I hate Bogut. Ain't losing any sleep over this. And no one here even try to convince me I should give a ****. I'm sure you can find someone else to convince.
I've read ideas in the past. Things like one supermax contract per team. Something needs to be done though. At least all of the main players on the Celtics and Lakers (besides Kareem) were drafted by their teams. This is getting old though, and the main reason MLB does nothing for me, besides enjoying watching paint dry more than baseball.
There shouldn't be max contracts! If ppl want to be super buddies they should have to sacrifice the money. On the open market lebron would be paid 75% of the cap. Back in 98 Garrett signed a 6 year 126 million dollar contract when the cap was 26.9 mil. As long as you have max contracts you will not have competitive balance.
Perhaps you are right. I have not put much thought into this. When I said supermax, emphasizing super. Perhaps the supermax would be twice that of a normal max contract and players like Durant/Curry, and Lebron/Irving/Love would most likely never be on the same teams anymore. It would spread out talent more and would leave it up to smart teams and GM's more than it is now.
I really don't think this is true at all, most teams can point to an all-star/ superstar player on their team. It's just that the league has changed a lot and now you can't really be competitive without multiple all-star/superstars on a team. People like to point to MJ for his greatness in his finals record, but one of the biggest complaints in the 90's was that the expansion watered-down the league, as the talent needed to be spread across the new teams, while MJ had 3 HOFers on his team during his last 3-peat If you want ultra-competitive teams then the league should have less teams, so more teams have multiple all-star/superstars on each team. It's a lose-lose position for NBA management. Players want to win and their are only a handful of contenders each year.
