Mike Francesa NBA rant- "the NBA is in crisis mode"

[Versa]

Lets see if the ratings in June indicate the NBA is in crisis mode.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

You cant get rid of conferences because of time zones,impossible to play a balanced schedule across the league.

And there's no proper way to divide 82 games between 29 teams unless he's also suggesting a 58 game season.

 

[Miggs]

People gotta realize the Warriors rise as a powerhouse is a fluke,nobody knew when they underpaid Curry he was going to become a star,nor did they know Dray was going to become a star...The fact they were able to lock in Curry well below market value before he became a star allowed them to max Durant.

In 2 years Warriors will be broken up and the West will go back to being competitive again...

 

[Suleiman Bey]

Elaborate.

If it's all cap space the worst that would happen is teams don't overspend on shyt free agents, because each year they have a chance to sign the next big thing.They not stuck with we have no picks and the we have to take whatever shyt we can get.

 

[mastermind]

You cant get rid of conferences because of time zones,impossible to play a balanced schedule across the league.

we have planes now.

The time zone thing is not a thing anymore.

Teams from opposite coasts go on coastal road trips 2-3 times a year. Play the games then.

It is not at all hard to do, especially since every NBA team has a private plane.

 

[John Reena]

He one of those old white guys who want blacks to act like those black ppl from "Get Out" who got lobotomized. Just smile and say how happy u are.

The true problem in the NBA is that u have TOO many bad front offices/owners. Knicks/Lakers/Sacramento/Nets/Nuggets are HORRIBLE. They aren't trying to get better or CARE about getting better. So as long as the league doesn't hold them accountable for putting out a crappy product.....guess what.....the NBA regular season is gonna stay Zzzzz for the foreseeable future.

 

[Suleiman Bey]

And there's no proper way to divide 82 games between 29 teams unless he's also suggesting a 58 game season.

Yall are talking about things thats arent a problem. No matter what the schedule is, nothing is going to change GS & Cle from having the most talent, Cleveland ducked their toughest challengers in Chicago and Washington. They would still advance to the finals but it would have been a tougher road, imo.

 

[tremonthustler1]

People gotta realize the Warriors rise as a powerhouse is a fluke,nobody knew when they underpaid Curry he was going to become a star,nor did they know Dray was going to become a star...The fact they were able to lock in Curry well below market value before he became a star allowed them to max Durant.

In 2 years Warriors will be broken up and the West will go back to being competitive again...

In 2 years the Dubs will move to a new arena in SF so they'll be spending even more by then to justify it

 

[John Reena]

@Montez

@Frump



Good posts... Regarding the "killing smaller markets"...

....Cowherd was saying yesterday that he is in favor of contraction and he'd do away with nearly all of the smaller market teams . I think that's extreme but i am pro contraction. That's for sure.

Contraction shoulda happened 5 yrs ago.

Like the Nuggets.....they not trying to get better or even contending. GET RID OF EM!!

 

[Suleiman Bey]

5 rookies would eat.

And I'm not sure any team likes the idea of paying big money for a raw rookie, develop them, watch them get better and then leave your team once that deal is up. That sounds like a minor league team to me

Why would he leave? They can sign the next big thing to go along side of him.

 

[Suleiman Bey]

Contraction shoulda happened 5 yrs ago.

Like the Nuggets.....they not trying to get better or even contending. GET RID OF EM!!

Contraction isn't going to help anything either. Same teams will still win regardless. Lakers went to 9 finals from 80 to 92 or something. Bulls went to 6 in the 90's..

Who on the nuggets is a difference maker? Who on any of the teams you wnat contracted has real franchise changers? You could say AD, but he ain't changed shyt, yet.

 

[FTBS]

Rookie spending would go like this, the max you can spend to sign rookies is $10 mil and the minimum is $3mil. So if a team has between $3-10 mil in cap space, that's how much they can spend to sign rookies, while a capped out team is allotted $3mil.

Before you say Josh Jackson would just go to LA or NY over small market teams, Josh might be harming his future earnings coming off the bench in LA/NY as opposed to starting Day 1 in Phoenix.

No he won't. For starters, LA and NY suck right now so any top rookie would likely start. Now if we are talking the top teams like GSW and CLE then you have a point. But even with that, you will have a higher profile, more endorsement opportunities, a chance to play with guys you look up to, and a shot at a ring. Most rookies in this era are gonna start out either on the bench or with a reduced role any and max deals get passed out like candy. Kobe and D. Wade both started out on the bench and shyt, Tristan got a big deal while still on the bench.

I think the idea has potential but I honestly I think you would need and even bigger incentive to get a guy to pick SAC over GSW.

 

[John Reena]

Contraction isn't going to help anything either. Same teams will still win regardless. Lakers went to 9 finals from 80 to 92 or something. Bulls went to 6 in the 90's..

Who on the nuggets is a difference maker? Who on any of the teams you wnat contracted has real franchise changers? You could say AD, but he ain't changed shyt, yet.

What?!

It would have more good teams playing, exciting competitive basketball instead of gettin lopsided snooze fests like Golden State vs. Brooklyn Nets type filler

 

[Frump]

Cavs Warriors will be for at least the next few seasons as well

All the new cba has done is made it impossible for another team to form a super team and compete with the Cavs or Warriors

 

[UserNameless]

Cavs Warriors will be for at least the next few seasons as well

All the new cba has done is made it impossible for another team to form a super team and compete with the Cavs or Warriors

Yup. Shyt is fukked up.