Posted by misterearl:
what e said
Because of guaranteed contracts and the salary cap, this is the hardest pro league to turn around a franchise.
It is not as easy as you think.
When was the last time Boston was in a division final? Washington? Seattle?
You have watched the windows of opportunity for the NETS, SIXERS, KINGS, JAZZ and PACERS slowly open and shut over the past ten years now haven't you?
Many of these teams had no salary cap space issues to contend with and good veteran front office personnel in place and still just making the division finals has been elusive.
Get rid of guaranteed contracts and the JEROME JAMES of the NBA world would disappear and building a winner could be done in two seasons just like in the NFL and not take more than a decade to rebound from two or three bad contract signings.
Every sport must endure the inevitable bad signings. But baseball has no cap and the NFL does not guarantee anyone's contract. So you suck ...You're fired!
Not the case in the NBA.
We are still paying JYD's and AH's contracts to date. That's freakin' ridiculous, but it is a fact.
what I say
The Knicks will be respectably better in the win column and play inspired basketball in 07
Excellent post. I do agree about the stupidity of guaranted contracts, since it leads a lot of players to stop working hard and improve. They don't deserver their salary, they shouldn't get it. One thing though is that you mentionned AH in your post, and though I was more of a spree or starks kind of guy, I'd like to add a small nuance on that amtter since, Houston worked hard, but got hurt. Did he deserve the BIG contract ? hell no, but he was given it, so fault is from management of these days. but once he's hurt while working, I'd understand that a player would be protected and not loose everything cause he jumped into the stands to get a loosbe ball to win a game.
what do you think ?
