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I want to be careful here because I wish injury on no one and feel for anyone who has happen to them what Durant had happen. However, as a basketball fan, the article focuses on what has made the NBA dead to me - superstars, not teams; stacking teams, the destruction of any real competitiveness. Finally, the death knell of the league for me, the natural extension of a league that took a team sport and evolved into being about the individual, reffing based on the name on the back of the jersey rather than the integrity of the game.
 
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[quote="Logen" post=351941]I want to be careful here because I wish injury on no one and feel for anyone who has happen to them what Durant had happen. However, as a basketball fan, the article focuses on what has made the NBA dead to me - superstars, not teams; stacking teams, the destruction of any real competitiveness. Finally, the death knell of the league for me, the natural extension of a league that took a team sport and evolved into being about the individual, reffing based on the name on the back of the jersey rather than the integrity of the game.[/quote]

You're not wrong about anything you said. However the metrics of the League couldn't be higher. And they seem to continually be pointing up. I was never really an NBA fan as a kid. I'd watch but never had a team. I watch a little more now but likely due to just losing interest in other sports.

However I do hate the team stacking and I hope when their next CBA is up that is a point that is addressed. I have no idea how. I don't follow it closely enough to pretend to know what the magic pill is. But agree something should be done.
 
[quote="Moose" post=351942][quote="Logen" post=351941]I want to be careful here because I wish injury on no one and feel for anyone who has happen to them what Durant had happen. However, as a basketball fan, the article focuses on what has made the NBA dead to me - superstars, not teams; stacking teams, the destruction of any real competitiveness. Finally, the death knell of the league for me, the natural extension of a league that took a team sport and evolved into being about the individual, reffing based on the name on the back of the jersey rather than the integrity of the game.[/quote]



You're not wrong about anything you said. However the metrics of the League couldn't be higher. And they seem to continually be pointing up. I was never really an NBA fan as a kid. I'd watch but never had a team. I watch a little more now but likely due to just losing interest in other sports.

However I do hate the team stacking and I hope when their next CBA is up that is a point that is addressed. I have no idea how. I don't follow it closely enough to pretend to know what the magic pill is. But agree something should be done.[/quote]

You are right about the metrics of the league, no question.
 
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