Yep, exactly right. And the Warriors were left with the choice of giving

Apr 15, 2018
11:20:27am

messi All-American

Harrison Barnes a max deal, or giving Kevin Durant a bigger max deal (and cutting a few fringe players).

It was a one-off, perfect alignment of several events (Curry’s bargain contract being another).

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POLL: Most irritating thing about the NBA?

chilango

4/15/18 6:45am

Tough poll... I’ve gone from NBA my #1 sport in high school by far to

Pretorian

4/15/18 7:05am

Some interesting points, but you must be very removed from the NBA.

Cougblau

4/15/18 7:24am

If I could I would bet $1,000 + he is gone in 5 years or less. No doubt about it

Pretorian

4/15/18 7:44pm

That’s not even possible unless the Jazz just decides to cut him for no reason.

RUNBYU1

4/15/18 8:25pm

Send me your contact info in a boardmail.

messi

4/15/18 8:50pm

There is less isolation offense now than there has been since the magic/bird era

Josef K

4/15/18 7:47am

I disagree... Do you classify the triangle as isolation?

Pretorian

4/15/18 7:45pm

You must have stopped watching in 2006.

Memmo

4/15/18 8:26am

That's about that last time I enjoyed it... but I still watched games now and

Pretorian

4/15/18 7:46pm

You haven’t seen the Jazz, Spurs, or Warriors play...others as well.

Refugee

4/15/18 8:45am

I only watch jazz games... you could be right on spurs...

Pretorian

4/15/18 7:48pm

It’s hard for casual fans to see the different plays and sets that they run

MwangoleCoug9

4/15/18 8:54am

Almost everything you complain about is incorrect in here. Offenses and defenses

messi

4/15/18 9:00am

#1 - lack of a hard cap, 2- officiating inconsistency, and 3- superstar

unctoothman

4/15/18 7:10am

TNT can agree with these points

TNT

4/15/18 7:46am

If the NBA instituted a hard cap and no individual max salaries

thebruce

4/15/18 7:20am

Systematic favoritism for stars with foul calls or lack thereof.

ALUF 1990

4/15/18 7:30am

The refs' deliberate misinterpretation of the rules to protect stars

CopperLix

4/15/18 7:36am

All of the Above

HighHorse

4/15/18 7:42am

Other—the non existence of a Sonics franchise

James Halpert

4/15/18 7:48am

Wow, I didn't even notice that the Sonics were gone.

BlueFever

4/15/18 7:57am

Yep. They moved to New Orleans and are now called El Pelicanes or something

TNT

4/15/18 8:05am

RE: Yep. They moved to New Orleans and are now called El Pelicanes or something

Byu4life

4/15/18 8:10am

RE: Yep. They moved to New Orleans and are now called El Pelicanes or something

James Halpert

4/15/18 8:16am

End of game free throw contests

Hedonic Threadmill

4/15/18 7:52am

I would add the constant trips to the free throw line through out the game

RC Vikings

4/15/18 7:56am

This!

RUNBYU1

4/15/18 8:26pm

Other: offensive players initiating the contact and rewarded with a foul

Sandy Lyle

4/15/18 7:54am

And who is to blame for it all: DAVID FREAKING STERN

TNT

4/15/18 7:54am

He’s the worst.

kcca

4/15/18 8:12am

Amen. This non-donor will be promoted in the CB New Order

TNT

4/15/18 8:14am

Couple hard cap advocates. I love the soft cap. You develop guys, they

smokymountainrain

4/15/18 7:55am

Nba has the best cap system

Josef K

4/15/18 8:23am

Like how the Warriors developed Durant, Thunder dev George/Melo, Cavs dev Love

Medute

4/15/18 8:24am

Warriors have four stars- drafted and developed three of them. If they figure

smokymountainrain

4/15/18 8:28am

I disagree that it's a good thing that a team that went to 2 straight finals can

Medute

4/15/18 8:31am

It was really a freak occurrence where the stars aligned perfectly

MwangoleCoug9

4/15/18 8:58am

Yep, exactly right. And the Warriors were left with the choice of giving

messi

4/15/18 11:20am

With Derozan and Lowry the Raptors shouldn't have to cut loose one or both of

smokymountainrain

4/15/18 8:32am

The Thunder had Durant for nine years. I don’t get why a franchise should think

Josef K

4/15/18 2:50pm

Agree 100%, but when teams with 3 stars can sign another star...

Medute

4/15/18 2:54pm

You can’t go over more than a couple of years in a row before the tax gets to

Josef K

4/15/18 4:07pm

I’m guessing you aren’t a fan of baseball either then

MwangoleCoug9

4/15/18 4:16pm

I’m not fan of GS, but why does everyone forget that the Durant thing happened

NorthernLight

4/15/18 7:20pm

Also some have mentioned favortism for stars. There is no evidence

smokymountainrain

4/15/18 7:59am

Do you know anyone that has reffed bball in HS or college??? If yes, talk to

ALUF 1990

4/15/18 8:37am

Lol. Still no evidence. But keep chirping.

smokymountainrain

4/15/18 9:47am

You must have never watched James Harden play

mobius

4/15/18 9:18am

He's a case all unto himself in terms of the way he plays. Harden treatment

smokymountainrain

4/15/18 9:46am

Offense player creating contact= defensive foul

Tygger

4/15/18 8:02am

Echo

Sandy Lyle

4/15/18 9:50am

A few annoying superstars.

smokymountainrain

4/15/18 8:04am

Every league has those

TNT

4/15/18 8:07am

No doubt.

smokymountainrain

4/15/18 8:24am

Advancing the ball across the court on a timeot

Josef K

4/15/18 8:25am

Too many injuries. I don’t know how to stop it, but it kills the playoffs every

Memmo

4/15/18 8:28am

Shorter 3 pt line in the corners.

smokymountainrain

4/15/18 8:28am

Other. Superstar officiating. Should be the same calls for everyone.

lilpenny

4/15/18 9:23am

Offensive player initiating contact is a foul on defense even if the defender is

cougaman

4/15/18 9:30am

Echo

Sandy Lyle

4/15/18 9:50am

Sorry. I skimmed through and didn't see your post, or Tyggers. I think it's bad

cougaman

4/15/18 10:02am

I’m surprised no one has mentioned the rookie “redshirt”

MacGyver

4/15/18 9:43am

Playing to the officials and superstars shooting 15-20 FTs a game.

TriggerWarning

4/15/18 9:59am

No Lakers in the playoffs

Faceman

4/15/18 10:17am

Also David Stern’s fault

kcca

4/15/18 10:19am

No Lakers in the playoffs is half the reason I'm enjoying the NBA now

coltonbyu

4/15/18 10:52am

I never made it.

RebelScum

4/15/18 10:41am

You didn't include mine...

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