"NBA is the worst league" ......one persons view

[dublbagn]

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[h1]NBA: The Worst[/h1]
Rob Parker

POSTED: Monday, July 6, 2009

UPDATED: 3:26 pm EDT July 6, 2009

It's official: The NBA is the worst sports league in this country.If you weren't sure before, it should be crystal clear to you now -- just days into the league's free agency season.

• Shaquille O'Neal to Cleveland.
• Richard Jefferson to San Antonio.
• Vince Carter to Orlando.
• Ron Artest to the Lakers.
• Rasheed Wallace to Boston.
  
  And the rest of the league? Go to Hell.
  
  Nice. Just what basketball fans want to see, a league that comes down to the same four or five teams. Better yet, let's fast forward through the exhibition season, the regular season and the playoffs. Let's go directly to the conference finals to see if LeBron, Kobe or Garnett can get a championship ring.
  
  That's not basketball. That's a bad reality show not worthy of viewers.
  
  But welcome to NBA Players Gone Wild 2009, where players try to hookup each other up with championship rings.
  
  Two years ago, it was Kevin Garnett. The other players in the league were just sick about the fact that KG hadn't won a ring yet. It was unfair, players thought. After all, he's a great player and a nice guy.
  
  Hence, the desperate Boston Celtics, who couldn't build a team the real way through the draft and adding the right free agents along the way, sold out for an instant championship.They traded for Garnett and, somehow, kept Paul Pierce in the process and added Ray Allen, too.They wound up winning the 2007 championship, ending's Boston's 21-year drought.Now, it's all about LeBron James.
  
  Players around the league don't relish in the idea of denying James a championship trophy. Oh, no. That's too mean, too foul.
  
  Instead, they want to help the player nicknamed King James win a championship ring. They believe he deserves one, too. Enter Shaq. In his press conference about his trade from Phoenix to the Cavs, O'Neal didn't talk about winning a championship for Cleveland, a city that hasn't won a title since Moby %%%% was a guppy.
  
  No, it was all about LeBron, as if it's a birthright. ``I'm here to win a ring for the king,'' Shaq told the media.You got that same sense the last few years when players around the league wanted Kobe to finally win a ring without Shaq, so he could validate his career. The Grizzlies helped out by shipping their star Pau Gasol to the Lakers.
  
  Fans don't have to play fantasy basketball anymore, they can tune into ESPN or TNT on a regular basis and watch it live and in living color.There was a time in baseball when the commissioner would stop trades or the sale of players from one team to another if he didn't believe it was good for the game. He could evoke a simple, but great rule: "Not in the best interest of baseball.''NBA commissioner David Stern, of course, is nowhere to be found.
  
  Just like in 2004 when the Lakers, who had won three straight championships, were able to get Karl Malone and Gary Payton, giving them four potential Hall of Famers. Thank goodness the Pistons stopped that by upsetting L.A. in the championship.Yet, Stern will gladly tell people that his league's salary cap rules are good for competitive balance. Sadly, more different teams in baseball (16) have won the title than in his sport (eight) since 1980.
  
  For years, fans have complained that the NBA was a terrible league because so much seemed orchestrated out of the league office. In fact, it got the nickname the WWENBA because things seemed scripted like in pro wrestling.
  
  Now, it's the players who are engineering the moves, recruiting players so that they can all take care of each other and give them what they want -- a ring.What happened to the days when players just played and tried to earn their hardware legitimately?
  
  What made this postseason so great was the fact that LeBron was denied, that he Magic weren't just going to rollover and let what the NBA and all these so-called fans wanted: LeBron vs. Kobe.
  
  Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing should be upset. If they only knew the game was going to go this route, they should have never put up epic battles to beat the best player this planet has seen in an attempt to win a title.
  
  They should have simply called up their friend, Michael Jordan, and asked to play for the Bulls.Crazy. You bet.So is this current thing called the NBA, a mere shell of what once was a competitive league.It stinks. You can have it and its player-contrived championships.
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[651akathepaul]

He's got a point.

