Douchebag K
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lost interest .. might watch the first couple of games of the finals and see what that looks like.
2016-17 NBA PLAYOFFS THREAD
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I don't know how they do it but so far they have been able to do it and it has worked to the tune of 50+ wins, #1 seed, and conference finals appearance.
I think the Finals will be Warriors in 5 games.
Again, the GSW situation has just proved that the Luxury Tax situation isn't working. A team flushed with money is not going to be deterred by the Luxury tax if it meant it can keep winning and selling out the arena for the next 5-10 years.
I'm more convinced than ever that we really do need to re-look at the hard cap and of course that can go up as the League makes more money, but there should be a cap at some point where you CANNOT keep 4 All Stars together forever and ever and a day.
I'm more convinced than ever that we really do need to re-look at the hard cap and of course that can go up as the League makes more money, but there should be a cap at some point where you CANNOT keep 4 All Stars together forever and ever and a day.
David Stern
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There's probably 29 owners thinking the same thing. The Warriors being this dominant is just bad for the NBA. Cleveland has no shot against them this year.
I'm going to enjoy watching Cleveland wreck Boston on the boards. It's going to be a 12 - 18 rebound advantage every night.
Golden State is paying Steph Curry $11M per year. He's an MVP-caliber player and he's getting paid like he's Alec Burks. It has nothing to do with Luxury Tax.
I'm not talking about RIGHT NOW. Yes we all know Curry is getting paid $11m, nothing we can do about that. But GOING FORWARD, without a hard cap, GSW can MAX Curry, MAX Durant, and keep paying Luxury Tax if they wanted to.
With a hard cap, once Curry is due for a raise, they would have to look at whether or not they can fit Curry's MAX under the hard cap. If not they would be forced to trade away one of Klay or Draymond, or if Curry wants to get a MAX deal somewhere else he can do that also - further weakening GSW and spreading the talent around.
It will create a much more level playing field.
A fully healthy Celtics team is getting trounced way worse than a hobbled Jazz team against a superior (on paper) team.
Look good for Hayward coming back to the Jazz.
Tak
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Where did he go?
mellow
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Yea, I'm not sure what to make of it. Is Boston that tired? Is lebron that great? Or is the east just that bad?
The Celtics have defensive liabilities aside from their wings. They focused on taking away Cleveland's 3-pt looks and ended up giving up a lay-up line for much of the first half. But yeah, Cleveland is that much better. Cleveland didn't even play particularly well.
Some Celtics fans saying they should trade IT and build around young players while Lebron dominates the EC.