOLEN from Seattle, this would be the best form of poetic justice I can think of. Clay Bennett humiliated. David Stern humiliated. The City of Seattle rewarded with a fine, lovable team that they will own and a new spiffy arena to match. That would be a great make-up present for Seattle. No, it would never happen, but a guy can dream.Yeah, by the way, that's a real classy move on the part of Seattle trying to buy the Sacramento Kings and move them up there and rename them the Supersonics. The Sonics fans should just go away. All they did was whine and moan about having their team taken away and they deserved to feel upset. The city of Seattle was screwed right from the start. Honestly, a part of me wishes that were the Hornets still playing in Oklahoma City.
Yeah, by the way, that's a real classy move on the part of Seattle trying to buy the Sacramento Kingsand move them up there and rename them the Supersonics. The Sonics fans should just go away. All they did was whine and moan about having their team taken away and they deserved to feel upset. The city of Seattle was screwed right from the start. Honestly, a part of me wishes that were theHornets still playing in Oklahoma City.You are clueless. This thread's whole point will cause a lot of pain for certain cities. You can't get around it. Someone is going to have to get hurt to help someone else. It's not an ideal situation but the blame lies solely on the NBA if they choose contraction. Don't blame Seattle. Don't blame New Orleans.
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Given that you as a community know how it feels to have your team taken away from you, why in the hell are you trying to do the exact same thing to another city?! If you care so much about having your team ripped from you then why are you going to do it to Sacramento? Just doesn't make any sense to em.
You are clueless. This thread's whole point will cause a lot of pain for certain cities. You can't get around it. Someone is going to have to get hurt to help someone else. It's not an ideal situation but the blame lies solely on the NBA if they choose contraction. Don't blame Seattle. Don't blame New Orleans.Who's clueless, homeboy? You're not helping anybody by eliminating these teams. These guys still want to go to the bigger markets. You can keep the Milwaukee's and Minnesota's and Atlanta's and cut the "bottom feeders" (which is funny, since their inception into the NBA, the Hornets have regularly been a playoff team or close to it; yet are lumped in with the bottom feeders) but these guys still want to go to Los Angeles and New York. Hell, Brandon Jennings came out today and said when his contract goes up he's going to look at bigger markets.
Who's clueless, homeboy? You're not helping anybody by eliminating these teams. These guys still want to go to the bigger markets. You can keep the Milwaukee's and Minnesota's and Atlanta's and cut the "bottom feeders" (which is funny, since their inception into the NBA, the Hornets have regularly been a playoff team or close to it; yet are lumped in with the bottom feeders) but these guys still want to go to Los Angeles and New York. Hell, Brandon Jennings came out today and said when his contract goes up he's going to look at bigger markets.Did you read my post or just jump when I called you out? This is contraction. Not everyone will get helped. Someone is getting hurt here. It's unavoidable. Sorry, but that's just how it's going to work.
So who are you helping? Those teams that are benefitting now will benefit later. They don't need any help.Contraction's goal is not competitive balance, its goal is to protect its economic profits.
Contraction's goal is not competitive balance, its goal is to protect its economic profits.What does cutting jobs across the board do for the economy? So the owners don't have to pay for much, therefore they save more money? League mandated competitive balance (salary caps, revenue sharing, etc.) is a way to protect economic profits and those were options the league could have taken this offseason. Contractions doesn't guarantee a protection of economic profits.
Alright i normally stay away from the volatile but i have to say this.
Obviously GOHORNETS is pretty pissed off at the idea of doing right by the Sonics and screwing over a city and team he loves from NO. I guess we already want to take away a team from a city that has more publicly then any other city struggled to support it's team in the wake of a horrible disaster. And New Orleans has gone out and tried its best to keep its team scratching and clawing the whole way through. Its admirable. There is some emotion involved and i wouldn't expect any less after what the city has gone through. I think if that happened in LA and someone wanted to take away my Lakers it wouldn't go down the same way at all. Apples and Oranges and its not right. All in all NO does deserve a team, they have banned together and pulled it out of their asses to keep them. And would most certainty not be struggling as much, and so publicly if at all if not for the Hurricane.
Also the OP never stated why the league would contract so it was left up to interpretation....to each their own.
I think the goal of contraction would be both. Economic balance and competitive balance. The recent CBA squabble over money and competitive balance was very apparent and of the top issues. So contraction must be considered, and alas there was a point made, someones feelings will get hurt, and thats just how it is if so. Meanwhile the league has been quoted as saying it would like to expand in the future. Wtf****? Thats why i propose merging teams instead of completely eliminating them, and add to that splitting home games in cities lol. Sort of serious. If contraction does occur, but i suspect it wont because i see the economy improving over the next 10 years, somebody will be pissed.
