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TymeLessKnicks
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12/24/2010  3:39 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/news/story?id=5952952


is he right? has the league spread too thin?

i think this is such an obvious (and punk) thing for him to say...

sorry LeBron, i dont want a league of super friends.

Had enough Melo?
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12/24/2010  3:45 PM    LAST EDITED: 12/24/2010  3:46 PM
Absolutely it's too thin. You know what else is too thin? His IQ. Play sports for a living and leave the commentary for the people qualified to drop it.
WE AIN'T NOWHERE WITH THIS BUM CHOKER IN CARMELO. GIVE ME STARKS'S 2-21 ANY DAY OVER THIS LACKLUSTER CLUSTEREFF.
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12/24/2010  6:21 PM
no lebron just wants more money on the table (for him.) more teams mean more players employed, less big contracts. europe has lots of pro teams and a much better minor league system. if anything one day i would like to see a world basketball league.. that connects fiba and nba.
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12/24/2010  6:41 PM
David Stern mentioned this also and I totally agree. The league is way too watered down because the talent is spread way to thin. Consider that 16 of the 30 teams are currently under .500. The Hornets are already under the control of the NBA so it wouldn't take much to liquidate them, and add 3 more teams and get this down to 26 at least. Create an additional roster spot or two on each team as a way to prevent any of the bench players on the contracted teams from losing jobs.
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12/24/2010  6:45 PM    LAST EDITED: 12/24/2010  6:46 PM
TymeLessKnicks wrote:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/news/story?id=5952952


is he right? has the league spread too thin?

i think this is such an obvious (and punk) thing for him to say...

sorry LeBron, i dont want a league of super friends.

Superfriends? You mean like Bird, McHale and Parrish? 3 hall of famers on one team. Or how about Magic, Kareem, and Worthy? 3 more hall of famers on one team. How about Dr. J, Moses, and Barkley on one team? Cant deny how much fun those teams were fun to watch. The league was much better in the 80's before expansion got out of control.

The Milwaukee Bucks of the mid 80's, a team that couldnt get out of the 2nd round then, would be a championship contender today, no question.
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12/24/2010  6:53 PM
Uptown wrote:David Stern mentioned this also and I totally agree. The league is way too watered down because the talent is spread way to thin. Consider that 16 of the 30 teams are currently under .500. The Hornets are already under the control of the NBA so it wouldn't take much to liquidate them, and add 3 more teams and get this down to 26 at least. Create an additional roster spot or two on each team as a way to prevent any of the bench players on the contracted teams from losing jobs.

david stern should do the nba a favor and go away. i long since wanted larry bird as nba commish.
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12/24/2010  6:55 PM
Uptown wrote:
TymeLessKnicks wrote:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/news/story?id=5952952


is he right? has the league spread too thin?

i think this is such an obvious (and punk) thing for him to say...

sorry LeBron, i dont want a league of super friends.

Superfriends? You mean like Bird, McHale and Parrish? 3 hall of famers on one team. Or how about Magic, Kareem, and Worthy? 3 more hall of famers on one team. How about Dr. J, Moses, and Barkley on one team? Cant deny how much fun those teams were fun to watch. The league was much better in the 80's before expansion got out of control.

The Milwaukee Bucks of the mid 80's, a team that couldnt get out of the 2nd round then, would be a championship contender today, no question.

there is a ton of talent outside the nba to be had. its not a watered down nba that does not let them in. it is a collective bargain agreement that doesnt work to keep the nba edge sharp with fresh new talent.. nba's cba needs to resemble the nfl's cba.
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12/24/2010  9:22 PM
Michael and Kobe laughed at this.
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12/24/2010  9:27 PM
As much as I don't like him, but he right.

In the old days, there were several teams with at least 3 really good players.

Now, if you get one true leading player you are lucky. You get 2, you are a championship contender right away.

There is not reason for the Clippers to exist for example. Why have a 2nd team in LA? It just does not make sense. And there are plenty more examples.

The NHL is even worse with this, that is a league even more over extended than the NBA.

A glimmer of hope maybe?!?
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12/24/2010  9:31 PM
He's trying to do nothing but justify his testicles losing decision to be 2nd fiddle.
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12/24/2010  9:36 PM
loweyecue says:

STFU Lebron

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12/26/2010  3:57 PM
cheers wrote:
Uptown wrote:there is a ton of talent outside the nba to be had. its not a watered down nba that does not let them in. it is a collective bargain agreement that doesnt work to keep the nba edge sharp with fresh new talent.. nba's cba needs to resemble the nfl's cba.

