Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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Is the NBA in trouble? I barely follow the league at all, the general feeling that no one on the court really cares about playing the game has pushed it down to NASCAR-levels of disinterest for me. But even I didn't make it through the day without seeing that both Bob Wojnowski of the Detroit News and Rick Reilly of ESPN.com decrying the state of the game after the Carmelo-for-the-whole-Knicks trade. (I love Reilly's quote here: "We gave up a surefire Hall of Famer, who is only 26, for four New York Knicks starters. This is like acquiring the four best mountain climbers in Nebraska.") Is this a turning point for the NBA? Can fans take it seriously as a competitive league after this and Miami? Wojnowski notes that seven franchises have won championships since 1989 in the NBA. The NFL has had 13 different winners in that span, MLB has had 15, and the NHL has had 13. So if you feel like your team doesn't have a shot, you're probably right. Can the NBA maintain interest and ticket sales in this environment? Their collective bargaining agreement is set to expire, but can changes be made without sacrificing the next season?
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That's an interesting breakdown of championships won by franchises in the big sports.
This has to hurt the smaller market teams...and I don't care. Do I really care about Portland? Indiana? New Orleans? Denver? Minnesota? Milwaukee? Golden State? Memphis? Nope.
Part of me actually likes this "mega-team" shift. The NBA was really boring. With what happened this summer, I think that P-Oed some teams that night not have cared as much about winning a championship had "The Decision" not happened. In other words, I'm not sure how motivated LA was going to be to repeat as champs. Boston was getting old, would they have enough energy. Well, with the Lebron thing, I think that angered a lot of guys and put a huge target on Miami to make teams hungry for a championship.
Boston, Lakers, New York, San Antonio, and Chicago have built these Mega-teams to go after Miami. I think it makes it an exciting end to the season.
Yeah, but that's the only thing that's going to be exciting about it. Why not just have a short playoff and be done with it? Because if it keeps up at the current rate other franchises, Detroit included, are going to fold and that's all you're going to have left.
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