« Reply #87 on: January 30, 2017, 02:05:43 PM »
http://www.nba.com/article/2017/01/16/morning-tip-rajon-rondo-future-chicago-bulls
All I kept thinking when reading that article was how perfect he would be in Cleveland or Golden State leading the second unit and playing with those excellent shooters.
I'd love to see him head to Cleveland on a buyout. As much as he frustrates me, I think he'd be awesome as Lebron's teammate.
I would hate that. I really don't like it when top teams get rotation players on minimum deals after the deadline. Filling out the break-glass-in-case-of-emergency roster spots is one thing, but someone who is expected to give 15-20 quality minutes a game? It's one of the things that helps create super teams.
The NBA is better with 'super teams'. Ratings are almost always up, and it's more interesting theatre watching two generational type teams go at it. Maybe Cavs/Warriors will rival the Celtics/Lakers rivalry of the 80's.
I actually think the NBA is worst for super teams. Aside from the Celtics, I am watching less basketball than ever. This past weekend was a great example of this. Living in the bay area I used to get pretty excited about the OKC Golden State games and the Clipper Golden State games. They were 8 games a year (along with the San Antonio, Cleveland and Celtics matches) that you knew were most likely going to be good close competitive games. However, now OKC is gutted and the Warriors are up a level so the games are not really worth watching. I realize Paul was hurt, but the Warriors were 13.5 point favorites for the Clippers game which is equivalent to Duke playing Rhode Island in basketball. I was less interested and justifiably so as it was a 40 point blowout. It is pretty boring non-competitive basketball a lot of the time and can't imagine people like it.
regular season you are right, but the super teams are fantastic for the league in the playoffs.
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