I live in LA and that's exactly how Lakers people--from ownership to fans--think. They may not use the blatant terminology. But from the way they talk you know that deep down they believe that the whole league is their farm system. They never have to tank to get a good draft pick. They know they will get whatever star developed by another team. Among the widely recognized current top 10 players, only Curry has won a championship for the team that drafted him. (LeBron also did but it was after he had left them first.) Small market teams who are lucky enough to draft a generational player have a small window to compete for a championship. It is usually during the second contract of that player with the team. If they fail, the star is likely going to leave, and in the current system, there's nothing you can do about it.
Not sure what 'betttet globally' translates to in terms of value measured in currency ..? All pro sports owners define success exclusively with that metric
Yea sure. My point is that the way football contracts are set up and lack of player movement are not why football makes more money. Football makes more money because people in the U.S /like it more as a sport and they'll support whatever shlock comes out there despite how garbage it actually is. No one cares about players in football like they do in basketball. Basketball is also the third most popular sport in the world with how the NBA brands its stars being a large part of that reason.
Also let’s not act like small market teams don’t halve their chances to compete with those players they have drafted. If you are not a good organization you won’t keep many good players period.
When you sign a contract or extension in the NBA.... You're only obligated to play in the NBA for a set amount of money for a set amount of years.... You're not obligated to one specific team. The same way a team can trade you after signing with them... Star players can and do request trades especially if they have leverage.
what?!? Harden's contract was with the Rox not the NBA. Trades have nothing to do with personal contracts, that is a CBA thing which the players agreed. You are mixing things up that are separate.
He was traded which is part of CBA, not his personal contract. His personal contract is exactly the same (every cent) as it was before. It's semantics but truth. That's why things like no trade clauses have to be written into contracts, those don't disappear after a successful trade. Contract is always the same. It's the CBA. -edit- it's also why some trades aren't allowed due to CBA due to cap rules. Rox could not have traded him to any team and construct the trade however they chose to. CBA rules not Harden's contract.
Disagree strongly. Harden is as good as ever, he just now has the freedom to play in ways he couldn't play in Houston as our only legit playmaker in every game that we didn't have Chris Paul... That and he also came in in typical preseason shape.
