Large market NBA teams struggling.

[THE DRIZZY]

With the exception of Golden State(much improved) and the Clippers(playoff bound). The large market teams are struggling. The Knicks, Lakers, Bulls, and Rockets.

The Knicks-bad contracts no player willing to play defense and youth are killing the Knicks.

The Lakers-too young, no standout defenders, or a consistent 2nd scorer to compliment Kobe is killing the Knicks.

The Bulls-have a shot at the playoffs in the terrible east. They commit too many silly files and are overmatched size wise at the 2 guard and Center position nightly.

The Rockets-have two pieces in Ming and McGrady and Luther Head has been a pleasant surpirse however the team has been killed by injuries to key players all year long.

 

[cranrab]

Kobe is killing the Knicks.

yup, tobe's game is so whack he kills both the fakers AND the knicks.

just playing.

i don't consider houston a large market franchise. rather, i don't recognize the city of houston as a major media market.

it's no wonder the NBA is encouraging the media to latch onto individual player milestones this season, because a lot of journalists are starting to grumble about lack of parity and fewer numbers of title contenders in the league.

 

[RunawaySlave]

Large market teams are really determined by how much the owner(s)
have to spend (like Paul Allen and Mark Cuban) and how much they
get from the television contract(s)

But what is really killing theses teams is not any player or coach. It
is this new policy that adheres to foreign ballplayers and high schoolers
There are more than two sets of rules now. Stars have their own set
of rules and there are certain policies adhered to that are ruining the
game. The defintion of defense has changed. What was considered
great defense in the past is now called a foul. A player can now slide
in under a man in the air and draw a charge. The rules are so backwards
that there are many players who have no idea how to play anymore

So teamwork is now dead