Being in a small market has nothing to do with anything. Just as being in a big market does not make it easier to win. Hello Knicks and Clippers.Originally Posted by Osh Kosh Bosh
The owners aren't mad about paying Duncan, LeBron or Wall max contracts, they are mad about market forces driving them to pay roll players exorbitant contracts to stay competitive. The owners would be compleltley happy to pay the LeBrons of the world the most and pay everybody else nothing but thats not in the best interest of the union.
Also I think it's pretty much impossible to argue that being in a small market doesn't make more difficult to win a championship, not impossible but certainly more difficult.
This isn't baseball or football where you have 25 or 50 players to account for. You have 12. And 1-2 is enough all by themselves to give you a shot. Draft well on top of that, and you're in. Simple, easy, done. Spurs did it. OKC close, Memphis close, Toronto had a chance if the 2 kids they had had any sort of heart at all (Tracy and sister) Portland could have done something if they didn't suck at drafting bigs or injure every player they touch, the Jazz were close for almost 2 decades. The Cavs were close, but couldn't do a damn thing right after lucking into Lebron. The Magic have won the lottery THREE times. They've been a game here or a game there from winning something. Sacramento was in the mix for a while. It ain't about the damn market.
Stop with the small market bs people, this ain't the Kansas City Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates we're dealing with here. Draft one guy and suddenly you are half way there. Can't do that in other sports, but you can in basketball, when will people figure that out? How many examples do you need?