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No it's not worse because a.lebron left his home town b.lebron made a commercial spectacle out of it by announcing it on a tv special he put together and c.lebron predetermined his decision by gathering wade and bosh and having bosh come along with him on the low. But yea, it's still pretty bad in terms of joining the team you sposta be putting out .. Just not AS BAD
One question about this. Isn't there a salary cap still in the NBA? I mean ya'll are assuming that players in the past simply had more loyalty, but it used to be financially impractical to add a star player to an already championship caliber team. For example, say that Jordan couldn't beat out the Pistons in the late 80's. The Pistons already had a top squad which means they were already paying for top talent with Isiah and their various role players. Or for Jordan to join the Lakers wouldn't have been possible because they already had money spent on Magic, Worthy, etc.These days it seems like teams have the ability to sign 3 or even 4 top salary players. Back in the day it seemed like financially teams were only able to pay 1 guy and the other star on the team was usually underpaid. Like Pippen was never really paid well in Chicago. Rodman was never paid much in Detroit. The first time this was ever done was when aging stars like Malone and Payton went to LA for way less money because they were over the hill. So they were still big names but no longer expensive players. Then the Celtics were able to get Garnett, Pierce, and Ray Allen and since then things have really gotten crazy the kind of money teams are able to throw at 3 or 4 stars.Can someone explain the salary cap logistics of all of this?
Quote from: Sccit on July 05, 2016, 10:48:35 AMNo it's not worse because a.lebron left his home town b.lebron made a commercial spectacle out of it by announcing it on a tv special he put together and c.lebron predetermined his decision by gathering wade and bosh and having bosh come along with him on the low. But yea, it's still pretty bad in terms of joining the team you sposta be putting out .. Just not AS BADI agree what LeBron did was bullshit the way he went about it. But were talking about Durant here, and the fact he had some shit to say about what LeBron and other guys did makes him look like a hypocrite.And regarding Bosh, everyone knew Bosh was leaving Toronto. He signed with the Heat before LeBron did too.
In my subjective opinion it is even worse because a.) OKC was a much much better team, with Westbrook being even better than Wade was in 2011b.) He just lost narrowly against the GSW and many would argue that he was supposed to win if he wasn't bitch-madec.) He joins an already intact team that won 73 games and went to Game 7 in the Finals and already one a championship. He isn't bulding anything. He is basically doing what 38-year-old future HOFers do when they are chasing the ring that eludes them. Only that he is in his fucking prime making major bucks.
Quote from: Sccit on July 05, 2016, 10:48:35 AMNo it's not worse because a.lebron left his home town b.lebron made a commercial spectacle out of it by announcing it on a tv special he put together and c.lebron predetermined his decision by gathering wade and bosh and having bosh come along with him on the low. But yea, it's still pretty bad in terms of joining the team you sposta be putting out .. Just not AS BAD1-Lebron didn't join a 73 win team after losing a 3-1 lead to them in the playoffs2-Akron is Lebron's hometown, Cleveland is a different city in case you were unaware.