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Originally Posted by BishopMVP
There's 2 NY teams, 2 LA teams & one in Chicago, and the Lakers are the only one with sustained success in the last 20 years. Meanwhile San Antonio, SF/Oakland, Miami, Cleveland and Detroit have won titles, and Milwaukee, Denver, Toronto, OKC, Boston, Indiana, Portland and Utah are all on the top 12 records right now.
There's issues here with superteams, but blaming it on market size seems very questionable.
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That's probably fair - more about chasing that ring than going to a big market, although there's still an element of the latter, otherwise you wouldn't have the putrid Knicks giving away a young all-star for essentially nothing and being lauded as sensible for doing so.
The problem is still the same though, nearly half the league (if not more) have absolutely no path to even dreaming about a championship in the next 5-7 years. Some have brought it on themselves, but I just don't think I could emotionally invest in being a fan of a team knowing that. Outside of Boston and a small chance that Milwaukee might get a superstar who wants to play with Giannis, is there anyone else on your list who is an actual threat to win a title in the next 3 years? Toronto maybe if they can get Kawhi to stay?