Does the NBA have enough talent for 30 teams in this climate?

[El Bombi]

Yes, there are too many teams.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Theres more than enough talent,its not the NBA league offices job to make sure its dispersed evenly,they cant help that half the teams are runned by incompetent GMs and front offices....

Usually half the league will look like they're being run by idiots in any league.

 

[Take_Note]

My Jazz are goin to the WCF this year without any all-stars.

 

[Miggs]

Usually half the league will look like they're being run by idiots in any league.

Exactly so i dont know this argument about not enough talent in the NBA keeps popping up every month,its not the amount of talent in the league.

Theres more than enough talent in the league to support 30 teams,you cant do anything to legislate players willing to take less to win rings...

Golden State is an anamoly that you probbaly wont see ever again,once its over youll see talent spread out...Its only temporary that 5-6 can support 90% of the stars in the league,thats only sufficient over a short period...

 

[Stepback]

There's way more than enough talent for 30 teams, look at all the talented players who can't even get onto a roster. It would be idiocy to rip away the chance for someone to play professional ball when they're that good.

The only thing weird about the league is that the Warriors stacked so many stars onto one team, so there's a lot more teams that know they're nowhere near a title. If the Warriors didn't exist then a lot more teams would be exited about how much talent they have.

Look at Portland - you could argue that the big 3 for Portland is their most talented ever. If this was 1986 or 1998 or 2010 they'd be a real problem. Yet they're talking about blowing it up because they know it's still miles away from competing against the Warriors.

Portland got swept by a Pelicans team with no wings and no Boogie. They arent a “real problem” period

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Portland got swept by a Pelicans team with no wings and no Boogie.

You realize you're making my point, right?

Dame is easily the greatest point guard in Blazer history.
As a pure scorer McCollum is up there among the best shooting guards in Blazer history (though not as an all-around player)
Nurkic is, what, the 2nd or 3rd best center in Blazer history?

And it's not like they're just three guys either. Aminu is a solid 3-and-D, Evan Turner is an all-around player, and Portland has legit players on the bench.

Portland's five starters killed it in Game 4 against New Orleans....and still got beat, because AD and Jrue are that good and Mirotic/Rondo rounded them out.

When you can have first-round matchups as deep as Portland vs. New Orleans, with neither team being CLOSE to making the WCF and still being loaded with good players, how can you say too many teams make the playoffs?

Wasn't the Giannis-Middleton-Bledsoe Bucks a #8 seed in the weak East?

Timberwolves and OKC had Westbrook, PG13, Carmelo, Adams, Jimmy Butler, KAT, Wiggins, and Teague and could only win 4 first-round games combined.

How can people say there are too many teams in the playoffs when so many loaded teams can't make it past the first round?



Can you imagine putting this Portland team against any past Portland team, and saying, "Dame is running the point and taking the defensive attention, McCollum is going to pour in 38 points on 22 shots, Aminu will add 27 with 5 threes, Nurkic will put in 18 and 11 with 2 blocks and Turner will get 15 and 5....can you beat that team?"

Put them in 1998-2000, and they're a real problem. The freaking KNICKS started Ward-Houston-Sprewell-Johnson-Dudley in Finals Game 1. Those five only scored 52 points combined in that game.

A Portland team that could have played with anyone in the 1990s can't even win a single playoff game in the 2000s. That's how deep the talent is now.

 

[Hammer]

of course they do u dumbass but there all on the same 5 teams