Cheers can u elaborate on this?
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12/27/2010  2:35 AM
He probably is refering to the guaruanteed contracts that a lot of players have taking up cap and roster space that otherwise would get cut and replaced.

There would be alot more player turn over at the end of the bench, more players brought in from other countries and the D-league etc. This would result in more competition and a higher overall quality of the talent base.

Along the same lines teams could take more risks with bringing in players from outside of the NBA as they can just cut them easily. Again more players would get a shot at the NBA. Not everybody is willin to cross the atlantic for a 10 day contract. But a non-guaranteed 1 year deal is a lot more atractive.

A glimmer of hope maybe?!?
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12/27/2010  8:11 AM
orangeblobman wrote:Absolutely it's too thin. You know what else is too thin? His IQ. Play sports for a living and leave the commentary for the people qualified to drop it.

Like us?

You know I gonna spin wit it
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12/27/2010  8:52 AM
Uptown wrote:David Stern mentioned this also and I totally agree. The league is way too watered down because the talent is spread way to thin. Consider that 16 of the 30 teams are currently under .500. The Hornets are already under the control of the NBA so it wouldn't take much to liquidate them, and add 3 more teams and get this down to 26 at least. Create an additional roster spot or two on each team as a way to prevent any of the bench players on the contracted teams from losing jobs.

You know that for every game, one team loses and one wins. You're always going to have about half the teams above and half below .500.
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12/27/2010  10:35 AM
simrud wrote:He probably is refering to the guaruanteed contracts that a lot of players have taking up cap and roster space that otherwise would get cut and replaced.

There would be alot more player turn over at the end of the bench, more players brought in from other countries and the D-league etc. This would result in more competition and a higher overall quality of the talent base.

Along the same lines teams could take more risks with bringing in players from outside of the NBA as they can just cut them easily. Again more players would get a shot at the NBA. Not everybody is willin to cross the atlantic for a 10 day contract. But a non-guaranteed 1 year deal is a lot more atractive.

got you. it would be great for fans and the league, but the players union will never go for it and if I were them I wouldn't either. But I get the idea and it would be great to have morecompetition and a greater threat that you could lose your job to a hungrier younger player from anywhere in the world.
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12/27/2010  11:24 AM
Lebron says this because he knows it wont happen. The League wants to reduce salaries not contract teams which would likely mean less games, less merch, less sales and therefore less money overall.

Lebron James doesnt just say whatever comes to his mind like Charles Barkley.

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12/27/2010  11:31 AM
AnubisADL wrote:Lebron says this because he knows it wont happen. The League wants to reduce salaries not contract teams which would likely mean less games, less merch, less sales and therefore less money overall.

Lebron James doesnt just say whatever comes to his mind like Charles Barkley.

I vaguely remember David Stern has gone on record and said contraction wont happen and he wont even consider it.

My personal believe is we need to RAISE the age limit because there are so many talented prospects like Randolph sitting at the ends of benches, yet they don't know how to play. I wouldn't be devastated if they changed the age limit to 3 years. Yeah, some of these guys have mothers and fathers and even kids to support, but so does everybody else that has to work hard in school and fight for a REAL job. Yet like people who have to pay their dues for a real job, meaning go through college, the NBA should expect the same, b/c when they don't, their product quality becomes real low. It's getting a little better now, but it can be much better.

The NBA shouldn't need contraction.

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12/27/2010  12:34 PM
Maybe if the league stop looking at style as oppose to substance, teams wouldn't be so bad..maybe if more then half the Pgs in the league were not scoring pg's as oppose to floor genrals, teams would be better.

Maybe the league can some how get more skill full centers, instead of the the siffs we currently have..
maybe the league should stop high lighting young players like blake and put more focus on young players like fields, and neal(san an rookie).

I'm not a big stern fan, but he has some solid points reguarding these over paid players..

Imagine if LBJ would have been on the knicks with Amare, thats entertainment

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12/27/2010  12:51 PM
Why the Fukc is Lebron posts being aloud on a Knicks Forum?

Fukc HIM already!!

KNICKS on the way UP!!!
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