 

[japanair21]

And the MLB doesn't have it's share of stacked teams?

ORL won't be as good as they were this year. They swapped Hedo for VC and lost Gortat, Rafer (who actually I could care less if they lost), and Lee.

And Sheed/Artest were FA signings. They signed on to elite-caliber teams, that's no surprise.

 

[jtwo8ight]

TBH this doesn't change much its not like any other teams had a chance anyways before the moves.

 

[DownByLaw]

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

And the MLB doesn't have it's share of stacked teams?

Name all of the World Series winners and their opponents this decade, exactly

 

[japanair21]

Originally Posted by FIRST B0RN

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

And the MLB doesn't have it's share of stacked teams?

Name all of the World Series winners and their opponents this decade, exactly

I'm not saying that the so-called "stacked teams," always win, but neither do the ones in the NBA.

The past two years, it's been that way, yes.

But were the Spurs ever stacked? Well when they got Duncan as a fresh young buck, sure. But the rest of their championship teams weren't"star-studded." They built through the draft and made small, strong moves.

How about the Pistons? Sheed was always considered good, but who thought Chauncey, Rip, Prince, or even Ben Wallace were star players before they went on theirrun?

What happened to the Suns when they were stacked?

Or the Lakers in 04?

Just because a team is talent-heavy doesn't mean they'll win.

 

[651akathepaul]

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

And the MLB doesn't have it's share of stacked teams?

Not even close to the degree it is in the NBA though. What I notice is that the stacked teams in the NBA are the teams that win it all. The stacked teams inthe MLB will compete, but more times than not don't win it all. I don't want to hear about the Phillies being stacked, because that's WAY WAYdifferent. All those players (Howard, Rollins, Utley, Hamels) came through the the farm system and weren't built through luring in big money FA's.

 

[DeadsetAce]

nba is the worst...agreed...but for other reasons

 

[lawdog1]

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

And the MLB doesn't have it's share of stacked teams?

ORL won't be as good as they were this year. They swapped Hedo for VC and lost Gortat, Rafer (who actually I could care less if they lost), and Lee.

And Sheed/Artest were FA signings. They signed on to elite-caliber teams, that's no surprise.

And what about the NFL, or at least the AFC anyway? If you're not a Patriots, Steelers or Colts fan, there's not a lot of hope for you.

I also don't think its really fair to compare the sports in this way. The fact is, since we talking about a sport where there is only five guys on thecourt at one time, it is much easier in the NBA for a single player to have an impact on a team. That's the reason players can "engineer"championships by signing with certain teams. Its just not the same in football and baseball. That's why the Yankees haven't seen a World Series since2000 (I believe, but I'm not an MLB expert), even though they continue to sign the top FAs year after year.

Finally, what's so wrong with the the same teams winning again and again. People like dynasties and rivalries. You can't exactly get that when twodifferent teams are meeting in the finals each year. There's a lot of people out there who think the NBA was at is best in the 80s. Guess what? It wasthe same few teams competing for the championship back then too.

 

[downtown43]

both times he tried to bring up an example of the NBA being contrived, he contradicted himself.

he brought up the threepeat Lakers adding HOFers to their roster. guess what, that team didn't win a championship even though everyone expected them to.they were beaten by a squad with no HOFers but with great team chemistry.

then he brought up how everyone expected Lebron vs Kobe this year... guess what, that didn't happen. Lebron's hopes were snuffed out by a hot Magicteam that nobody expected to make the Finals.

Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing should be upset. If they only knew the game was going to go this route, they should have never put up epic battles to beat the best player this planet has seen in an attempt to win a title.

They should have simply called up their friend, Michael Jordan, and asked to play for the Bulls.Crazy. You bet.So is this current thing called the NBA, a mere shell of what once was a competitive league.It stinks. You can have it and its player-contrived championships.

what? Barkley only faced the Bulls once. and the MJ-led Bulls typically closed out the Knicks in 5 or 6 games.

how are you going to bring up the 90s NBA, when there was even less parity then than there is now?

