HoopsHype Any Basketball junkie should have this page as a bible reference. The mos comprehensive listing of informatio I have found on the net.
(by the way, if anybody knows of a similar page for NFL, MLB, NHL or world soccer please post them)
Look at the salaries link. If you understand current contracts and the salary cap then you understand WHY the NBA works as it does.
If you think David Stern "fixes" things in the NBA you are wrong. He doesn't need to. Everybody plays under the same rules, there are just some people that are beter at it than others. That's why they keep winning. The scouts are better and the managers are better at setting up contracts. Popovich in San Antonio is a prime example of this. He set his team up with free agency in 2003 in mind. The one thing that could be called unfair is that big-market teams have more cash and thus can hire the proven manager, the guy that puts together championships.
You want proof that the NBA is not rigged? Look at the biggest market in sports... the Knicks.
They suck, they have sucked for a few years and because of Layden they will continue to be bad for at least a couple of more years. They have the most money tied up long-term of any team, they consistently hire undersized veterans trying to get an immediate championship instead of taking a couple of years of losses to get together a young nucleous. The only good move they have made in the past 3 years was finally trading "the fragile one" (Camby) and this years Draft (the 7-5 skinny white boy from Russia late in teh second round is a bad pick, though).
They traded "El Nene" for McDyes, as if they need more injury prone undersized power forwards. Do you think they would like to take that trade back now? Look at Denver, they will be players 3 years from now. Look at Memphis, they will contend 2 years from now. Both small-market teams. Look at the Knicks, they will be contenders in..... Never mind.
(by the way, if anybody knows of a similar page for NFL, MLB, NHL or world soccer please post them)
Look at the salaries link. If you understand current contracts and the salary cap then you understand WHY the NBA works as it does.
If you think David Stern "fixes" things in the NBA you are wrong. He doesn't need to. Everybody plays under the same rules, there are just some people that are beter at it than others. That's why they keep winning. The scouts are better and the managers are better at setting up contracts. Popovich in San Antonio is a prime example of this. He set his team up with free agency in 2003 in mind. The one thing that could be called unfair is that big-market teams have more cash and thus can hire the proven manager, the guy that puts together championships.
You want proof that the NBA is not rigged? Look at the biggest market in sports... the Knicks.
They suck, they have sucked for a few years and because of Layden they will continue to be bad for at least a couple of more years. They have the most money tied up long-term of any team, they consistently hire undersized veterans trying to get an immediate championship instead of taking a couple of years of losses to get together a young nucleous. The only good move they have made in the past 3 years was finally trading "the fragile one" (Camby) and this years Draft (the 7-5 skinny white boy from Russia late in teh second round is a bad pick, though).
They traded "El Nene" for McDyes, as if they need more injury prone undersized power forwards. Do you think they would like to take that trade back now? Look at Denver, they will be players 3 years from now. Look at Memphis, they will contend 2 years from now. Both small-market teams. Look at the Knicks, they will be contenders in..... Never mind.
