Should there even be an NBA season?

[Ogaju]

they will not lose a game next season.

The NBA is stifling competition by allowing the best captologists to build super teams.

Erase the cap let us have real competition based on the best teams, not the best salary cap avoiders.

It is really not a competitive sports when we all know GSW will win next championship in 2017 and it is only July 2016.

[BlackCeltic]

Yes.

[Ilikesports17]

I could reasonably see them not winning it all.

[max215]

Yeah, because it's still important for development of young players. Next year still is important for us, Minnesota, Milwaukee, LAL, teams with young talent.

[MaxAMillion]

How does eliminating the salary cap help anything? If guys want to play together then nothing can stop it. This started with the Celtics actually. Lebron saw the C's team get put together and he realized he had to create his own super team to beat them. So this will continue and people will have to accept it or stop watching.

No doubt GSW has a great team...but I want to see the rest of the roster before claiming them to be unbeatable.

[guava_wrench]

The main point of the OP is flawed. We have the NBA season because basketball is fun to watch. The finals are just 7 games out of 82 x 15 + 3 rounds of playoffs. Every season at least 20 teams have no chance of a championship. Why do they bother playing? Last year we had no shot from day 1. Should we have not played our games?

Also, the cap isn't the problem at all. If you want to stop top players from clustering, you have to remove max contracts. If you remove max contracts, Someone signs Durant for over 40m. GS would not commit to Durant because Curry could end up costing 50m. Even Cleveland would have issues with their roster because Lebron could easily get 50m this year.

If there was no cap, we get would more deals like KG's deal in Minny that eat up a team's cap. 10m a year would help keep the top players spread throughout the league.

On the other hand, there are many Celtics fans who indirectly romanticize what GS is doing when they talk like things were great when the Celts were full of top players compared to the rest of the league.

[Dino Pitino]

Remember how awesome it was seeing the Heatles lose to the Mavs? Next year it'll be even more awesome when some Eastern team that plays real basketball and real defense punches their wussy faces figuratively in the mouth and ruins their summer of destiny again.

[Surferdad]

How does eliminating the salary cap help anything? If guys want to play together then nothing can stop it. This started with the Celtics actually. Lebron saw the C's team get put together and he realized he had to create his own super team to beat them. So this will continue and people will have to accept it or stop watching.

No doubt GSW has a great team...but I want to see the rest of the roster before claiming them to be unbeatable.

This.  I am not handing over any rings to GS just yet.  Why are people jumping out of windows?  We all knew KD was a long shot.

[Surferdad]

Remember how awesome it was seeing the Heatles lose to the Mavs? Next year it'll be even more awesome when some Eastern team that plays real basketball and real defense punches their wussy faces figuratively in the mouth and ruins their summer of destiny again.

Why shouldn't that team be Boston?  A couple more moves and the C's should be very competitive for the ECF.

[The One]

Of course...Boston Strong to the end!!!

[Celtics4ever]

Holy Sore Losers Batman!

[libermaniac]

Also, the cap isn't the problem at all. If you want to stop top players from clustering, you have to remove max contracts. If you remove max contracts, Someone signs Durant for over 40m. GS would not commit to Durant because Curry could end up costing 50m. Even Cleveland would have issues with their roster because Lebron could easily get 50m this year.

Great point.  TP.

[Dino Pitino]

Remember how awesome it was seeing the Heatles lose to the Mavs? Next year it'll be even more awesome when some Eastern team that plays real basketball and real defense punches their wussy faces figuratively in the mouth and ruins their summer of destiny again.

Why shouldn't that team be Boston?  A couple more moves and the C's should be very competitive for the ECF.

Indeed.

Before we concede the season, let's see if Danny can swing a trade for Westbrook, or Cousins, or Davis, or Butler, et al.

[PhoSita]

Most teams don't win a title.

Most teams don't compete for a title.

There has to be a reason to watch other than watching your team compete for a title.

Chances are, the Celts aren't competing for an NBA title anytime soon.

We need to be able to enjoy following them and watching the team maximize what they have, regardless.

[Ogaju]

Also, the cap isn't the problem at all. If you want to stop top players from clustering, you have to remove max contracts. If you remove max contracts, Someone signs Durant for over 40m. GS would not commit to Durant because Curry could end up costing 50m. Even Cleveland would have issues with their roster because Lebron could easily get 50m this year.

Great point.  TP.

The Max contract is a salary cap, I don't understand how you can say the cap isn't a problem then say the max contract is the problem. The max contract is part of the salary cap.