Adam Silver admits the nba will never have nfl like parity

[Frump]

Adam Silver: NBA will 'never' have NFL-style parity | Fox News

Even though it's true why would you admit this as a comissioner ? Or at least try to do something about it

Stern was the same way and actually said competitive balance wasn't good for business

I understand because of its nature the nba will never have great parity but you can always at least make it easier to make trades. Even a hard cap would create more parity but instead the commissioners like

Being a fan of an nba team is the worst because if you don't have one of the top three or four players in the league you know you have zero shot to ever win a title

In the other leagues as a fan you always have hope that your team can quickly turn it around and win a title

 

[Remote]

Fine.
Then get rid of the teams that won't ever do shyt and give the public in those cities the arenas the teams play in since they're funding all that shyt for greedy billionaires.

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

It's a superstar league. If you have one you're competitive, if not then you're assed out.

 

[SchoolboyC]

I mean it's not like he's lying.

One player has a much bigger impact in basketball than in any other sport. You can get a hard cap & non-guaranteed contracts and the result will be the same. The teams with the LeBrons, Currys and Durants of the world will be at the top. Nature of the game.

There's a reason why there's only one team in the last 25 years who won a title that didn't have a current, former or future MVP in their starting lineup

 

[HiphopRelated]

NFL parity is based around irregular schedules and a knockout playoff system

An NBA team can lose game 1 and win in 5. An NFL team loses game 1 and that's it

 

[resurrection]

The NFL has 53 man rosters and football is the ultimate team game
The NBA has 12 man rosters and basketball is the ultimate superstar game

Do we really expect similar levels of parity? There's not a lot the leagues can do when the nature of the actual sports themselves are so different

 

[Frump]

NFL parity is based around irregular schedules and a knockout playoff system

An NBA team can lose game 1 and win in 5. An NFL team loses game 1 and that's it

The nhl and mlb have much greater parity then the nba and they aren't a knockout playoff system.

 

[Big Boss]

The NFL has 53 man rosters and football is the ultimate team game
The NBA has 12 man rosters and basketball is the ultimate superstar game

Do we really expect similar levels of parity? There's not a lot the leagues can do when the nature of the actual sports themselves are so different

Also in the playoffs one sport had a series and the other one plays one game

 

[HHR]

That's the nature of basketball. It's not complicated.

 

[FaTaL]

isnt it ironic, the max contract was suppose to promote parity, instead it was become the feeding ground for superstar teams,

Parity was never going to work in a league where one player can make you into a contender

 

[SoulController]

thats just the nature of having 53 man roster/22 starters and 15/5

there will always be haves and have nots in the NBA, just the way it is

 

[duckbutta]

Silly comparison...a larger part of parity than people think is number of games played and 1 game elimination playoff...

Also the NBA is the only league where you get "superstar calls"

The only league where the best players get to play by a different set of rules...

Lebron James has pretty much spent his entire career running over and pushing defenders out the way...

If fukking Nick Batum played like that he would foul it in 6 minutes...

 

[gho3st]

It's a superstar league. If you have one you're competitive, if not then you're assed out.

true but superstars aren't as abundant as the NBA and TV network would like you to believe. Not only that, The NBA can easily make the league more competitive if they reworked the draft process. The owners will never agree to that tho

 

[MikelArteta]

5 players on the court instead of 12 on a field..

7 round draft instead of two.

Best of 7 playoffs instead a one game playoff

16 game schedule compared to 82

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

Silver's Warriors.That's his baby.