What's up with NBA management these days?
Kobe has less than par talent around him, Lebron James also doesn't have an all-star teammate and his future looks just as bleek as Kobe's. Until recently KG, Allen Iverson, Paul Pierce and Ray allen were all perenial all-stars that missed the playoffs regularly. You can add Jermaine O'Neal the list as well.
What ever happened to the days of the Hakeems Rockets, Malone and Stockton's Jazz, Jordan and Pippen's Bulls, Barkley's Suns, Kemp and Payton's Sonics, Ewing's Knicks, Robinson's Spurs, Shaq with the Magic/Lakers all made the playoffs every single year!
How come management today can't give their superstars players to contend with year after year like in the past?
2007-11-04 16:56:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
Worst managed was the Celtics before Ainge pulled off a magic trick to save his butt. Nowadays my fingers still itch to point the Knicks who have a lot of overpaid bozos on their line-up. (Best move that Isiah ever made was the Randolph trade. huh!)
Unless you have a superstar that values talent, and winning like Tim Duncan you couldn't get any other suitable good players to surround your superstar.
Why site Duncan? Duncan took off a lot of money from his paycheck just to ensure that this Spurs team could have the best talents out there to surround himself while he's still on his hunt for more gold.
He is so selfless and really value winning with a championship caliber core anchored on him while other superstars content themselves with shooting more ball and having more posession while sitting with a whole lotta money, Duncan commited himself on winning more.
Hope this helps.
2007-11-04 18:24:02 · answer #1 · answered by Darth Revan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the pay the superstars get are outrageous that leaves no room for more talent.
GMs have learnt that ticket sales is not always proportional to winning. Basketball is entertainment, not just a sport. People watch the game for outrageous dunks, fast breaks and 3 pointers. These are what attract crowds, not 15 foot jump shots and good defensive plays. Spurs and Pistons are contendors every year but they don't attract a lot of fans outside of their city.
The SABR approach that has helped Boston Red Sox win 2 world series in 4 years should be applied to Basketball as well. Take the example of Boston. Danny Ainge traded away all the good veterens for a "young" team because he believed in physical fitness more than statistics. After 5 years the Celtics had to jettison that approach and go to veterens. The sooner people realize that a player's ability to win basketball games should be measured primarily by his records (vs. intangibles like passion, physical fitness, etc) many teams will never get out of the rut
2007-11-04 17:38:19 · answer #2 · answered by Existentialist_Guru 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the worst management in the last 3 years have been the lakers. They went from possibly being a team who could have won 2 more rings to a team with no future. They traded shaq for unequal value. Also right now Mitch Cupcake has the pressure on him to trade chi chi man/batty boy Kobe Bryant for equal value. If you dont what this mean look it up at wikipedia. The conflict is that the lakers want to send him to the east but considering that the bulls pulled out the only good option to saving them might be the mavs if they can get devin harris, josh howard, and a 1st round pick out of this deal.
2007-11-04 17:09:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 02:09:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
best is the spurs. there scouting is second to none. they got TP and ginobilli at the end of their respective drafts. the worst has to be philly. aside from getting both AI in drafts what the hell have they done. keith van horn, mashburn. the best trade they eva made was for c-webb and he dint pan out with iverson. then they trade iverson for andre miller. miller is good but they could have had livingston and magette. i know livingston is injured but andre miller isnt the best PG goin round.
whens the last time they even looked like winning a playoff series. i will be surprised if they make the playoffs this year. the have no future plan. igoudala has nobody. dalembert is Ok but is just a poor mans dikembe. if you want a winning team you need a combination of chemistry, offence and definatley defence. so AI and sam are the defence but they have nothing else and that isnt looking to be changed in the next few seasons unless they sign a massive FA sometime soon.
i means i like korver but he shouldnt be an NBA starter. unlike JJ hes a SG that cant dribble or pass and when he plays SF he doesnt rebound and he has no defence wat so eva. wen hes not hitting shots hes useless.
and man. reggie evans starting PF. i mean c'mon billy. wtf r u doing.
2007-11-04 17:07:52 · answer #5 · answered by P4BZ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Knicks have been a horribly managed team for several years now. They have the highest payroll and not a lot to show for it.
2007-11-04 17:22:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree.. Minnesota!! ..well, whom did they drafted 1st rd before kg? ..ray allen (traded for marbury), Szczerbiak, McCants, Brandon Roy (traded for foye - not bad but Roy is R.O.Y.), Ndudi Ebi, Rasho.. How bout acquisitions.. hmmmm.. besides Spree and Cassell whom they left out afterwards.. uhm.. Joe Smith, Ricky Davis?! ..who gave kg a gazillion worth contract?! how bout szcerbiaks long term 10m? or hudson, hassell, madsen contracts? sigh.. McHale sucks!! =p
2007-11-04 22:08:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Kobe is not a superstar that can carry a team.
2007-11-04 17:43:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Minnesota..Kevin Michale sucks!!!
2007-11-04 19:33:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