[MENTION=40720]General Napissimo[/MENTION]
You need to get your league under control. The NBA is W-I-L-D. First off, contracts in the NBA aren't worth the paper they're written on -- not happy? Make a media spectacle while also being a shitty teammate and you'll be rewarded by landing in the destination you've dictated to the front office that you want to go to! Also, have you ever seen such a group of overpaid divas? All it takes is ONE max contract to obtain generational wealth. There's so much money floating around that players can afford to turn down 5-year/232-million Supermax contracts, and they routinely do!
Second, teams mean absolutely nothing. Absolutely no continuity in that league whatsoever. As a fan, I don't even see how you can be invested in the teams versus the players, unless fans are just as easily sold as to root for nameless grey faces which rotate in and out of a familiar logo. Seriously, the players give not one shit or have one iota of investment in your city/team, routinely display that.
I hope the chickens come home to roost badly for the players in the next collective bargaining agreement, as they've completely run rampant and thus are running the league into the ground.
All that said, I'm glad they got James Harden's outta here. That dude sucks as a person. He had to get all but shamed publicly to help the city that has given him so much during Hurricane Harvey. That dude is a leech. Houston literally gave him everything he ever wanted, and when they leveraged their future too many times and had nothing more they could possibly give, he throws a tantrum and wants to leave. That epitomizes the state of the Lebron James, player empowerment, fuck the fans and everyone else, we got ours, NBA.
When that guy goes away, basketball will be so much better, yet the effects of his tenure will last for several generations of players.
*takes a deep breath*
Sorry for the rage. I just needed to get that off my chest.
