King Jove
King Of †he Gawds
nobody wants to watch the warriors vs. the fort wayne mad ants twice a year either.
NBA Viewership up 32%
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FromStLouis
Superstar
??? That wouldn't happen. The Mad Ants are in the G-League.
Do the Columbus Clippers play the Yankees?? No. That's not how promotion/relegation would work.
Rocket Scientist
Superstar
Christmas night will be interesting ratings wise.NFL has Steelers vs Texans,Eagles vs Raiders. NBA has Cavs vs Warriors,Rockets vs Thunder competing with those games
Yeah NfL is dying and it’s not because of black rights but the sport has too many injuries too many commercials, unhealthy for children etc..
360Waves
2 girls and they get along like I'm Lou Will
Not understand the difference between broadcast tv and cable brehsNBA stans cheering for average viewership of 1.4 millionNFL viewership is 17.9 mill
well the nba is exciting
King Jove
King Of †he Gawds
with your hypothetical regulation scenario they would be just as bad as any of the bottom teams. regulated teams are just as bad a promoted teams.
there isn't a plethora of lebron's, harden's, westbrook's, durant's, curry's, etc in the world. those 10 new teams would be comprised of a bunch of mediocre players.
for a relgation system to take place you would basically have to take away the draft and even the salary cap like soccer and that would just make the rich stay rich and poor stay poor like in the premier league where the manchester united's and chelsea's of the world are always better than ther huddersfeild's and bournemouth's of the world.
The NBA is in a great place, tons of stars and the game is free flowing now which leads to a nice looking product. Also, NBA stars own instagram & Twitter compared to the other major US sports.
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
i.e. that ugly thing y'all call defense is kept to a minimum
High level defense is still played, stop with the silly narrative that there is no defense.
FromStLouis
Superstar
Then don't take away the draft and salary cap. I don't see how promotion/relegation couldn't work with a salary cap and draft. Baseball doesn't have a salary cap, it still has a draft. Furthermore, there isn't a salary cap in the premier league because there's 10 other quality soccer leagues in the world. Ditto for why there isn't a draft.
The reasons behind the disparities in european soccer are not from promotion/relegation and they don't have drafts/caps because they have player academies and sign 11 year olds.
As for talent, a league of 20 teams is better for talent distribution than one of 30. The league right now a pseudo-relegation now with how the eastern conference and western conference are split.
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tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
Defense in general is played only in segments. It used to be offensive to give up 100 a night. Now you can give up 110 in a game and be like "yeah we got key stops and played solidly on that end."
High level defense is still played, stop with the silly narrative that there is no defense.
It's not much different than the NFL where the idea of good defense is readjusted to lowered expectations.
King Jove
King Of †he Gawds
baseball doesn't have a relegation system either.
the lottery system has the worst teams get rewarded with ping pong balls to get a top prospect.
with a relegation system who would get the ping pong balls?
the reason of disparities in europeans soccer is the smaller clubs simply don't have the money to buy as much as the bigger clubs.
getafe's pockes aren't deep enough to spend with real madrid. they would struggle to just sign ronaldo and that would put them in the red, much less ronaldo, benzema, bale, modric, marcelo, ramos etc.