Pat Riley's Thoughts On NBA 'Superteams'

[CSquare43]

Pat Riley has an interesting idea about how to fix the NBA's 'superteam' problem

"I believe that there should be a franchise tag on one of your guys. My opinion of a franchise tag — this is why they don't allow me to talk and give opinions in the collective bargaining agreement — is that a franchise player to me would be a player in which you can pay him as much money as you want.

"It doesn't go against the cap. Everybody gets one player, that Kevin [Durant] you get 50 [million], LeBron you get 100 [million]. Somewhere along the way there are players in this league that are worth that kind of money. Or there's a limit on that. But if you franchise somebody then you have the ability to protect [against your star player leaving for a super team.]"

 

[Vilhena]

Man who started it all is now complaining

 

[G-Zeus]

Pat Riley has an interesting idea about how to fix the NBA's 'superteam' problem

that would actually work... but would take the fun out of shear dominance and breaking the dominance out of the game.

like spurs did heat..
like cavs did GSW

 

[Jplaya2023]

Man who started it all.

the lakers won a title before riley and had their "super team" already

 

[tremonthustler1]

He reads the coli

My only amendment would be that it could only apply to the team who drafted you

 

[NYC Rebel]

Man who started it all is now complaining

Doesn't read like a complaint to me

 

[Futuristic Eskimo]

Difficult to imagine someone leaving $15+ mill a year on the table

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

He reads the coli

My only amendment would be that it could only apply to the team who drafted you

Nah this is something that should simply be applicable to a guy who is on the team and you have bird rights to. I've been saying for a while this is something he NFL should add to improve the quality of the league. Every team could designate one contract at a time on the team that doesn't count against the cap. Glad an executive in a sport is saying the same thing. We would see stars get huge money and it wouldn't clog up cap space. In theory this should work.

 

[FaTaL]

Pat Riley has an interesting idea about how to fix the NBA's 'superteam' problem

Fuking b!tch Riley

 

[jaguar paw]

Give me two franchise slots and I'm with it.

 

[prophecypro]

That would make sense


And does he wish it were real

 

[Stinky Diver]

How much would Wade be worth

 

[FaTaL]

Nah this is something that should simply be applicable to a guy who is on the team and you have bird rights to. I've been saying for a while this is something he NFL should add to improve the quality of the league. Every team could designate one contract at a time on the team that doesn't count against the cap. Glad an executive in a sport is saying the same thing. We would see stars get huge money and it wouldn't clog up cap space. In theory this should work.

That's terrible for the player, what if you stuck in sh!tty situation with no way out?

 

[LexDiamonds]

Funny how he insinuates Lebron is twice as good as Durant there

 

[SchoolboyC]

Nah this is something that should simply be applicable to a guy who is on the team and you have bird rights to. I've been saying for a while this is something he NFL should add to improve the quality of the league. Every team could designate one contract at a time on the team that doesn't count against the cap. Glad an executive in a sport is saying the same thing. We would see stars get huge money and it wouldn't clog up cap space. In theory this should work.

What happens when a team designates a franchise player and then uses the remaining cap space to sign other star(s)?