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SunCoastSooner wrote:I'm actually interested in watching basketball again for anything other than the outcome of Spurs games for the first time since the 90s Bulls.


Salary caps in small teams sports are doomed to fail with such limited sample size (size of league) over time. You can't kill human nature. Today's players have seen the previous couple generations mistakes about not winning titles for their bank accounts to marginally be better. Secondary sources of income are as profitable as salaries for the top players now.

This was a doomed economic formula from the start for small team sports. Soulless math can never account for human nature.

Screw_Michigan wrote:

SunCoastSooner wrote:I'm actually interested in watching basketball again for anything other than the outcome of Spurs games for the first time since the 90s Bulls.


Salary caps in small teams sports are doomed to fail with such limited sample size (size of league) over time. You can't kill human nature. Today's players have seen the previous couple generations mistakes about not winning titles for their bank accounts to marginally be better. Secondary sources of income are as profitable as salaries for the top players now.

This was a doomed economic formula from the start for small team sports. Soulless math can never account for human nature.

Wait...what?

R-Jack wrote:
Either way, they still had to give up Bogut to clear room. The Cavs were so dominant on the boards so inside toughness is an issue and it hasn't been addressed. At least KD does more work on the glass and moves the ball better than Harrison Barnes. Defense.....well that may be another story.

Go Coogs' wrote:Bogut was definitely missed in the low post and Lebron took advantage. Entirely different outcome had Bogut played the entire series IMO, however, adding someone like Durant is straight up sick. And, Dins, KD is an upgrade on defense. His differential field goal % on shots he defends between the shooters average field goal % for the season and the field goal % against KD is 3rd best in the league at -6.3%.

Basically, what this means is if all the shooters Kevin Durant defended averaged 45% FG for the season, they shot 38.7% against him.

His defense is good.

Dinsdale wrote:And Goobs, I don't recall ever dissing on Durant's rebounding... I did however cite his 0.5 APG average in college -- not to good for a guy who always has the ball.

Dinsdale (during KD's rookie season) wrote:For a guy who dominates the ball like Durant does, his rebounding numbers are just freaking hideous. The guy stands next to the basket all night and musters 0.7 offensive boards (I hate that stat-btw, but a "camper" should get lots) and 4.1 total? Are you kidding me? Put it this way -- that's about the same boards as Ray Allen is getting -- and no one is going to accuse Movie Star of being much of a rebounder, due to his Charmin-like nature. Gee, I guess that whole "dude can't bench 185" thing really did mean something, eh?

Obviously, it's much too early to start throwing the "bust" tag around... he's still super-young, and his team sucks. But the dude is undoubtedly teetering on the edge of that chasm.

And quite frankly, Blazerfan is laughing his balls off. A bad knee and a missed year sounds a whole lot better than a franchise-killing me-first guy. Wouldn't trade Oden for Durant AND Seattle's pick in the coming draft... not a chance.

My buddy summed it up best almost a year ago. He's a high school techer, and was asked by a student about the draft. Kid asked "do you really think Durant won't be as good a player as Oden, Mr. C?" My bro told him "I'll go one farther -- Durant will never be as good as Brandon Roy, much less Greg Oden."

Nails.

Dinsdale wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2016 4:55 pm Wonder how long before Golden State starts having buyer's remorse?