Many owners are cheap. In a rip-roaring bull market like we had in the mid-90s,
there were still NBA owners with little incentive or compunction to spend
wildly. In an environment like the current credit/housing/jobs freefall, the
likelihood that there will be a dozen or more teams throwing money around in a
year and a half is laughable. There are more than a few owners, I'm afraid, who
have absolutely no intention of using the cap room their GMs are currently
clearing, preferring to pocket the money instead of investing in a game-changing
player
This is so true in the case of the Nuggets, thank you Mr. Aldridge, and I hope you don't get disallowed from posting at NBA.com after just a few posts, due to a revolt by the owners.
Aside from that, I agree with this writer's main points:
1. Never underestimate any year's available to draft players
2. Always consider the demand as well as the supply; if demand is low, your team can do a lot better than if demand is normal or high.
A point I will add:
You can't win with just one or two $20,000,000 a year players automatically, you have to have quality, economical players at the mid and lower pay grades as well. Fortunately, who wins in the playoffs in the NBA is not just about who gets LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. They have to have quality teammates to win it all.
KEEPING THE FAITH
I still have faith that the Pistons will win their playoff series even if they do not have home court advantage, whereas the Nuggets will lose their playoff series even if they do have home court advantage. I think that when this relatively surprising but not shocking season is all said and done that I will be very, very satisfied because the Pistons will find the way to win their playoff series while the Nuggets will be unable to win theirs.
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