OT Adam Silver Says It's Up to the Rest of the NBA to Catch Up to the Warriors

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  1. riverman

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    I think defensive power off the bench is underrated....that's where you win against contenders....let the starters build a lead and the bench hold it...Kerr was a genius to talk Iggy into being a 6man....defense and length on the second unit
     
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    I bet the talk went something like this.

    Kerr: Hey Iggy, you know Phil Jackson convinced Michael to pass the ball and the Bulls won 6 championships.
    I think you should be the sixth man..... (points to Bulls championship ring.)

    Iggy: Oh. Okay coach, whatever you say.
     
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    iggy is more than defense and length though, he's a tremendous passer and a pretty good shooter&slasher. I mean this guy on most other teams is their #3.
     
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    Speaking of Kerr, with 5 rings as player and 2 as coach, is it safe to say he's a HOFer?
     
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    As a player no, but as a coach then most likely yes. My guess is he still has to win a couple more as a coach before he's a slam dunk first ballot HOF'er. It's sad so many good players or coaches in all sports that don't get a sniff of the HOF till they get the jewelry.
     
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    He should have offered an automatic raise for all players. The cap goes up by 50%? a player who earns 10M a year now earns 15M a year for the rest of his contract.
    Players association won't agree? then you have to risk a lock out. Because most players are under contract they would have eventually agreed to the terms because it's logical and they get their money before waiting for their contract to end.

    Rules are critical for this league to work, they either mean something or they don't. You can't just say it will be "ok" to have anarchy for one or two offseasons, how can anyone agree with that notion is beyond me.

    In addition, Adam Silver believes that GS style of basketball is the epitome of basketball which is a huge problem.
    Post play is being eliminated while endless three point shots are being encouraged. You can't touch players on the perimeter, yet uncalled illegal screens and no whistles for contact in the paint have become a norm.

    Is it ok that the league itself supports a specific team's style of play?
     
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    Warriors won't be able to maintain it. Curry and Durant are going to want to get paid. Thompson regardless of his I want to be a warrior for life speech will want to get paid. Green will want to get paid. The Warriors won't be able to afford to keep everyone together. Even if they can afford to keep everyone above signed they will have to recycle everyone else for a new bench. Can you imagine that core with a new supporting cast every season. Who wants to sign vet mins to go for a trophy this year. Fucking this league up.
     
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    Will Perdue has 5 rings too
     
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    If the Warriors star players decided to take smaller paychecks and stay in Oakland for the sake of the team, i actually think that would be a good thing. Yeah they would still kick everyone's ass for awhile, but other teams and players would be forced to do the same to compete, and you would see alot of the greedy decision making dissipate out of the league. Maybe. And Portland could even land a free agent sometime in the near future. Maybe.
     
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    I think you would just get super teams in a few places, and the Portland, Milwaukee, OKC, Minn, etc of the world would be perpetually fucked
     
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    disagree...Portland has one of the richest owners in the league...unlike some small markets
     
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    What does that have to do with anything? Cap is still there
     
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    Paul Allen is not worried about the cap.....forum members are..
     
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    The LT is painful, even for a $billionaire. I don't see many that would pay $100M+/season in just LT penalties for very long. That Russian dude who owned the Nets didn't sustain that kind of tax bill for very long.

    $100M is real money. $100M to a $billionaire means he has to liquidate assets, likely. It's not the kind of money lying around in a checking account somewhere.

    Plus, paying that $100M gets split up among your competitors.

    Aside from the money, the CBA inflicts harsh penalties that hinder roster construction for "repeat" taxpayers.

    Almost every owner is willing to pay over the actual cap, just not over the LT threshold.

    Cap isn't the word he meant.
     
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    There is still a cap he has to obide by. Tax is different.
     
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    Cap is the word I meant.
     
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    He could sell the Seahawks for a cool 2.2 billion, then go from there.
     
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