The nba is flawed, mainly because it is too easily manipulated, and what really needs to happen is that the league must move to a rotisserie style league. Basically do away with the joke that is the nba salary cap. Lebron is worth more than a max deal in the current nba says he is worth, so by detaching a player's contract from the league's soft cap, the true worth of that player can be set. As it stands now, the collective bargaining agreement and the nba owners can't and won't move to a free market system, where a big pocket team can scoop up the superstars mainly because of trying to keep the league competitive and the costs in line. But it is a joke as I said before, because big markets still have the advantage. If we had a rating system, to rate players, that alone would make the league more competitive. I don't even think you need a draft. It would be a more recruitment to your style of play, your coach and fans and the organization. Anyway, I don't have it all figured out, but this I believe is the only way for parity in the league.
How do you rate players? The GMs all rate players differently. Sure, most agree on the top 5-8 players but after that there are many arguments as to who is better. Where do you rate Capela? Where do you rate Patty Mills? Where do you put JR Smith? How about Marcin Gortat? I don't see how that could actually work, players are rated differently and look better or worse depending on who they are playing with.
What do you mean rating system? They could remove max salaries, that way guys can't team up so easily.
Best way to get parity is to get rid of individual max salary while keeping the salary cap. But the league has no interest in doing that.
I mean like you have a set number to spend on players (not contract money, points if you will). If Lebron is on your team, it would cost you say 65 out of your 100 points. I'm not a formula expert, but you might even have to limit a LeBron team in other ways to separate him from say a guy like Marc Gasol or Harden. It really has to be worked out. I think a team of Harden + Marc Gasol is worth a Lebron, so you'd have to work a system like that. Lebron is worth that much, a superstar and an allstar player.
Because then super stars will have to take massive pay cuts (20+ million a year) to team up with another super star.
That might get rid of the super team, but it creates little parity. Whoever has LeBron wins, period. Not only that, but the biggest markets now get the handful of superstars and the rest of the league are sol.
the best way to get parity is to have free market? WHAT?? LOL I'm surprised a fan of Memphis would say that. All the superstars would end up in California, NY and Miami.
You misunderstood my post. I said that part of the problem with the system as it stands now is that Lebron's worth to the team is greater than a typical max contract, and if the nba had a free market system, he'd surely be way above everybody else in the league. It was part of the point I was making and not the entire point.
It would absolutely create parity. If the salary cap is $100mm, then a team isn't going to be able to field multiple superstars unless they take massive pay-cuts.
The GM's have proven that overall they are too incompetent to handle an uncapped payroll. They had to add a salary cap and max room exceptions to protect them from destroying their own franchises. Go ahead, uncap it, watch the Thunder sign Brook Lopez to 38m for 6yrs, sinking them for eternity.
No it wouldn't. It would create a few teams with THE superstar, and everybody else would be out in the cold. Again, it would solve the super friends teams, but that is about all. Nobody that doesn't have LeBron would have a chance.
You haven't though out your system, lulz. I DO however LOVE the idea of "credits" instead of draft pick slots. LOVE IT.
I know that rotisserie is robust enough (been around long enough) to transform the nba. Of course, I am no stat wizard to figure it all out, but I do know that until the league gives a proper value to a player's worth in theleague, and not tie it to his salary, which the league used to make more fiscally responsible owners (as you said), the league will be nothing more than entertainment television: and the same players win over and over again.
Lebron alone isn't enough to win a title. "Solving super friends" = parity Why don't you try to construct a championship team with a $100mm hard cap, Lebron at $40mm, and no other max player on the roster?
Just have a salary cap but no max salaries. Example: Salary Cap- $100 mil LeBron Salary- $65 mil That leaves only $35 for the rest. Stars would spread out, leading to parity.
