LeBron's Genius Idea

[Pugz]

LeBron James suggested Thursday that contraction would make the NBA more entertaining.

Defending his decision to join Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh with the Heat, James said the league would be more entertaining if numerous teams had multiple stars.

"Hopefully the league can figure out one way where it can go back to the '80s where you had three or four All-Stars, three or four superstars, three or four Hall of Famers on the same team," James said. "The league was great. It wasn't as watered down as it is [now]."

James had a couple of ideas in which teams could go and some players that would make other teams better right now.

"[Contraction] is not my job; I'm a player but that is why it the league was so great," James said.

"Imagine if you could take Kevin Love off Minnesota and add him to another team and you shrink the [league]. Looking at some of the teams that aren't that great, you take Brook Lopez or you take Devin Harris off these teams that aren't that good right now and you add him to a team that could be really good. Not saying let's take New Jersey and let's take Minnesota out of the league. But hey, you guys are not stupid, I'm not stupid, it would be great for the league."

Via ESPN

 

[.infamous]

Yeah that would be sick but its never gonna happen.

 

[playmaker7]

Someone tell Lebron to shut the fuck up, thats an obvious result

 

[RipCity32]

Pistons can be the team to get Love, Lopez, and Harris

 

[footballplaya52]

it sounds like he wants other teams to do what he did so he can save face a little bit.

 

[Yankees2772]

it sounds like he wants other teams to do what he did so he can save face a little bit.

This.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Teams have been doing this for years. Whether they were traded for or home-grown through draft, every decade we get teams trying to even the playing field by acquiring another big superstar.

How do you think teams during the 90s competed with the Bulls? They had to put out a roster of 2 or 3 superstars, and round it out with excellent defensive players on the team as well. It's been going on for decades.

 

[VC15]

I saw this earlier. I have always hated this guy and his "holier than thou" attitude, but this exemplifies how much of a clown he truly is.

 

[MR.ballin]

I saw this earlier. I have always hated this guy and his "holier than thou" attitude, but this exemplifies how much of a clown he truly is.

lmao Lebron James is one funny guy.

 

[Swish]

He loses his mind sometimes.........

 

[Whisper]

Teams have been doing this for years. Whether they were traded for or home-grown through draft, every decade we get teams trying to even the playing field by acquiring another big superstar.

How do you think teams during the 90s competed with the Bulls? They had to put out a roster of 2 or 3 superstars, and round it out with excellent defensive players on the team as well. It's been going on for decades.

The difference being is that teams did it. Shit has gotten out of hand these days. General Managers pulled the triggers on the decisions. Front offices actually had control over their teams. Players didn't dictate much back then.

 

[Dorado]

isnt that basically what the all-star game is for

SMH

 

[Giantmetfan07]

The difference being is that teams did it. Shit has gotten out of hand these days. General Managers pulled the triggers on the decisions. Front offices actually had control over their teams. Players didn't dictate much back then.

Well that is true. The teams pulled the trigger instead of the players. But the concept is still the same.Starting out the decade all spread out and as the decade progresses, all the top players start to pile up onto different "big market" clubs and duke it out for 3 or 4 years. I honestly think, if some sort of situation with Wade, Bosh, LeBron in Miami, LAL having Kobe and Gasol, and then like Melo ending up with Amar'e, CP ending up with Howard, Dirk teaming up with another big name in Dallas, and then having Duncan and Parker in San Antonio, you're right back where you were 15 years ago. A whole group of powerhouses that separate themselves from the majority of the league by a large margin, and those "powerhouses" just beating the shit out of each other; that the league will become so much more popular -- TV ratings will go up, stadiums will sell out -- whether you like it or not, if it all boils up this way within the next 3 years, the NBA will be a beast.

And all those options I mentioned above are just hypothetical ideas. Who knows where CP or Melo will end up. Who knows how much longer Nash will be in Phoenix and where he'll end up and who he teams up with. Point is, the league is better when it has all these powerhouses crapping on 70% of the league, beating the shit out of each other in the playoffs, and then trying to add one more "big piece" to the "puzzle" during the next offseason to be able to defeat whoever beat them.

 

[Lake Louise]

Next he's going to tell us there are two teams in Florida.

 

[Yankees2772]

Maybe they should start by taking away the expansion teams... Like the Heat.

 

[elcheato]

Well yea they should start with the teams with no fan support (Miami)

 

[Elite]

No, they should start with the teams who are never going to win. Like the Raptors.

 

[ZigZag]

Yeah, it'd be awesome of the league if 70% of NBA cities didn't give a shit about their team.

How the fuck are teams supposed to afford 3 $15+ million contracts and still put together a decent team behind them?

LeBron stop trying to make it look like you were thinking of the league. You bitched out buddy so it's time to stfu.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

From:realgm

Agent Shocked LeBron Would Undermine Union

LeBron James sent shock waves through the NBA on Christmas Eve when he made comments supporting the contraction of teams.

James said the league has become "watered down" and that he would prefer a deeper pool of talent with fewer teams, like the league enjoyed in the 1980s.

One prominent agent told Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports that the two-time MVP doesn't understand the influence of his comments.

"How do you say that right before collective bargaining? Does he get that he's advocating to reduce the number of jobs in the league? LeBron has no idea what happens when he says [stuff] like this," the agent said.

 

[Rios15]

No, they should start with the teams who are never going to win. Like the Raptors.

Toronto has fans that come out to the game win or lose. There's no reason to get rid of them. Toronto is known to be a sports city.