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less teams = less games = more time for the children
By Brian Windhorst
ESPN.com
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PHOENIX -- This won't make LeBron James popular at the next player's union meeting, but Thursday he suggested the NBA would be more entertaining if there was contraction of teams.
In defending his decision to join up with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the Miami Heat, James said the league was better when numerous teams had multiple stars. He said he hopes the league can return to that someday, because right now there isn't enough talent to support the 30 current teams.
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Hopefully the league can figure out one way where it can go back to the '80s where you had three or four All-Stars, three or four superstars, three or four Hall of Famers on the same team. The league was great. It wasn't as watered down as it is [now].
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-- LeBron James on the idea of contracting NBA teams.
"Hopefully the league can figure out one way where it can go back to the '80s where you had three or four All-Stars, three or four superstars, three or four Hall of Famers on the same team," James said. "The league was great. It wasn't as watered down as it is [now]."
In fact, James seemed to have a couple of ideas of which teams could go and some players that would make other teams better right now.
"[Contraction] is not my job; I'm a player but that is why it the league was so great," James said.
"Imagine if you could take Kevin Love off Minnesota and add him to another team and you shrink the [league]. Looking at some of the teams that aren't that great, you take Brook Lopez or you take Devin Harris off these teams that aren't that good right now and you add him to a team that could be really good. Not saying let's take New Jersey and let's take Minnesota out of the league. But hey, you guys are not stupid, I'm not stupid, it would be great for the league."
Perhaps that's a hint why James didn't seriously consider signing with the Nets last summer.
James spoke on the issue before taking on the Phoenix Suns, but much of the focus this week is on Saturday when the Heat are part of the Christmas Day main event against the Lakers in Los Angeles.
James said Wednesday he doesn't enjoy playing on Christmas even if it is the main attraction on the league's regular season schedule.
James said Christmas game wouldn't be such a big deal if there were fewer teams like in the '80s.
"You had more [star] players on a team, which made almost every game anticipated, not just a Christmas Day game," James said. "I don't ever think it is bad for the league when guys decide they want to do some greatness for what we call a team sport."
Brian Windhorst covers the Miami Heat for ESPN.com
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/trueho...ory?id=5952952
I agree with most of what he says, but I'm sure he'll be vilified in Minnesota and other parts of the country.
less teams = less games = more time for the children
"I'm not saying get rid of the Nets and Wolves, but (wink wink), you know what I'm saying?"
You hate to see a deserving city (such as Seattle) lose an NBA team, but I seriously doubt NJ even knows the Nets still exist. Besides, what's not to like about consolidation of talent, dissolution of a couple lackluster franchises, and fewer but more meaningful regular season games?
As the past few seasons have already illustrated, building "super" teams like LA, Miami, Boston, Orlando (to a lesser extent) is the new strategy anyways. This would only encourage more teams to do it, thus, making it more exciting.
I think everybody wins, except of course those few cities that lose a team.
I live in NJ. tbh, they knew it existed when they had a compe ive team (Kidd era). They just have been pathetic since then, and unlike NY you can't sell tickets no matter what.
Then again, they're already moving to Brooklyn, so WGAF.
Or we could just just keep teams in the largest markets and have like four NBA teams. The smaller markets could just go themselves. Seriously though, there's probably three teams in each conference that could be shaved. That would shorten the season slightly and put more importance on each game.
IMO it would make the games interesting with fewer games no more coasting.
So that's it..that's the intellect you've been holding out on...a half-ass sentence with no real meat or substance. If someone asks you why you like pussy and all you have to say is that pussy is good. Then the jokes on you son....
Gotdamit Einstein let me move over...
Lol butthurt peasantSo that's it..that's the intellect you've been holding out on...a half-ass sentence with no real meat or substance. If someone asks you why you like pussy and all you have to say is that pussy is good. Then the jokes on you son....
Gotdamit Einstein let me move over...
Let me do the intellectual work for you...
