Draymond: The NBA is boring and has no substance

Marc Spector

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the issue is that NBA basketball had the ultimate cheat code emerge (Steph Curry), and prove that winning basketball can be played at a level that demands less player development, less stringent player builds (dont need a tank for a center anymore), increase inclusion (in fact it makes so that even aging players can fit into a system as long ad they can hit a 3 at 37%), faster turnaround on investment, and increase parity (we have had six different champions since 2019).

Now this isn’t to minimize the extreme talent that Steph Curry has, but understand that NBA GM and owners are in the business of making money by selling a vision, and no one is going to say “they’ll never be another Curry era Warriors , we might as well not even try :manny: ”.

until they make a real change to the rules there is no real reason for any teams to deviate from roster building around spamming the 3 ball.

Contrast this to the NFL where defenses have adjusted to the point where they can completely shut down a passing attack (one that has all of the advantages due to the NFL boosting offenses for fantasy) and the short quarterback revolution is going to soon die off as QBs no longer have all the time in the world to throw and need to be able to see over the line. it’s what makes the NFL a more compelling product, the constant adjustments to keep the game exciting.
 
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theres a dwindling cultural resonance between the nba and the mainsteam white dominated (but not white exclusive) public... THAT'S driving the downward trajectory in viewership.... however one may feel about the game none of these projected adjustments will broaden lay interest

consider how dim the star power of the celeb game and audience was...

remember "i believe i can fly" and what that meant for basketball? and that was and still is a global mega hit....there isn't a pop culture to NBA nexus that could replicate that today even with the upmost deliberate investment .


this is the chasm thats gonna have to be cleared.... the issue is well beyond the court...
 
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I know your c00n ass is lurking, coward

You've seen the thread. You've seen the alerts. You can't help yourself.

I've told ya about @c00n Scott-Heroin for years. He's a frontrunner. And he ducks when he's loud and wrong(which is most of the time tbf)

Dude disappeared for the summer after the Warriors blew the 3-1 lead. He's a hoe
 

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To be fair I watched a couple Spurs and Rockets games recently and they were pretty entertaining.

I don't watch every team but i know the Cavs, Thunder, Nuggets, Knicks are all fun to watch and collectively represent the best aspects of basketball evolution over the last 30 years. And altho they raise my blood pressure, i'm rarely not entertained by a Rockets game.

A lot of everything else is in a flux of young guys/teams coming into their own and some old heads overstaying their welcome, with the same cascade of injuries that have plagued the league for near a decade now.
 

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the tv product is as ad filled and corny as anything I’ve ever seen.

Adam silver gonna squeeze every last dollar out of basketball that he can.

He could give a fukk about substance. He would rename the three pointer the State Farm shot before adjusting the game.
 
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