If anything, I think there teams should be contracted. Would be nice to have deep teams around the league. Lebron has mentioned this as well a couple of years ago. We need less teams and better rosters.
Yeah. The Celtics should be contracted because we lack a top 15 player. I chose 15 because there are 15 players on all-NBA teams. And we should keep Sacramento, because they do have a top 15 players.
Unless you have a single team league, you are going to have teams that are overmatched every season. Expansion is not the problem. The only real problem expansion introduces is potentially adding markets that don't merit a team and owners who can't afford to compete.
What are you talking about? I love when people put words in my mouth. You would keep big market teams and get rid of small market teams. For example, if the Thunder have to continuously be under the cap, which frustrated Durant, then they shouldn't have a basketball team. Charlotte shouldn't have a team. Neither should the Kings. Get rid of the teams and have draft to deepen the league. Duh.
But wouldn't that fall on the owners, not the cities? If fans keep showing up and attendance is good, should they lose their team? Want to set a limit of consecutive lottery trips before relocating/contracting?
This is a business, and as long as teams are making money, they should stay in that city. If a fan base is selling out games year after year despite a bad team, they deserve a new owner, not losing their home team.
There is no clear cut answer to solve competitive balance. Cut down to 20 teams and you will still have your 5 great ones, 10 mediocre ones, and 5 terrible ones.