 

[cedric ceballos 1995 lakers]

theres been a lack of parity in the nba for years though since 1980 only 8 teams have won nba titles out of 30 teams the lakers, celtics, 76ers, pistons,rockets, bulls, spurs, and heat

this decade only 11 teams made it to the finals lakers, pacers, 76ers, nets, spurs, pistons, heat, mavs, cavs, celtics, and magic

in the 1990s only 11 teams made it also pistons, blazers, bulls, lakers, suns, rockets, knicks, magic, sonics, jazz, spurs

in the 1980s only 5 teams made it to the finals lakers, rockets, 76ers, celtics, pistons

its been bad in the nba for years, partly due to crappy ownership though. the nba has so many bad owners and gm's that its not even funny.

 

[raptors29]

Dude needs to stop complaining. When you have teams managing their teams so poorly ie Grizzlies and Clippers this is bound to happen. Good teams stay goodbecause of how they draft and how well they spend money.

 

[dland24]

This is absolutely ******ed. Name a sport where free agents dont want to sign with the best teams. I'll wait.

 

[clutchshooter]

complaining about lack of parody.

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everyone thought the cavs were going to walk to the chip this year and they didnt even make the finals.

rosters on paper dont mean $%*$ .

 

[ezflash26]

Rob Parker is an idiot...

 

[i nasmatic i]

Ah this was the guy that made that unnecessary joke at the Lions head coach

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[superofficial]

Not even going to read the article based on the author. Rob Parker is a joke. He got fired for multiple reasons including writing that an MSU QB was involvedin a fight and was going to be kicked off the team. Kid's dad immediately shows proof that his kid was at home with his parents that entire weekend.Dantonio publicly called him out. He also called Hank Aaron a coward.

 

[CP1708]

People need to think more.

Still talkin bout the 90's bein some great decade, ok, Pistons, Bulls, Rockets, Spurs. Those the teams the won titles in that decade.

The 80's? Lakers, Celtics, 76ers, and Pistons.

This decade? Lakers, Spurs, Pistons, Heat, Celts. Just one more team. However, upon further review........

02 Lakers
03 Spurs
04 Pistons
05 Spurs
06 Heat
07 Spurs
08 Celtics
09 Lakers

Every year is a different winner. Repeats gettin harder to come by. And free agency is much more common now then it was back then, otherwise those eliteplayers like Chuck and Pat would have changed teams sooner then their mid to late 30's.

Oh, and the NBA has a salary cap, whereas in baseball you can truly stack a team, and even that doesn't guarantee you a title.

Every league has their strengths, every league has their flaws. That simple.

 

[jsindaa]

Maybe he should consider the fact that basketball is really the only sport where an individual can win games consistently. If anything the NBA is the worstleague because of poor management and a huge talent gap between role players and stars.

 

[92]

the NBA is the least competitive league, no doubt

@ the Lakers & the Celtics

it is like the NFL Pre salary cap (1994?)

 

[xblker47]

I dont think lebron and shaq are going to win a chip together next season

 

[kingjay718]

Originally Posted by EzFlash26

Rob Parker is an idiot...

 

[kingjay718]

Originally Posted by EzFlash26

Rob Parker is an idiot...

 

[pr0phecy718]

Originally Posted by DublBagn

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• They traded for Garnett and, somehow, kept Paul Pierce in the process and added Ray Allen, too.They wound up winning the 2007 championship, ending's Boston's 21-year drought.

2008?

• Yet, Stern will gladly tell people that his league's salary cap rules are good for competitive balance. Sadly, more different teams in baseball (16) have won the title than in his sport (eight) since 1980.

Two things:

1. Why the hell is he mentioning 1980? David Stern wasn't NBA commissioner until 1984
2. Everyone else has said how the NBA is different from MLB, so I wont repeat it

 

[senatorjeffsmith]

Incorrect. The worst league would be MLB. It's troubling how low baseball has sunk in the past 20 years.