SI:" The NBA's Superteam Era: For Better Or Worse? " feat commentary from coaches , gm, players etc.

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good article

"I don't like parity," West says. "I don't like the word parity. Parity is average, and I like to see excellence. But I also like competition. I read the newspaper cover to cover every morning, and even though I don't bet, I look at the lines in Las Vegas. We were underdogs in one game this year. We were favored in Game 2 of the conference finals by 15 points. That is insane. It's not what anybody wants to see. At the end of the third quarter [when the Warriors led 106–75], I almost felt bad for San Antonio, but I also felt bad for our fans. Because if you're a real fan at a playoff game, you want to see a hard-fought battle, back and forth, and at the end somebody wins by a point and you go home worn out

meeting with team brass. "Make no mistake," his bosses consoled him, "they'll just do the same thing to whoever they face next."

For the third straight year, the

, but I'm not sure I agree with it," counters former Los Angeles forward James Worthy, an analyst for Spectrum SportsNet. "The Lakers and the Celtics got there a lot, but I don't remember it ever being a cakewalk like this, for us or for them. You looked forward to Lakers-Celtics, but you better watch out for Mark Aguirre and Rolando Blackman, for Karl Malone and Dominique Wilkins and Bernard King. There were plenty of times, two minutes left in the fourth quarter, you didn't know. This is different. You absolutely know. These guys are going to overpower everybody."

The NBA has always been defined, and elevated, by its juggernauts. If it wasn't the Lakers and the Celtics, it was the Pistons and the Bulls, or the Spurs and the Heat. "We were really talented," says former Miami assistant David Fizdale, now the Grizzlies' coach. "But not like this, not all the way through the roster." When the Heat snagged the 2012 title, Mario Chalmers was their fourth-leading scorer, Norris Cole their fifth. For Golden State, it's Green and Andre Iguodala, who have three All-Star

Competitive balance was a huge theme for the league," says former NBA executive vice president Stu Jackson, now an analyst for NBA TV. "The object was to create a more level playing field, and it definitely worked."

the ultimate reward was reaped in October 2014, when Silver earned a landmark victory as a rookie commissioner, striking a colossal nine-year, $24 billion TV deal with ESPN and Turner. "There's never been a better time to be an owner of an NBA franchise," said the Wizards' Ted Leonsis,

We were all thrilled at first. It's like if somebody gives you a $20 bill. That's great, right? You can go into the free-agent market and bid on players you wouldn't have been able to afford otherwise. And then you realize, Wait a minute, everybody else got this $20 bill too. So while I might be able to use my $20 bill on Ian Mahinmi or Chandler Parsons or Evan f------ Turner, the best team in the league, the team that went 73–9, the team that can guarantee multiple

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Is the Warriors-Cavs trilogy good for basketball?

 

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If they're going to be okay with a handful of good teams then go ahead and contract some franchises.

I don't see the point of teams like the Nets and Minnesota with either small markets or low attendance serving no purpose except to function as a door mat for the elite teams and free money for revenue sharing.

 

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If they're going to be okay with a handful of good teams then go ahead and contract some franchises.

I don't see the point of teams like the Nets and Minnesota with either small markets or low attendance serving no purpose except to function as a door mat for the elite teams and free money for revenue sharing.

essentially basketball is entertainment and if you're a fan of those teams you probably should stop. nets will be fine. Minnesota will probably never see a title

 

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Jerry West said it pretty well IMO.

 

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Good thing I love basketball so much that I don't have a problem with the league and can enjoy a Kings Nuggets game as much as I could a Cavs Warriors game

 

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Let's not forget it's all Mark Cuban's fault for trading for Andrew fukking Bogut on purpose.

 

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essentially basketball is entertainment and if you're a fan of those teams you probably should stop. nets will be fine. Minnesota will probably never see a title

Minnesota has a great young core. They are poised to contend.

 

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Minnesota has a great young core. They are poised to contend.

define contend

 

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West went in



Worst playoffs in recent memory

I don't remember shyt