Kawhi Leonard may 'sit out' at Toronto? THIS IS WHY I HATE TODAY'S NBA...

I was talking about the smaller colleges who have no shot at winning.   They only have fans for regional reasons.   And of course any alumni will always root for their old team.   As we see, the winning teams get most of the fans.

You left out the part where players have a ton of options.   First of all, they start working toward being in the NBA and NFL years before.   All this effort to join a league you claim isn't fair to them.   They use phrases like, "It's my dream to play in the NBA".

That's the one and only reason "there is no other option"...because that's all they are working toward and they carefully develop those skills.    Most ignore all the options they are presented with in college in favor of concentrating all their effort on the "dream" you claim is not fair to them.   

There is only a need to work at a convenience store if you ignore all your options other than the NBA.   That's true of anyone.   If I spend years and years of my time developing the skills to be an astronaut and then decide I don't like it years later....my other option would be a convenience store.   That's on me.   It actually happens to people all the time.    Ask all the people who worked in the photo processing industry a decade ago.


Well there is where it gets sticky because that's not fair to the players either.   Now you are "forcing" them to play for a team they don't want to play for in order to get paid what they deserve.   Same problem you are complaining about with the draft.   And this would break up great teams which were built with the talent of the front office.   They are actually punished for doing their jobs well.   Why should the Warriors lose their players?   They drafted brilliantly.   It's unlikely they will ever pull that off again.  

I'll repeat again that I never complain about what players make like some fans do.   They deserve every penny.  I wish them well...but not at my expense as a fan.   So I get the flaws in not having free agency too.   The players would have to hold out to get what they deserve.   That's not fair to them either.


It's a difficult question.   I say the fans side should matter just as much.   There is no easy way to make it work because some markets just aren't as attractive as other markets.   Some teams will always have more money to spend.   The whole thing is flawed at its core so there will be a never ending fight to make competition equal.   I just don't see how giving the players the power to choose their team helps competitive balance.   Might as well eliminate certain teams from small unappealing markets.   A team in Utah would be pointless.   At least with a draft places like Green Bay and Pittsburgh have a chance to be a dynasty.


Of course every team will have SOME fans.   Even the Clippers got a small fan base.   Just like WNBA...."fans go to the games".   That's hardly comparable to the fan bases for the big teams.   We see how it works....the winning teams get the bulk of the fans.   The smaller teams get far less fans and rarely get on TV.

Plus you left out that the only reason Toronto and Indiana have fans is because they were able to draft players.  You think the Raptors would have the fans they do if they never had Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, Chris Bosh?

All those guys left of course.   They never would have gone there if they had a choice out of college.   How is that fair to Raptors fans?

Agreed.   Luv ya man.   I just have to approach the issue from my side as a fan.   The players get to approach it from their side.   Same with the owners.   I'm not about to fret over the owners freedom to move their teams away from my city either.        I think they should be required to sell the team if they don't like the city the team is in.   Maybe that's not fair to them, but it's fair to me as a fan.