How to fix the NBA ?

[Eliud Kipchoge]

Get rid of these Shhitty Franchises and redistribute that talent to the rest of the league. Remaining teams will be much more competitive and desirable to watch as the talent level will not be as diluted. These teams pretty much all currently SUCK, have pretty much ALL SUCKED in the past, and will pretty much SUCK Forever

Detroit Pistons
Orlando Magic
Indiana Pacers
Cleveland Cavaliers
Minnesota Timberwolves
Sacramento Kings
Portland Trail Blazers
New Orleans Pelicans

[jtoler]

the way basketball is so wide open today there arnt enough teams to put players with g league and players taking shorter routes to go pro the turnover no doubt has sped up and the avg nba career is gonna be much shorter

[shadymcgrady]

You are focusing on the effect instead of the cause. If you rly want to cleanse pro basketball, the way AAU is run needs to be overhauled. Scouts and recruiting would follow suit if the head is removed

[stevenash]

You are focusing on the effect instead of the cause. If you rly want to cleanse pro basketball, the way AAU is run needs to be overhauled. Scouts and recruiting would follow suit if the head is removed

Very astute post.
Good point fella.

MLB needs to cut back to 24 teams if you ask me.

[jjgold]

The league is actually very competitive right now

[VeggieDog]

Who gives a shitte about the quality of the game. You think every team should be 72-10 and make the playoffs? Can't happen. As long as they're selling tickets, generating tax revenue, and providing local jobs, leave them alone. Handicapping games with bad teams is the same as great teams.

And welcome to SBR, Eliud.

[thomorino]

Get rid of these Shhitty Franchises and redistribute that talent to the rest of the league. Remaining teams will be much more competitive and desirable to watch as the talent level will not be as diluted. These teams pretty much all currently SUCK, have pretty much ALL SUCKED in the past, and will pretty much SUCK Forever

Detroit Pistons
Orlando Magic
Indiana Pacers
Cleveland Cavaliers
Minnesota Timberwolves
Sacramento Kings
Portland Trail Blazers
New Orleans Pelicans

You don't understand Stern knew exactly what he was doing adding expansion teams. They NBA wants to make sure the biggest stars get to the finals every year, they want to dilute the talent pool, which is what adding teams does.
They want and need LeBron in the finals almost every year. In the 1980s it was different, Barkley was the fourth best player on his own team at the beginning of his career

[Eliud Kipchoge]

The league is actually very competitive right now

NBA BBall SUCKS --- Looks like a bunch of Unorganized rats running around either Dunking or shooting 35+ foot jump shots of which most BRICK OUT ! BORING GAME

[Mike Huntertz]

Some humility wouldn't hurt these prima donnas!

[KiDBaZkiT]

They are going to add more teams. They want two teams in Chicago. They also at some point want to put a franchise back in Seattle.

[jjgold]

Houston has 7 in a row

All you need to know

[Sledge187]

Houston has 7 in a row

All you need to know

My Rockets have talent. They stopped trying to play two bigs together. That is why they are winning now. Tate and Wood are way underrated. Garrison Bird and KMJ are big surprises as well.

[Easy-Rider 66]

Get rid of these Shhitty Franchises and redistribute that talent to the rest of the league. Remaining teams will be much more competitive and desirable to watch as the talent level will not be as diluted. These teams pretty much all currently SUCK, have pretty much ALL SUCKED in the past, and will pretty much SUCK Forever

Detroit Pistons
Orlando Magic
Indiana Pacers
Cleveland Cavaliers
Minnesota Timberwolves
Sacramento Kings
Portland Trail Blazers
New Orleans Pelicans

One problem with your theory is that a team like Phoenix would have been on the list 1 year ago? Ebbs and Flows of teams doing well and not so well.

[juicername]

Get rid of these Shhitty Franchises and redistribute that talent to the rest of the league. Remaining teams will be much more competitive and desirable to watch as the talent level will not be as diluted. These teams pretty much all currently SUCK, have pretty much ALL SUCKED in the past, and will pretty much SUCK Forever

Detroit Pistons
Orlando Magic
Indiana Pacers
Cleveland Cavaliers
Minnesota Timberwolves
Sacramento Kings
Portland Trail Blazers
New Orleans Pelicans

Wrong. You are a dumb shit. Stick to long-distance running.

[juicername]

One problem with your theory is that a team like Phoenix would have been on the list 1 year ago? Ebbs and Flows of teams doing well and not so well.

Right on.

Lakers were dogshit between 2013 and 2019. Should've gotten rid of them.

[Easy-Rider 66]

Right on.

Lakers were dogshit between 2013 and 2019. Should've gotten rid of them.

[Eliud Kipchoge]

Right on.

Lakers were dogshit between 2013 and 2019. Should've gotten rid of them.

That was only a few years --- I am talking decades of a team not doing shhit because of the market they are in. They can't bring in talent the way the big cities can.
Imagine if you get Dame Lillard out of Portland onto a competitive team

[homerbush]

Maybe my old brain is old but wasn’t Detroit good for a long time first with nasty boys then with Rip and Billups?

[ThaTopMoron]

Maybe my old brain is old but wasn’t Detroit good for a long time first with nasty boys then with Rip and Billups?

team died out around 2008-2009 maybe my memory is a bit off this is off the top of my head

[spippen]

Fines. Soft players that are supposed to be franchise players and play tough should be fined by their team weekly during any stretch when they play soft basketball. Afraid to fight for a tough rebound, scared to death to attack the paint, take a hard charge when the game is on the line, or attempt to contest a strong play in the paint by the opposition are just examples of many areas of toughness we don't see these days.

[homerbush]

team died out around 2008-2009 maybe my memory is a bit off this is off the top of my head

True but of all the teams on that list I would say the Pistons have had more success in their history than the rest.

[Sledge187]

Detroit, Trailblazers, Cavs and Pacers don't belong on that list. Pistons have won 3 titles and their title in 04 was the greatest team championship ever. First team to win without a true superstar. Cavs played in 5 NBA Finals since 07. Trailblazers haven't been able to get out of the West much but they are always in the playoffs. Pacers are the same as the Blazers and Jazz. They always make the playoffs.

[marcoloco]

Basketball is so racist... need to have affirmative action and at least 2 white guys on the court at all times

[bigtymer56]

Basketball is so racist... need to have affirmative action and at least 2 white guys on the court at all times

Eh, pretty sure most of the league has at least 2 white guys on the coaching staff. Thats the way in.

[Mr KLC]

LeBron and Kyrie retiring would be the first step towards improving the NBA.

[Al Masters]

Get rid of these Shhitty Franchises and redistribute that talent to the rest of the league. Remaining teams will be much more competitive and desirable to watch as the talent level will not be as diluted. These teams pretty much all currently SUCK, have pretty much ALL SUCKED in the past, and will pretty much SUCK Forever

Detroit Pistons
Orlando Magic
Indiana Pacers
Cleveland Cavaliers
Minnesota Timberwolves
Sacramento Kings
Portland Trail Blazers
New Orleans Pelicans

It’s not about the game anymore it’s about the money.

More teams more money and that’s that.

[TheMoneyShot]

It's truly unbettable so far this year. Never seen anything like this before.