OT Golden State's Dominance - How has it effected your views on the NBA?

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Has GS changed how you feel about the NBA?

  1. Yes

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  2. No

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    15.8%

  3. Dynasties have always existed, so no...

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  1. donkiez

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    Agreed, the big earners would never approve it though
     
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    They weren't to Harden or Oladipo....I'm sure Cleveland tried to be loyal to Lebron too....and DeRozan got completely sucker punched...ring chasing is going to happen when dynasties form....it's always been that way though...Griffin wanted to stay with the Clippers...on and on
     
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    They built the team legit, and won before the Durant's and Cousins got there. I don't have a problem with it. But it sucks because at least some of the finals against MJ were entertaining. This is just domination.
     
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  4. TorturedBlazerFan

    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    Before KD moved the playoffs were pretty great!
     
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    And OKC was real loyal to the city of Seattle
     
    calvin natt, Jul 22, 2018
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    Will always try to watch the Blazer games but my viewing of the rest of the NBA has declined drastically since Durant join the Warriors. What was the point? No drama, no excitement, predictable outcome.

    Not worth watching.
     
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    I would argue that OKC was not loyal to Durant at all. They gave him a stupid, selfish 4th quarter bastard.... and they gave him a lot of $$$ and a lot of years.
     
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    WB and KD both played very selfishly at times in OKC. They were supposed friends, so I’m not sure I buy that them paying WB some how made them unloyal to KD.
     
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    There has always been a dominant team in the league through the years, this is just a super dominant team. They will fade eventually and things will become more even but there are always gonna be those two or three elite teams in the league
     
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    They don't have to fade if they don't want to. They could trade Klay for a high draft pick, do the same later with another player, rinse, repeat, and keep forever young. I don't think they will, though.
     
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    The game is always changing. I watched less of the Finals and Playoffs this year. That probably had more to do with my kids schedule than it did with the Warriors.
     
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    Yes it bothers me a lot BUT in their 73-9 season, we beat them by 32 and last year we won 2 of 3 games against them. Maybe there's hope??
     
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    But then wouldn't the best players just go to the biggest markets with the best weather? Make up the difference in sponsorships?
     
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    The only way this team can do anything remotely successful in the playoffs this year or the next few years, is if Zach Collins totally channels his inner Pau Gasol. Minus the looking like a llama thing of course.
     
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    I don’t think it has to be Collins, but one of those younger guys has to pop, Trent, Simons maybe? Baldwin?
     
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    It hasn't changed how I feel about the NBA. The Warriors are a fun team full of good guys. We just need to beat them.

    If it were easy it wouldn't be as fun.

    I don't know how the NBA could level the playing field as much as the NFL has. 1 guy can have a much bigger impact on an NBA team than an NFL team.
     
    Phatguysrule, Jul 22, 2018
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    Another thing to consider with super teams are diminishing returns on players and balancing egos. There is only one basketball to go around. Having the best talent doent gurantee anything. Houston almost beat GS this year. If Cleveland pulled out the first game like they should have then it would have been a different series.
     
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    It's not so much the Warriors, more it's the way the CBA is constructed that enables these kind of super teams to be built. Realistically the money is so huge now, settling for 5mill a year for a season or 2 isnt a big deal anymore.
     
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    I'm a free market guy so hard cap is hard for me but I see how it governs. Id almost rather have zero cap and let the organizations compete for players, allows a small market with an owner like Paul to bid what he'd wants, kind of like the Realestate market around here.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Haha. Good one. Loyalty is spelled $$,$$$,$$$
     
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