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| quote: | Originally posted by LeopoldStotch
in my opinion, the NBA is going through the end of their transitional phase, and going to start a new era very soon, about next year or two, depending on the talent pool in the draft. i have loved the nba since those old fogies boston celtics, showtime lakers, bad boys detroit pistons, and that denver nuggets-golden state warriors-utah jazz teams that lit up the scoreboard(before phoenix started doing it this year). of course there is a significant difference between the 80s, the 90s, and this decade.
two of the most important things have changed between now and then: 1. rivalries and 2. free agency. there are no rivalries in the nba right now. however, there maybe a nice heated rivalry brewing between san antonio and dallas, detroit and indiana, and cleveland and miami. these 3 matchups are going to be very good for the next couple of years. i still remember the old chicago-detroit, new york-chicago, and new york-indiana rivalries. there were some classic playoff games.
a big thing that has changed the game is free agency. a lot of players are getting either greedy, or teams always look for fresh faces every 3 to 5 years. i think kevin garnett is the longest active tenured player with 1 team at the moment. strange.
but no matter how much the nba changes, i still love this game. it's fannnnnnnnnnnnnnnntassstic!  |
who feels Kevin G's pain!! Personally he started the new era. Lets just say 120 million lol. When I first heard about his salary he wanted I laughed but he started the "oh its not about the $$ era" bunch of BS.Then came sahq and then....The NBA went from Skill and hard to find talent to Talent and who has it gets the $$$. Plus lets take a look at the recent drafts.
old skool : MJ was 3rd.. seems normal because #1 did not always turn out a lengend.
now: HS players. NBA became a young mans game but they got rid of that for now.
future: International players on the rise and latest #1 picked first. Lets just say USA was 3rd in the Olympics
Yeah what are the good matchups. Gives a good reason to go to that game or hit the bars. Yeah Knicks vurse bulls. Starks did dunk over MJ but MJ dunked their who entire team into the ground with his Carrer avg against them I think it was 30+ lol
in the end its where the $$ is at. Thats why trades and free agents and who can afford and can't are the reasons players are going all over the place. Most teams have this one bad year and one good year and then the players dissapear. Only teams that are sticking togther are..San Antonio, Dallas, Suns, Bulls,detroit.. thats why all other teams are up and down because they cna't hold on to players more than 2-3 years.
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Last edited by Trancealot on Jan-01-2007 at 21:13
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