Can we/should we boycott Nba/warriors?

Any NBA team is just one super star injury away from being not be able to contend. I am just saying. You never know. The basketball god is watching. Let’s pray.

 

It should be noted it's also the players and media's fault. Look at the way Shaq treats Barkley regarding his lack of rings. Look at the way all media worships "champions." Current players have a lot of feelings and they see what happens to Barkley. The see and feel the narrative of you're nothing without rings that was created by the media and former players. They don't want to be treated like Barkley.

 

FWIW I don't have cable so I won't be watching. But that's not because of a league protest; it's because I don't get my money's worth in paying for cable.

Missing Rockets sucks, but it frees up so much time. I'm actually able to get **** done

 

Very good point but I would be pissed if we had Durant. They did everything under the rules I just cant believe that this generation would want a ring like this,

 

They probably lured him with other benefits that more than make up the difference. The average home in the Bay Area is a million dollars, and I am sure there are plenty of enticing extras they offer to those living amongst the rich and famous.

 

I cancelled my league pass. Totally not interested at this point; especially if Clint isn't resigned. Fertita shouldn't have purchased a team if he couldn't afford to keep the roster intact. I get the feeling we're in for losing good players in the not too distant future.

 

So the Warriors shouldn't try to improve their team, within the rules set forth by the league, out of fairness? Has any professional sports team, in the history of professional sports, willfully chosen to not be better for this reason?

 

I'm hoping it is the opposite. I hope nobody attends the games they play in. I sure wouldn't buy a ticket to see them, or the Lakers vs Warriors. I can't even stand watching them on TV.

 

Pitching and defense wins championships, obvs.

 

Do you really think all he was offered is the 5.3 million? I suspect a whole lot of under the counter incentives myself. I'm really shocked everyone else doesn't. Get real people.

 

I’m just going to watch the rockets and philly games when I get the chance.

 

You mean, other than being part of a probable championship team for the first time in his career?

What are some of the things you suspect?

 

This is unusual for Basketball...but it used to be pretty commonplace in baseball, the Yankees signing some small market teams best player for a platoon guy or bat off the bench.

I am gonna wait to see what Boogie looks like post-injury before I say "the sky is falling"

 

The question you should be asking is, what team that had the chance for 5 stars wouldn't take it in a heart beat?

The basic incentive structure needs to change to dissuade star players from teaming up like this. That needs to be something the league does.

But the league shouldn't step in on a selective basis just because one team is too good, and you also can't expect teams on their own to stop signing players out of mercy for other teams.

 

not when you have another mvp and other stars to fall back on all in their prime

 

I also think Tiger Woods should have stopped practicing after he won the 1997 Masters by 12 strokes. It bothered me to no end that he would still come to the course early to warm up and hit practice balls and do practice putting. Someone who was so dominant should have been paying much more attention to the competitiveness of his sport.

 

I'm very close to being done with this league. The rigged Game 7 had me on the edge as a Rockets fan. But now as a NBA fan, I'm ready to throw in the towel. What is the point of even watching the games when we know the eventual champion?

This is worse than 2016. Durant ruined that season by joining a 73-win Warriors team, but at least Golden State wasn't the defending champion. At least we were coming off one of the greatest Finals series of all time. Sure, it was a foregone conclusion that the Warriors would win the 2017 title, but the Cavs were the reigning champs. Now we have Golden State, winners of back-to-back titles, 3 of the last 4 overall, coming off a damn sweep in the Finals.......and adding Boogie Cousins to replace Javale McGee.

Ultimately this is on the players. Adam Silver can't block this move as much as many of us would like him to. The owners already agreed to the salary cap, so they can't do anything about it either. These guys have to have some f'ing pride. Yes, it's nice to have a ring, but if you want to go down as a truly great player, it's even better to actually lead a team to a championship. Not hop on board with a group that's already won a bunch and coast to a title.

 

That's the point. Barring injury, no one has a prayer of beating the Warriors. Christ, the Rockets were the ONLY team to give them any competition in the last 2 years and that was BEFORE they added Boogie. And the Rockets have to scramble to replace Ariza now while hanging onto Capela and Luc. And even if they do that, they still have to contend with a corrupt league that dispatches Scott Foster to help out Golden State in a win-or-go-home game.