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& it's gonna get a lot worse. The ring means nothing to 99% of it. We count rings---they count boodle.
100% is imminent.
Here we go again
Charles Barkley is never one to shy away from sharing his opinion, and the TNT analyst and Basketball Hall of Famer was very blunt about the state of basketball this season when talking with "Mike & Mike" Wednesday morning.
"It's been very awful basketball this year. Awful. I mean just bad," he said. "I'm not no old guy hating. But unless Golden State is playing the Clippers, the Cavs, Oklahoma City or the Spurs, I'm not gonna watch a full [game]. It's not very good basketball, and I love basketball. There's probably five games (that are worth) watching top-to-bottom."
He continued by saying free agency in the summer should be interesting and that he wants to see more teams balance out with star players.
"We got to get more compe ive balance," he said. "(Your) job and our job is to promote the NBA, but we want it to be compe ive. We don't want to have four good teams. I want people in Milwaukee, I want people in Philly, I want people in Boston. I want to see compe ive games and right now we're not getting that."
It's interesting to note the differences between Barkley's criticism of the modern game and those of people like Oscar Robertson and Stephen Jackson. Barkley is not dissing Stephen Curry or, in this case at least, the modern style of play — though he has been known to say jump-shooting teams cannot win a le.
Instead, he is wondering when the rest of the league will catch up. And with only six teams on pace for 50 wins — 10 teams reached that mark last season — he has a point.
& it's gonna get a lot worse. The ring means nothing to 99% of it. We count rings---they count boodle.
100% is imminent.
Because the NBA was so much more compe ive in his day
He's right. There are a LOT of bad NBA teams this year.
If you don't win the ring, you lostPERIOD
Four different champions the last five years compared to Jordan three peating twice in the 90s
Only four teams won championships from 81-89 and lakers Celtics won seven of those.
parity in the 80s and 90s
The east playoffs are going to be a snoozefest.... and this is the playoffs we are talking about. playoffs.
The East playoffs will be better than you think, because you'll get to see teams you never watch. Of course it's boring if you never watch it. There will be matchups and the series will take on a life of its own. Happens every year.
He's right though.
Blazers
& no sooner will you arrive than you'll forget how you got there.
In prior seasons there would always be at least one or two good games on every night. Now you're lucky to have one or two good games a week.
The only reason we're having this conversation is because there's such a huge disparity between the Warriors and the rest of the field. Nobody is expecting them to be challenged this year. The East is no different than it has been for over a decade.
Even they play a funk & junk type game.
Do us a solid and knock off that Curry kid
Is it any coincidence Warriors "historic" season happening during an equally historic season in,
Sup CN
Sure, nurse, roll with that.
Amen.
Vanilla fans just seem to be in denial abou this. I been saying it its a league when mediocre teams are breaking winning records
Spurs or worriers would get obliterated vs ShowTime Lakers or GOAT bulls
Barkley dropping truth nukes per par
Charles is wrong!
This year is full of win. Here is the proof:
Can't blame GSW for dominating a weak league, what are they supposed to do? If they have a chance to make history with comparative ease, they should.
Part of the issue is the shift in philosophy in the league where it is better to suck really bad and get a chance for the future, than to be stuck in no-man's land for year after year, stuck in purgatory like the late 80s Pacers, Raptors of the last few years, etc ... where a team is good enough to fight for a playoff spot, but has no real chance to really contend for a le.
I am in general against this philosophy, because it does lead to a a losing culture, and many teams have done it, with very low success rate.
OKC was successful in getting Durant, Westbrook, and Ibaka in the draft, but they really didn't go out of their way to suck.
But for every OKC, there are the 6ers, Lakers, Wolves, Kings, and countless other teams that tried to tank with nothing to show for it.
GSW didn't go out of their way. They drafted well, made smart trades, acquired right pieces, and built a great team.
Same with Spurs.
Clippers built their way to success as well.
so are you saying there's parity in today's league? because you picked an 9 year span (with 7 going to the celtics + 3 other winners?) (and then compared a 5 year span with a 20 year span)Four different champions the last five years compared to Jordan three peating twice in the 90s
Only four teams won championships from 81-89 and lakers Celtics won seven of those.
parity in the 80s and 90s
but since 2000 we've only seen 7 different teams win it all.
so 4 out in 9 years is less parity than 7 in 16?
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