Lebron really is as stupid as he looks...just like he did and failed with the whole 'no one should wear #23 fiasco" he's trying to make a case for mega-teams and his knowledge is flawed. Thanks goodness he's not in a position if leadership with the Players Union like Fish is. He's talking eliminating player positions along with the salaries and eliminating hundreds of thousands of private sector jobs in the process just so his pussy ass can "hopefully" win a le.
The foundation for a really good team is two players with decent role players and MJ proved that. Shaq and Kobe proved that...and to a much much lesser degree Timmy and David proved that as well...Lebron wants to super-stack the rosters so he knows who his compe ion is which is laughable. He doesn't want a decent team to have an outside shot at knocking him off. In other words he wants his road paved and yellow bricked. That's why I can stand that ...no work ethic what-so-ever...
Go back in time....There were just a few teams in the 80's that were stacked and had multiple All-Stars such as L.A, Boston, and Philly. The Pistons barely got in there at the end of the decade. But you had Denver, the Rockets (made it to finals), the Suns for minute..these were really good and compe ive teams.
LeBronze should also factor the economics of it. If one city isn't viable I say relocation will suffice unless you can't find a suitable market. But don't contract on the basis of "compe iveness" because that fits your personal agenda. That has a lot to learn....there are alot of kids with dreams of playing in the NBA and a few less teams means a "few" less jobs and few less jobs means thousands of people not having work.
Now Ace this how you respond with substance it's also how you handle your business when you mount some pussy... good hard or go home ya dig.
LeBron went on to say that Cleveland was another team that should be contracted, and then generously added that money taken from the sale of obsolete Cavaliers merchandise should go to the boys' and girls' clubs in the area.
Sons if contraction happened then it should be the following teams who all have awful, cheapskate, front running fanbases...
New Orleans
Atlanta
New Jersey
Charlotte
Memphis
Indiana
Minnesota
Sacramento
Then hold a draft for the legit players and send the rest of the scrubs such as Trevor Ariza to the D League were most of them belong anyways.
Sons if contraction happened then it should be the following teams who all have awful, cheapskate, front running fanbases...
New Orleans
Atlanta
New Jersey
Charlotte
Memphis
Indiana
Minnesota
Sacramento
Then hold a draft for the legit players and send the rest of the scrubs such as Trevor Ariza to the D League were most of them belong anyways.
how you could ignore the Clippers on that list is beyond me.
Then Griffin would be awarded to the Lakers by default
because regardless of their suckassness they always have a solid fan base and put 16,000-18,000 in the seats every night. I would contract Philly before the Clippers.
If you had to narrow it down to 3 teams (which is a very realistic possibility of happening) ... the 3 FOR SURE teams should be
New Jersey
Memphis
Sacramento
Those 3 teams are by far the worst in the NBA.
30 teams, 15 players each, 450 players. So you mean to tell me that in the entire world there aren't enough talented basketball players to equal 450?
I also don't remember a league where three or four All-Stars were on the same team. It happens from time to time but that's because the ASG is a popularity contest, not any measure of talent. I also don't remember many teams with three or four HOF players either, especially not all in their prime. Some of those guys you might consider HOF players just rode someone elses coat tails (Think Robert Parish).
son the simple fact that Trevor Ariza is a starter in the NBA should answer that question for you.
I'd say New Jersey, Bobcats, and Miami should be teams to go if the nba was going to contract teams because well even though I'm a Nets fan, I'd say half to people in NJ could careless about them so not many people go to games, bobcats never seen a game where it was packed, and Miami before this year barely had people showing up for games. NBA doesn't have the balls to cut teams though, so we are all wrong anyway
anyone read that woj article? dude really has a vendetta against lebron.
less teams is better, spreads the game out for the week
allows another special cup within the season like a champions league cup winner takes home 10-20m million against teams best teams around the world...the tv revenue will be nutts
Damn BR, you really don't like Trevor Ariza.
I disagree with that. He just doesn't slob on his knob and protect him at all costs like BSPN. People that don't like to hear the truth disagrees with what Woj is writing does. If any of what Woj has written were false he could be sued for libel. So far you haven't heard of LeHype or anyone in his camp taking him to court, now have you? Exactly - I haven't either.
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