Didn’t seem like they much of a choice. Either pay em or lose him for nothing. I know they didn’t want to.
But it’s amazing to see an actual wealth gap in the NBA among players.
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Didn’t seem like they much of a choice. Either pay em or lose him for nothing. I know they didn’t want to.
But it’s amazing to see an actual wealth gap in the NBA among players.
I understand that but that’s the owners fault lol. The owners are the ones that are in favor of having a maximum number of what a player can get paid, a cap # of that teams can spend, etc. because they don’t want to pay the players their true value. Teams should be able to spend whatever they want to win, if they want to win. But the owners don’t want that. They want to limit players earnings, why wouldn’t you then as players, get last dime that you can out of these mfs….if you own a team and don’t want to spend, get the out of the business
We were a finger roll away from a championship but every Knicks fans KNEW who we had in Anthony Mason.
Go read blood in the garden
Not now
But right now
I don't think it's a coincidence that things seemed to change when Chris Paul became president who represented for the stars and superstars
The separation is wild and can't work long term.
Yup agreed
Easy fix though
No salary cap.
There done
Do it like baseball
The owners GOT the money
Stop with rules made to protect the owners from themselves.
Let them spend.
The draft pick restrictions were made just because TEAMS were making dumb trades.
In fact they should abolish the draft or make it more of a pardon the term "auction"
Keep the order and now you have the right of first refusal
after that first round picks get to go to the highest bidder.
And the draft order should be the BEST record of the bad teams get the best odds.
Facts. And I'm not even saying harden is better. Just Wade ain't who folks make him out to be without Shaq or Bron. Folks say Shaq was washed when he was there. But Wade couldn't manage to get out the 1st round once he left. Like Jeff said miami was trash when it was left to Wade to manage
Wades legacy is 1 great finals run and being Brons wingman. He's a lesser Russell Westbrook (cause russ has better stats) if shaq and Bron don't come to Miami
Yeah, but then I believe they should reduce teams. This gap exist already because small market teams hardly wins anything or gains any superstars long term, until recently with Denver, Toronto, and the Bucks getting a ship.
Now they are taking about expanding to two more teams. It’s going to look real crazy in the league wages-wise in the next 5 years.
That makes sense. Boston about to have two guys making over 300 million and the rest of the team making a fraction of that. That’s crazy to me.
I was telling someone last week, that Harden is going to have the most polarizing post NBA career in how he's going to be remembered.
If people thought Melo was bad, wait for Harden. All the other shit is going to overshadow his actual play and his highs.
Kyrie basically said you're a better actual point guard than me.
Not good, because you have people like Steve Balmer who would just buy a team.
Some of these dudes are rich rich, and if you thought a team of KD, Kyrie and Harden was bad, it would get worse.
I understand your points
They are valid
But we COULD do the same to Kobe whenever fans try to put him over LeBron.
So much of this stuff is emotion and being IN THAT MOMENT.
No kid born in the late 90s REALLY understands just how good McHale was.
Or Ron Harper
Or Kevin Johnson
Or Mourning
to an entire generation Harper Johnson and even Mourning were just "good" players
But those of us who actually WITNESSED it know.
I SAW Wade since his rookie year
And he was BETTER than Harden
(In my humble opinion)
But also what hurts Harden is the system he played in and all these white boy stat nerds saying he was Jordan of his era.
Steve Cohen rich rich
Baseball does it
They'll be fine.
Sell the team, partner up whatever.
No rebuttal as I completely agree sir.
And don’t mind me, I’m just salty the Nuggets were essentially “hard-capped” into losing Bruce Brown cuz they couldn’t spend over that damn “Apron” even if they wanted to
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You're supposed to give actual examples since you know him so well
Nigga huh?
He not even Snaq status and he’s not even a top 3 Laker of All time.
He will ever be on Kobe level
He’s Steve nash with rings
Just go away
Baseball has a luxury tax that sort of keeps them in line
and it's enough rich people to bid for free agents.
but baseball also has had huge problems with the haves and have nots. It's just that nobody cares, because it's set up for the Yankees, Mets, Red Sox, Dodgers....all the popular teams.
Milwaukee, White Sox and Pittsburgh are never going to win.
???????
