anybody else bored with the trading season?

[td4mvp3]

for all the hype, not one deal that makes more than a blimp on the summer snoozefest that is the nba offseason.

[SpursDynasty]

Garnett is staying in Minnesota to retire without any championships. He'll play another 4-5 seasons and never make the playoffs.

Kobe will stay in LA and retire without adding any more championships to his three.

It's because these players are too "valuable" to trade...

Because valuable means marketable but with no championship potential.

Stubborn teams.

The stubborness of Western Conference teams in this era of the NBA in not trading their "valuable" players is also the reason that only 2 Western Conference franchises (Spurs and Lakers) have been the ones going to the Finals and winning the championships since Jordan left...

Ship Dirk to LA for Kobe, or how about Garnett for Marion and Diaw, or something like that, and maybe, just maybe, the West will be competitive again.

[Rip-Hamilton32]

even if minny does trade they are still not going to be any better unless its for amare or marion & diaw but even then your still missing the guy thats gonna win the game down the stretch which would be just like having kg

[dallaskd]

Garnett is staying in Minnesota to retire without any championships. He'll play another 4-5 seasons and never make the playoffs.

Kobe will stay in LA and retire without adding any more championships to his three.

It's because these players are too "valuable" to trade...

Because valuable means marketable but with no championship potential.

Stubborn teams.

The stubborness of Western Conference teams in this era of the NBA in not trading their "valuable" players is also the reason that only 2 Western Conference franchises (Spurs and Lakers) have been the ones going to the Finals and winning the championships since Jordan left...

Ship Dirk to LA for Kobe, or how about Garnett for Marion and Diaw, or something like that, and maybe, just maybe, the West will be competitive again.

half of the time im not sure if your joking or not.

[mavs>spurs2]

I'm afraid he's not joking.

[SpursDynasty]

I'm not joking, I mean come on. Someone has got to make a move in order to make the West more interesting and to get their teams out of their playoff droughts. So what if they lose a "valuable" player. Because as tough as everyone says the West is, the Spurs when you think about it, are the only real tough team in the West. When was the last time we saw a competitive WCF? 2002. You never know who will have a breakout year on a different team. For example, Minnesota had Chauncey Billups....then all of a sudden, when he's on Detroit, he becomes the Finals MVP.

And did the Lakers really turn down a Jason Kidd for Andrew Bynum trade??? Because that would be the most idiotic decision by any team thus far.

[Darrin]

The NBA hasn't had a satisfying trade in roughly 3 years.

[leemajors]

The NBA hasn't had a satisfying trade in roughly 3 years.
long time no see.

[Johnny RIngo]

Ship Dirk to LA for Kobe, or how about Garnett for Marion and Diaw, or something like that, and maybe, just maybe, the West will be competitive again.

Dirk for Garnett makes more sense than Dirk for Kobe

[LavaLamp]

Garnett is staying in Minnesota to retire without any championships. He'll play another 4-5 seasons and never make the playoffs.

Kobe will stay in LA and retire without adding any more championships to his three.



This phenomenon of basketball talent languishing on teams with no potential for a championship is a symptom of the NBA's less-than-free market system. Teams "own" and trade players like they are property, while the players themselves have no right to move to the team they prefer... the team on which their talent is best utilized (unless they become free agents). I know the NBA set up this system to better ensure a fair distribution of talent, but by largely stripping players of their rights as individuals in choosing their employer, the NBA has inadvertently created a system where a large amount of talent goes to waste. Imagine if you, in your profession, were not freely allowed to change employers for whatever reason.

It is the way it is, and we have no power to change things. But we can at least recognize it as another well-intentioned attempt to move away from free-market principles to achieve a worthy goal... like socialism.