Ridiculous & laughable posts. WAAAYY harder to land top FA's in the NBA than it is in the NFL? Lack of superstars in the NBA? Really now?
1.) the nba's entire marketing scheme is around its superstars. I highly doubt they'd continue to undertake this strategy if there was this "lack of talent" you claim there is. Hell, one of the worst teams in the nba just had a guy set a record for double doubles in a season. You're trying to justify your logic, and you're sinking in your reasoning. In the NBA, you have to have a few "superstars" to accomplish anything. The Lakers are essentially Kobe Bryant and four other guys. Without him, they lose. Without LeBron, the Cavs are just five guys out there...and they're losing. Badly. The NBA and the NFL are worlds apart in terms of what makes for a good "team' as it relates to success on the playing surface. You know this to be true, but now you've thrown out an invented defense of your reasoning. Are you seriously saying that "How the NBA markets its superstars" is a valid, logical defense of your assertions? Come now. We're all adults here.
2.) The sheer numbers of it just don't add up. with 15 man rosters, i would think that the "talent" is much less diluted than it is in the NFL who have to field 53 man rosters. With only five guys on the court, versus 11 on a football field, and how the entire rules, court size/football field size, and how each game actually operates within that whole framework, YES it is possible for an NBA team to have a Kobe Bryant and just dominate the opponent. Again, slow down long enough to think about it and I know you'll wish you hadn't gone down this avenue of reasoning. You accuse me of trying to "win the debate" but I'm not the one throwing out wild examples and essentially taking this conversation into the murky waters you're dragging it into. Slow down and take a breath, think about it for a sec. That people such as texecutioner and myself would even continue to travel along the road with you on this is entertaining to the others, I would imagine. In addition to this, explain to me how Miami was able to land 3 of the top 10 players in the game in 1 offseason? Uh, maybe because they are trying to beat Kobe Bryant and it takes three superstars (Boston, for example) to get it done? What other team has come close to dethroning the guy? He's entered Michael Jordan status now, as much as I hate to even speak it out loud. How about NY landing Amare in that same offseason & then snagging Melo later in the same season? Same thing. The new "fad" is to try and get a trio of superstars to simply overwhelm the other team's single superstar. How about our very own rockets snagging Clyde midseason which proved to be the catalyst for our 2nd championship? Crap like that happens all the time in the NBA & many times changes the fortunes of teams in mid-season. & you really want to sit up here & say that it's waayyy harder to land FA's in the NBA than it is in the NFL? Give me a break dude. You can stop it with all the "pal" and "bro" and "dude" stuff. I know I started it, but notice how I stopped it and refuse to do it anymore with you. We're now into the arena of ideas, and should exclude the patronizing. Ideas are the focus, and your idea is not winning. NBA and NFL are two different beasts altogether. I'd rather try and compare MLB and NFL, since there's more in common than with the NBA.
Who cares how much props you give morey & what you think of him, that's not the discussion. Well, who brought up Morey in the first place? YOU entered his name into the discussion and now you deem that he can't be discussed? Look, once again you're trying to change the rules of this discussion once you see it's not working to your advantage. I applaud your passion, but the mechanics of your debate skills are lacking. I posed a legit question & you came back with this mularkey. Tex, your posts are normally sound & most times make some sense...but now you're just reaching. LOL. Nice wrap-up strategy: Flail your arms around, make big noise, and then accuse your opponent of doing what you've been doing this whole time. A wise man once said, "When you find yourself in a hole you can't get out of...stop digging." Are you going to continue digging until you reach China? You've dragged this conversation down so many twisting roads and darkened alleys, man...well, where were we to begin with???