Kobe was losing series to the suns up 3-1
Tim Duncan ain’t never losing to no fucking suns twice in a row
He gets the Spaniard and the legacy keeps going.
Wade was winning playoffs series as a rookie nigga while Tobe was air ballin against shandon anderson
Man stfu
White sox are not a professional sports team
They are a grown man version of a little league team
And they have the worst owner and GM and President of all time in any sports catagory.
Jerry hated paying Mike in 96-97 and 97-98
Fuck that Nigga forever
I wish Mike woulda went downstairs to the knicks instead of taking the elevator to meet the jerrrys back in 97
Can u imagine Mike and Pat with Camby Spree and ALLEN Houston
Mike woulda gat his 3 peat from 98 finals 99 finals and easily 2000 finals then he retires and never comes back.
If only
What he win as a rookie? A series? You get rings for a series now? I know after he got his ring and he was pose to be at his pinnacle he was getting escorted out the playoffs in the 1st round. B4 Bron came and saved him.
Did Kobe start a playoff game his rookie or 2nd year???
We talking about Eddie jones back up?????????????????
Wade came into the league a star and had plays ran for him
They traded they entire team to get Snaq to play with him before his 2nd year even started. And he had to play under riley for half a year and got his ring.
Kobe would never win a ring with Riley as his coach.
I’m taking WADE making buzzer beating shots in the playoffs his rookie season than Tobe bench air balls against FUCKING SHANNON ANDERSON AND Gerald Wallace
And the year after he got his ring he broke his shoulder and was playing extra hurt when he got swept by the bulls
Wade saved Lebron nigga
The fuck
Lebron was getting his ass clapped by Detroit in 2006 in the playoffs and then the magic
He came to a nig wit a ring to show him how to win
He first ring will always have Wade name on it
Wade has a ring without Lebron name on it
Sorry
But I get what u saying tho ku
U basically talking about Iverson who was a playoff early exit almost every year except 2001
KG too
I dunno..it just looked to me like during the allstar team pick show with lebron...kd seemed to slow on the uptake that they were just fucking with him... his facial response seemed to be "how do I take this?" there have been other times where he seemed kinda awkward in his response to a question or statement. I'm not saying he's debilitated with it...just slightly off a bit
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Yawl is not finna talk crazy about Wade on here
Wade did not save bron. Bron came to Miami and took over. Wade gladly took that back seat and rode off to 2 more rings.Wade saved Lebron nigga
The fuck
Lebron was getting his ass clapped by Detroit in 2006 in the playoffs and then the magic
He came to a nig a ring to show him how to win
He first ring will always have Wade name on it
Wade has a ring without Lebron name on it
Sorry
But I get what u saying tho ku
U basically talking about Iverson who was a playoff early exit almost every year except 2001
KG too
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Wade and riley showed Bosh and Lebron how to win
Only suckers and non leaders go to somebody else team
Nigga can u imagine Isaiah going to the Celtics to “take over” and have bird take a back seat?
Huh
I’ll never forgive that Nigga for allowing wade to lose to the team he beat by himself in 2006
Nigga was trash in that finals
JJ barea and jason kidd was giving it to that nigga
You can never find pictures of fucking marquis daniels or Devin harris locking up wade like this
Ever nigga
If harden wasnt clink clacking in that finals in 2012 then Lebron would have lost 3 in a row
WADE KOBE SHAQ CURRY never lost 2 finals in a row
Ever
WADE KOBE SHAQ CURRY never lost 2 finals in a row
Ever
I got you bro, it pisses me off to. Miami's punk ass owner has been cheap as fuck lately....which is why we have mostly D-leagers trying to make something happen to no avail...
I think it will work
So many billionaires want in
Move a team to Seattle put one in Vegas
You will have a STAMPEDE of wannabe owners.
Is that what’s going on? Man I really be wondering why Jimmy out there carrying D Leaguers(eh…undrafted FA’s)to the Finals these last few years. I mean who tf wouldn’t want to come play in Miami(Besides Giannis cuz he done lost his mind in Milwaukee) Shit lowkey I always wondered that about Miami Dolphins too(well at least after Brady left)
Look at Atlanta and DC
It's bad when the franchises are so bad that it stops players going to great cities.
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