What would you do as commisoner?

[SteelersFreak]

Re: What would you do as commisoner?

Ring chasing cheerleaders are Eddy Curry, Juwan Howard, Dexter Pittman,etc.

To be fair to Dexter Pittman, even though I can't stand him, he was drafted by them and he's still on his rookie contract.

[DieHardYankee26]

To be fair to Dexter Pittman, even though I can't stand him, he was drafted by them and he's still on his rookie contract.

Yeah I actually figured he was, but I was just naming guys. He's not a ring chaser, just a cheerleader lol

[Dice]

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I see some of ya'll don't particularly care about losing/not making money.

Contraction will help that. But no, I really don't care about that part.

[Rule of Two]

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Actually your post just showed you don't know much about the actual situation, so it makes sense that some Cavs fans who do would challenge that. Based on your one statement they got rid of Lebron too... that's how big of miss step that is, and that's too big to just pass off as "how I speak".

And with the new addition to your point, you're acting like Lebron left and everything else stayed exactly the same. They lost a TON of pieces last year. Obviously losing the best player in the NBA is going to have a huge effect on any team, but the bigger effect it seems to have to fans is it makes them ignore all the other players that left, got moved or were hurt for most of the season.

How can you tell me something's too big to pass off on how I speak? Do you know me personally? No. So your entire argument (and you're only looking to argue over pointless details) with me is pointless and annoying. I used to have a friend in high school just like you who wanted to argue every little detail when it's unnecessary. Get over it. I know the situation as I've followed LeBron since he was drafted.

Sure, Cleveland lost a few other players besides LeBron but that wasn't the reason they went from best to worst in one year. Again, you're looking to argue over something so insignificant for no reason. I don't get it. I see you doing this in several different threads.

[iLLWiLL9105]

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What some people lose focus of is that the NBA is a business first and a game second. The thing that matters most is $. If it wasn't, these guys would play for free in their backyard. If someone is working for a lawfirm for 6 years but gets a better offer from another more prestigious one, should he stay? No, because there is no loyalty in business. Players get traded and released all frequently. I feel like players should go wherever it would be the most beneficial financially. And if their team is so afraid to lose them, why not leverage that to get to a team that's ran better.

[wwharton]

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How can you tell me something's too big to pass off on how I speak? Do you know me personally? No. So your entire argument (and you're only looking to argue over pointless details) with me is pointless and annoying. I used to have a friend in high school just like you who wanted to argue every little detail when it's unnecessary. Get over it. I know the situation as I've followed LeBron since he was drafted.

Sure, Cleveland lost a few other players besides LeBron but that wasn't the reason they went from best to worst in one year. Again, you're looking to argue over something so insignificant for no reason. I don't get it. I see you doing this in several different threads.

Insignificant in that it disputes what you're saying, of course.

Losing Lebron would crush any team. Losing other starters and important players to FA/trade/injury the same year is most definitely significant in how far they fell. It'd be silly to say otherwise. But carry on. The Cavs fans can defend themselves just fine in a discussion like this.

[cam21224]

Didn't you say you were against super-teams?

Didn't read the whole thread I see

[acidfrehley]

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I like the whole draft lottery process and the fact that they award a top prospect to the worst team.

But this is completely oposite to football leagues around the world, for instance.
In any football league, if you finish your season in the worst 3 or 4, you get demoted to the second division league.
In NBA you get a top rookie.

Im a football fan also, and I think that NBA would benefit a lot for having a second division league with, idk, 20+ teams in wich the four conference finalists get promoted to NBA #1 league. And then the worst 4 on NBA get demoted to this second division league.

This may probably sound like blasphemy to all of you, but I think that it would not only avoid tanking but create a new competition on the lower half of the ranking just to avoid being "demoted".

[BringTheHeat]

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Another thought, make contracts able to be terminated at will. Kind of like the NFL. Would save a lot of teams from the Rashard Lewis' and the Brendan Haywood's of the NBA.

[DieHardYankee26]

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Agree 100% on non-guaranteed contracts.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Get rid of restricted FA is one I would definitely get rid of, especially with teams actually making money now.

[Boge]

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I would cap all teams the same amount to spend on their team. NO way to go over, no penalty payments, nothing. You also don't get to keep that money if you don't pay for the players.

I would also get rid of the $5000 fine for flopping. No player cares about $5000. I would review games after and pass out a one game suspension to any player found flopping.

[Majingir]

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lol, a thread bumped from like 4 years ago.

But some things I'd want to see changed, adding coaches challenges to games. Coaches can challenge stuff, but if they're wrong, the team loses a timeout and ability to challenge again for that half.

Not everything can be reviewable, but things like out of bounds should be challengeable.

And maybe decrease number of timeouts in final 2 minutes of a game? I'm sure many notice that in close games,it takes like 10 minutes to play final 2 minutes of a game,cause of all the timeouts we have. You spend most of the final 2 minutes of a game,watching commercials and replays.

And like mentioned above, have a hard cap. The way the NHL is currently set up with their contract structure I think would work well in the NBA.

[SPTO]

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Only real change i'd like to see is the final 2 minute reports to be expanded to full game review of officials.

[BJNT]

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I'd let high school players be eligible for the draft again but I would do something similar to what baseball does with one exception. I'd require only 2 years if the player decided to go to college instead of 3. And that would include junior colleges as well. Along with that I would add an extra round or 2 to the draft to cover teams that draft a high school kid that decides to go to college.

To help with the development of these young players I'd require all teams to have a D-League team. Teams would be able to draft a stash a players for up to 2 full seasons and his contact wouldn't count against the cap nor the 15 man roster.

Rookie contracts would be like the NFL's. Four years with a team option on the 5th. No restricted free agency. If you're worried that a player won't resign with you when his contact runs out. You better trade him so you don't lose him for nothing. And have a youngster ready to take his place.

It would be a priority to put a team back in Seattle. I remember losing the Oilers down here in Houston so I can emphasise with the people up there.