Page 3 of 3 FirstFirst 123
Results 51 to 61 of 61
  1. #51
    Costly Mistakes JPB's Avatar
    My Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Post Count
    4,576
    Expansion would be good. I can't remember any time where the NBA had as much talent as it currently does, honestly.
    The 80s and 90s were stacked with talent and superstars. Evrey team had one or two legendary players and a bunch of great role players.

    Jordan, Pippen, Magic, Bird, Stockton, Malone, Robinson, Barkley, Olajuwon, Drexler, Isiah Thomas, Tim Hardaway, Reggie Miller, Shawn Kemp, Ewing, and on and on... That was without comparison with now IMHO and that was the moment when the NBA really started to boom.

  2. #52
    Formerly Spurs21 KingKev's Avatar
    My Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Join Date
    Sep 2018
    Post Count
    5,327
    Franchises that flat out fail rarely get a second chance. I don't put Seattle in that category.
    Maybe, but I don’t think you understand the difference in Vancouver the last 20 years. Vancouver is a top tier World city now with baffling foreign wealth (especially asian). Basketball has grown exponentially in Canada from the early days of the Vancouver/TO expansion. They have the infrastructure in place to host a team immediately in terms of arena, parking, public transit etc etc.

  3. #53
    Formerly Spurs21 KingKev's Avatar
    My Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Join Date
    Sep 2018
    Post Count
    5,327
    The 80s and 90s were stacked with talent and superstars. Evrey team had one or two legendary players and a bunch of great role players.

    Jordan, Pippen, Magic, Bird, Stockton, Malone, Robinson, Barkley, Olajuwon, Drexler, Isiah Thomas, Tim Hardaway, Reggie Miller, Shawn Kemp, Ewing, and on and on... That was without comparison with now IMHO and that was the moment when the NBA really started to boom.
    The NBA started to boom because they were strategic in building international sport. Many of those guys paved the way but that era WAS NOT booming with talent. These days most good teams are 3-4 All-Stars deep. Not us though.

  4. #54
    Veteran Maddog's Avatar
    My Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Post Count
    1,905
    Expansion would be good. I can't remember any time where the NBA had as much talent as it currently does, honestly.
    The 80s and 90s were stacked with talent and superstars. Evrey team had one or two legendary players and a bunch of great role players.

    Jordan, Pippen, Magic, Bird, Stockton, Malone, Robinson, Barkley, Olajuwon, Drexler, Isiah Thomas, Tim Hardaway, Reggie Miller, Shawn Kemp, Ewing, and on and on... That was without comparison with now IMHO and that was the moment when the NBA really started to boom.
    It was the moment that the NBA started to Boom and led to the current state of talent.
    Superstars are superstars because they stand out from their peers. As the overall talent levels rise people standout less.

  5. #55
    Still Sporting Ben Davis Allan Rowe vs Wade's Avatar
    My Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Post Count
    3,617
    if the spurs ended up in a LA-LA-PHX division i'd commit seppuku

  6. #56
    Machacarredes Chinook's Avatar
    My Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Join Date
    Oct 2012
    Post Count
    30,959
    if the spurs ended up in a LA-LA-PHX division i'd commit seppuku
    Well they say Roe is dead anyway...

  7. #57
    TheDrewShow is salty lefty's Avatar
    My Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Post Count
    99,904
    Expansion would be good. I can't remember any time where the NBA had as much talent as it currently does, honestly.
    Yup
    Unlike in the 90s when talent was scarce resulting in a diluted league and traffic cones and grocery baggers ( o John Starks) starting in the NBA

  8. #58
    e^(i*pi) + 1 = 0 MannyIsGod's Avatar
    My Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Join Date
    Mar 2003
    Post Count
    57,424
    It was the moment that the NBA started to Boom and led to the current state of talent.
    Superstars are superstars because they stand out from their peers. As the overall talent levels rise people standout less.
    Yeah exactly. I think right now the league is MUCH deeper than it was then.

  9. #59
    Every game is game 1 Seventyniner's Avatar
    My Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Post Count
    9,593
    Another way to boost revenue without overtaxing the players is to add more games but restrict each player to appearing in 82 or fewer regular season games.

    I always thought the league could reduce wear and tear on the stars by keeping the 82-game season and not allowing any player to appear in more than 66 games, but expanding the schedule to, say, 100 games and not allowing a player to appear in more than 82 is even better for the league.

    Tons of purists would hate it, sure, and the league would have to expand rosters to 18 or 19 to make up for this restriction. But I think it would provide a big bump to overall league revenue and profits.

  10. #60
    Machacarredes Chinook's Avatar
    My Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Join Date
    Oct 2012
    Post Count
    30,959
    Another way to boost revenue without overtaxing the players is to add more games but restrict each player to appearing in 82 or fewer regular season games.

    I always thought the league could reduce wear and tear on the stars by keeping the 82-game season and not allowing any player to appear in more than 66 games, but expanding the schedule to, say, 100 games and not allowing a player to appear in more than 82 is even better for the league.

    Tons of purists would hate it, sure, and the league would have to expand rosters to 18 or 19 to make up for this restriction. But I think it would provide a big bump to overall league revenue and profits.
    I'm not sure adding games -- especially games where stars don't play -- is really what the league should want for revenue. Rather, they need to find a way to charge more per game, or put another way, they need to find a way to add more high-quality/high-value games. That's why the league is pushing for the play-in to stay and why Silver wants an in-season tournament. If it's not exclusive it's basically exclusive that the NBA licenses all of their games to three companies now (Disney, AT&T and Comcast). They don't really have the smaller networks to bully into team contracts. They'll need to get the giants to pay, and simply more low-quality games that they can't show nationally anyway probably won't do that. Big events will be the things that get them to spend more on their media deals.

    Considering the rise of injuries during the big-ticket events like guys sitting out ASGs and missing the playoffs, I don't think the NBPA needs to sell the owners on more games being a bad idea. More rest, with more stars playing each night and more spectacle seems to be the way to go for both sides. I don't think the owners will let games reduce with the assurance that they'll make more money in the long run, but unlike the NFL, it's very possible to make all of the ends (medical, financial, marketing, etc) meet in the NBA.

  11. #61
    Veteran spurs1990's Avatar
    My Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Post Count
    3,998
    The 80s and 90s were stacked with talent and superstars. Evrey team had one or two legendary players and a bunch of great role players.

    Jordan, Pippen, Magic, Bird, Stockton, Malone, Robinson, Barkley, Olajuwon, Drexler, Isiah Thomas, Tim Hardaway, Reggie Miller, Shawn Kemp, Ewing, and on and on... That was without comparison with now IMHO and that was the moment when the NBA really started to boom.
    Just sticking with 1991-1995 (pre Canada expansion) you had all those guys plus an influx of young talent - DC, Payton, Mutumbo, Steve Smith, Grandmama, Kenny Anderson, Terell Brandon, Shaq, Mourning, Sprewell, Jim Jackson, Kukoc, Webber, Van Exel, Nickel Hardaway, Vin Baker, Mashburn, Rider, Kidd, Big Dog, Grant Hill, Eddie Jones, and a host of others who had high trajectories but for injured.

    Early 90s NBA was entertaining, compe ive, and as athletic as anything you have today. Everyone could throw down alley oops, tomahawks, crossovers, and shoot from anywhere other than behind the 3pt. The era will be forgotten as there was no real coverage in the regular season outside one night on TNT and Sunday NBC games after football ended.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •