Posted by tkf:
Posted by TrueBlue:
Posted by tkf:
Posted by TrueBlue:
Posted by playa2:
If every owner wanted to put winning championships and money profits #,1+2 on their list you wouldn't have players dogging it or demanding trades.
Owners and agents have ruined sports , notn just the players !
I don't care what vantage point this is looked upon, it's all a result of Stern's inept to run a league with integrity and that keeps fans first.
[Edited by - TrueBlue on 06-06-2007 1:46 PM]
The NBA made a huge mistake by marketing players first and Teams second. Next the league should have never caved into giving these long guaranteed deals with such a tight cap. The league has to get down to 3 year guaranteed deals and that is it, you will find a league with better teams, more competitive, and players who will actually have to compete for a roster spot or end up out of the league in a few years... these long term deals are going to kill the NBA....
You have to chuckle a little, 2yrs ago Stern scaled back those long term deals/contracts a yr. He has such a hard on for his idiotic vision. He wants stars to stay on 1 team, yet doesn't want those stars to have any long term financial stability because in all honesty he probably wants them on shorter term/non guaranteed deals himself, yet creates this cesspool with the owners...... an f'd up cap & lottery platform that allows owners a total out to..... just make money, shiit on winning, and with every mulligan hope they find that diamond in the rough player every 5-7yrs or so. This league is as close to a video game as it gets, if things aren't going well just hit the reset button.
[Edited by - TrueBlue on 06-07-2007 10:19 AM]
well the NBA did a good thing by allowing the team to sign their own players to the most money and even if they are over the cap they could sign and keep their own FA's. that is fine, but the 7 year guaranteed deal is a killer, it kills teams, I mean that is like the "silver surfer" of the NBA instead of wiping out planets, those contracts are going to wipe out the league. I don't see any upside to these types of deals, I mean what was stern vision in this?
I'm not sure what you guys are talking about. The owners want the long deals to lock in stars. Notice when Wade, Bron, Melo, etc, signed their post-rookie extensions they chose short 4 year deals because
they didn't want to be locked in. Surely the owners would prefer to keep them forever. It takes a bit of personal savvy and responsibility on the part of the players and GMs. Players have to be willing to sign short deals if they want flexibility, and owners have to spend responsibly. The teams who survive are the ones with good management who players want to play for.
The player's union is very strong and every time the CBA is up for renewal the players threaten a lock-out, which really hurts the league. Both sides need to be placated, and thus, most situations are less than perfect compromise solutions.
As for marketing, you almost have to market stars over teams because the league is so diluted now it's a rare team that has more than one star on the roster, and thus there are few dynasties and rivalries worth noting. I don't really see a cure for the dilution problem other than things like age limits, which in theory could bring in more NBA ready players, but even such rules as imposing a rule like a 19 year age limit is met with accusations of racism.
What Stern wants more than anything else is a strong, profitable league with parity of talent, but try to find unanimity on how to get there.