OT Golden State's Dominance - How has it effected your views on the NBA?

[Charcoal Filtered]

The game is always changing. I watched less of the Finals and Playoffs this year. That probably had more to do with my kids schedule than it did with the Warriors.

 

[KingSpeed]

Yes it bothers me a lot BUT in their 73-9 season, we beat them by 32 and last year we won 2 of 3 games against them. Maybe there's hope??

 

[Phatguysrule]

It's confirmed to me that the NBA absolutely MUST have a Hard Cap. Only way to balance competition going forward. It's what makes the NFL so great. EVERY franchise has a chance to win it. Even a little drinkwater town like Green Bay Wisconson can win it all.

But then wouldn't the best players just go to the biggest markets with the best weather? Make up the difference in sponsorships?

 

[julius]

The only way this team can do anything remotely successful in the playoffs this year or the next few years, is if Zach Collins totally channels his inner Pau Gasol. Minus the looking like a llama thing of course.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

The only way this team can do anything remotely successful in the playoffs this year or the next few years, is if Zach Collins totally channels his inner Pau Gasol. Minus the looking like a llama thing of course.

I don’t think it has to be Collins, but one of those younger guys has to pop, Trent, Simons maybe? Baldwin?

 

[Phatguysrule]

It hasn't changed how I feel about the NBA. The Warriors are a fun team full of good guys. We just need to beat them.

If it were easy it wouldn't be as fun.

I don't know how the NBA could level the playing field as much as the NFL has. 1 guy can have a much bigger impact on an NBA team than an NFL team.

 

[donkiez]

Another thing to consider with super teams are diminishing returns on players and balancing egos. There is only one basketball to go around. Having the best talent doent gurantee anything. Houston almost beat GS this year. If Cleveland pulled out the first game like they should have then it would have been a different series.

 

[Schilly]

It's not so much the Warriors, more it's the way the CBA is constructed that enables these kind of super teams to be built. Realistically the money is so huge now, settling for 5mill a year for a season or 2 isnt a big deal anymore.

 

[Hoopguru]

It's confirmed to me that the NBA absolutely MUST have a Hard Cap. Only way to balance competition going forward. It's what makes the NFL so great. EVERY franchise has a chance to win it. Even a little drinkwater town like Green Bay Wisconson can win it all.

I'm a free market guy so hard cap is hard for me but I see how it governs. Id almost rather have zero cap and let the organizations compete for players, allows a small market with an owner like Paul to bid what he'd wants, kind of like the Realestate market around here.

 

[BBert]

When franchises start showing loyalty to players...players may start showing loyalty to franchises...until then you just float like a butterfly and sting like a bee

Haha. Good one. Loyalty is spelled $$,$$$,$$$

 

[BBert]

Will always try to watch the Blazer games but my viewing of the rest of the NBA has declined drastically since Durant join the Warriors. What was the point? No drama, no excitement, predictable outcome.

Not worth watching.

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[julius]

I don’t think it has to be Collins, but one of those younger guys has to pop, Trent, Simons maybe? Baldwin?

Now granted, if this thread is bumped in the future and I'm completely wrong it'll look bad...but I kind of think that Simons could be something special. Not 27-6-8 special, but he could be a really important player for this franchise.

 

[Mediocre Man]

The NBA is unwatchable, and has been for years. If Portland didn't have a team, I'd literally never watch a game

 

[Hobbesarable]

Will always try to watch the Blazer games but my viewing of the rest of the NBA has declined drastically since Durant join the Warriors. What was the point? No drama, no excitement, predictable outcome.

Not worth watching.

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I enjoy watching NCAA basketball and it's always revolving with new, young, and sometimes unpredictable talent. I definitely enjoy that product much more than the NBA as a whole. I would not watch the NBA if Portland did not have a team.

 

[TBpup]

I would not watch the NBA if Portland did not have a team.

Which is where I am and that is such a departure from the multiple games a week I used to watch. But if I know what is going to happen, it loses a lot of it's intrigue.

There have always been great teams but you didn't have Larry Bird going to the Lakers after losing in the Finals to them the previous year. That is basically what Durant did and it ruined the competitive balance. Even great teams like the Lakers had the Celtics as a rival. The Bulls were probably the one that didn't really have a rival after they vanquished the Pistons but it was still a whole bunch of 6'6" and 6'7" that weighed 210-220. (Jordan/Pippen/Harper/Rodman)

Throw the most talented 6'11" guy in the league onto the Bulls of old and it wouldn't have been fun to watch either.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

The NBA is unwatchable, and has been for years. If Portland didn't have a team, I'd literally never watch a game

This is kind of my view. I’d probably drift to hockey, especially if Portland or Seattle got a team

 

[calvin natt]

I don’t think it’s just the CBA. It’s the mentality of this generation. Not sure how to police that. But guys going to chase a ring and guys forming super teams is a thing that isn’t going away soon. The CBA needs to be tweaked to curb this but so much of it is just these guys and the way they think. I’d like ways to get out of contracts somehow. At least to change how it effects the cap or something.

As for GS, I think they’ll be good for a long time. They are built for it. It’s now a destination city for the first time. Great coach and management of course. Willing to spend. Brand new arena in the City. I can’t imagine they fall apart any time soon.

 

[BonesJones]

I don’t think it’s just the CBA. It’s the mentality of this generation. Not sure how to police that. But guys going to chase a ring and guys forming super teams is a thing that isn’t going away soon. The CBA needs to be tweaked to curb this but so much of it is just these guys and the way they think. I’d like ways to get out of contracts somehow. At least to change how it effects the cap or something.

As for GS, I think they’ll be good for a long time. They are built for it. It’s now a destination city for the first time. Great coach and management of course. Willing to spend. Brand new arena in the City. I can’t imagine they fall apart any time soon.

I don't agree. In some people, yes.