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Message: [QUOTE="Stern, post: 2235233, member: 527"] But the super teams in that era were built via draft and trade. That isn't how they are built nowadays. It's about a bunch of guys looking for the easy way out to get a ring so they can "claim" (even though they aren't) an all time great. If Money isn't important any more to the players and it's "all about winning" they shouldn't have a union and get rid of the CBA and play for less money across the board. It's also very selfish of the top end elite players who are hurting other players. When the top superstar takes less money it means the last guy on the bench eventually will get paid less money in each round of CBA agreements. And it gives the league leverage to lower the minimum salary. Hey if Durant and Lebron won't play for a max contract, why shouldn't you (the scrub players) also play for less the owners will say. And to those lesser players last guy on the bench type who may have a short NBA career that is kind of a big deal as they aren't getting mega star contracts to lose money like that. It is bad for the league to have only 1 or 2 good teams and the rest of the teams be essentially worthless bottom feeders which is what the NBA is today. It's why the NBA Is a joke. The regular season and playoffs are meaningless until you get to Cavs-Warriors in the Finals for a week each year. The NBA has turned into a 1 week a year sport where it actually matters. So yeah the players are within their rights to form a superteam but the bottom line is the current players have no legacy, will never be remembered as all time greats because they took a "shortcut" to get a ring, and they are damaging the sport that provides them a lifestyle and money. It's also why other sports like the NFL and MLB are so much more popular than the NBA across the board these days and have a bigger following. Why you have NBA Hall of Fame players saying on TV the NHL playoffs are better than the NBA playoffs and the NBA playoffs are boring. The Superteams and lazy/greedy NBA players of this era are killing the sport. Some fans aren't bothered by it (like you), some are (like me.) The sad reality is the vast majority of fans don't care and don't watch the NBA anymore because the majority of teams have NO SHOT of winning anything before the season begins and that is the reality of it. [/QUOTE]

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