Could movements this off-season make the NBA less enjoyable?

[celticsclay]

While I did enjoy the finals, the WCF and the Spurs, Thunder series, as a whole the NBA playoffs were really really boring with a historic amount of blowouts. It was really hard to get excited for even the closer series like the Hornets vs the Heat, or a battered Heat team versus a battered Raptors team. Even our own series against Atlanta was pretty ugly basketball.

I think in large part these series were boring because so much talent has been accumulated on a few top teams. The Warriors and Thunder did a tremendous job drafting, the Spurs did good drafting and brought in Aldridge and the Cavs accumulated Love, Irving and Lebron. While those teams are fun to watch it makes for a lot of painful games through the season that lack excitement and a pretty boring first few rounds of the playoffs. Compared to the NFL where you feel like any team can get hot and make a run, there is a feeling of inevitability in the NBA.

I am concerned if talent moves around this off-season to further consolidate on a few top teams, the league will continue to move in this direction. Is anyone else concerned by this?

I really want to see some more good or great teams in the east and feel like the West is not a 3 team race from the onset.

[Who]

The max contracts are too low relative to the salary cap. Allows and to a large degree even necessitates top stars teaming up together. Leaving the rest of the league in bad shape.

I'd love to see max contracts grow to 45-50% of cap. 

[GreenCoffeeBean]

The East has been pretty uncompetitive for over a decade. It's time some of that talent moves around and we get some rivalries that aren't completely one sided.

[celticsclay]

This is why I hope if Durant moves he comes east and OKC is able to get a lesser star to stay competitive. I also hope that Derozen stays with the Raptors and they add one more piece. If you have the Cavs, another east team with Durant and some good players, plus the raptors taking one more step up the East will have a lot better basketball next season.

Unfortunately I see the 76ers, Bucks, Knicks, Nets and the Wizards remaining pretty bad. I also fear the bottom is going to fall out on the Heat if they dont get Bosh back and lose Whiteside.

[celticsclay]

The max contracts are too low relative to the salary cap. Allows and to a large degree even necessitates top stars teaming up together. Leaving the rest of the league in bad shape.

I'd love to see max contracts grow to 45-50% of cap.

I think getting them up higher would certainly help this.

[Phil125]

The max contracts are too low relative to the salary cap. Allows and to a large degree even necessitates top stars teaming up together. Leaving the rest of the league in bad shape.

I'd love to see max contracts grow to 45-50% of cap.

I think getting them up higher would certainly help this.

Only if they put in some kind of back door so teams don't get hammered by a bad contract for years.  Ability to cut players like the NFL.

[Csfan1984]

The max contracts are too low relative to the salary cap. Allows and to a large degree even necessitates top stars teaming up together. Leaving the rest of the league in bad shape.

I'd love to see max contracts grow to 45-50% of cap.

I think getting them up higher would certainly help this.

Only if they put in some kind of back door so teams don't get hammered by a bad contract for years.  Ability to cut players like the NFL.

Not bad ideas to build on. How about instead of simple per year max for 5 years why not do a contract max effects years. So if you sign a guy at 50% cap a 2 year deal is the max he can sign for and no bird rights. 30% of cap 4 year deals allowed. It adds more off season fun into the mix if big time players come up every two years.