Is Parity Good for the NBA? | THE ODD COUPLE 

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I guess they want same stars winning like 2 in 3 years or 3 in 6 or something

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If it was in la bos chi or ny it's ok

That was different and the hate was about taking a finals team and just adding a top 3 player in the league to the team , those rings still do not count as much as the last one they got or pre KD. Plus on The other side was LeBron and there is so many in the media that will say anything to talk him up. Also , the media needs to stop trying to claim the next team to make a run so so much , it makes anything short feel like a let down in the end and puts more pressure on the players to ring chase.

@@razkablethat’s the real issue

Make it make sense

Rob and Chris are two if the biggest hypocrites in sports

not only marketable superstars, but superstars who are attached to a franchise. The super team era was really hard to invest in as a fan when the players were swapping teams all the time

@@sokit2emthat’s over, that cat is out of the bag. There will be outliers tho. Wemby seems like a guy that could stay with spurs for a long time g long time

Makes his case look even weaker. Look at the talent there is today compared to then especially during the 90s when it was the weakest era ever with the expansion

Especially 11 ring 8 in a row Bill Russell.

Also 11 ring Phil Jackson who won 6 with Jordan and 5 without.

@Truthorfib this is about mj I would never disrespects Mr Russell

@@Truthorfib that can never be beat because Russell was on a stacked team with no salary cap and there were only 8 teams in the league

Coming from the losing teams, ratings were great and was must see TV, who is watching now?

I actually like having one dynasty & everyone trying to take down that team IE: Chicago Bulls, Women’s UConn bball, Lakers, Golden State etc

First two years were great

I have not liked (outside of a few players) the NBA for 15 years.

Nah that was some of the greatest basketball I had ever seen. Yes I’m a warriors fan 😂

Parity is the reason no one is watching now.

@kar5string speak for your self…this is the best the NBA has been in a decade

@@kgar5String Complete nonsense. This is the first year someone suggested parity existed. It can't be blamed for any measured decline.

Wrong! We are watching more than ever! Parity is good! Who wants warriors vs cavs every freaking year in finals???​@kgar5String

​@@kgar5StringWrong. Everyone is sick of hearing about Lebron and LA

thus REVENUE is generated from that feeling of being a part of the experience throughout the season!!

Exactly, isn't that what soccer/futbol is like in many countries? Consistent parity breeds rivalries which increases passionate fan engagement.

He literally named the Bill Walton blazers

​@@juicelord4792 He skipped Portland

Absolutely

Dynasty don't have to win it every year

No they said they could be a dynasty but it was still too soon to say because they just won their first championship. But their playoff dominance last year showed promise. And if Minnesota continues stomping Denver and every other team, then people will be saying the same thing about them.

@@itsmeflacko1618 I’m yes they do. Dynasty shows dominance nuggets aren’t dominant and they not winning another tittle 🤣🤣🤣

@@jordanjenkins1671 they played 2 play in teams. A hurt Lebron and the heat in the finals 🤣🤣 what dominance? Jamal Murray turned into Kobe last year and that was the separator now he back to his regular self and they not as great anymore. Jokic game never changes he been doing the same thing since he came in the league. He was always getting putting out the playoffs y’all overrated that main based off one good playoff run 🤣🤣🤣 talking bout the best player in the league for 3yrs I’m sitting back like How? So he was the best player in the league when Steph swept him in 2022, so he was the best player when Giannis was clearly the best player in 2021? Or he was just the best player last year and a lil bit of this year? I just hold the media heads to their blasphemous opinions let them earn if first before we anoint these dudes

​@@WhyYouMadd40 You forgot that Denver were missing either Jamal Murray or MPJ for their 2021 and 2022 playoff runs. 2023 was the first time they all got to stay healthy and use their playoff experience and hunger to make the dream happen. And Jokic was the only All-Star on that team and posted historic stats throughout that postseason. It validated his 2 MVPs and deservedly put him in best player in the world talks, just like Giannis did in 2021 to validate his 2 MVPs. I agree media and some fans anoint these dudes too quickly. Fans saying Jokic is already top 10 all time or already greater than LeBron all-time, and I'm like Stop It! Jokic hasn't even passed up Moses Malone on the all-time centers list yet. Now the media and some Jokic haters are anointing Anthony Edwards with MJ comparisons. Here we go again!

Of course Boston ran thru that whole decade

Most parity was 70s and the NBA almost went out of business

​​@@Ackshuallymmm it wasn't due to parity. The league had major financial woes that stemmed well beyond parity on top of the drastic change of the racial makeup in NBA. Games weren't even live then & the league also had a recreational drug problem (everyone knew it...we're talking about the 70s lol). The game was also slower & more half court based in the 70s, which was a drastic shift from the 60s.

Not really. 5 teams (Celtics, Lakers, Warriors, Hawks, and 76ers) made the Finals in the 1960s and 2 (Celtics and 76ers) won. But there was an *average* of only 10 teams in the 60s. So, *half the league* made the Finals and 20% was able to win one. In the 80s, 5 teams (Laker, Celtics, Rockets, 76ers, and Pistons) made the Finals and 4 teams (all but the Rockets) won one. But there were *23 teams* at that time. So, you're talking about a *WAY* smaller piece of the pie actually being in contention over that stretch.

Who watches college?

College outside of March madness has regressed

How come nobody is watching the playoffs now?

@@kgar5Stringcuz the legends are out

You don’t listen well, do you? 🤣😂🤣

​@@juicelord4792nah, you don't. He skipped Portland.

@@c.falcon5045 yep, he jumped from the celtics in 76 to the bullets in 78.

Dont disrespect the great bill walton ❤❤

You not even good enough to compete at the YMCA more less NBA.

That's the problem all those guys different

archaic!

which is better

@@ZeusWayy dynasty

why in your opinion

You’re just repeating a narrative the NBA is awesome.

It's only you that thinks that

@@drlove994 go to sports watch and look at the ratings again. More people watched Caitlyn Clark in the playoffs than any NBA game.

@@drlove994 more people watched the NFL draft late rounds than watched any NBA game. That was on at the same time I might add. The first 2 NFL draft rounds trippled any NBA playoff game.

@@drlove994 the NBA regularly gets beat by NASCAR, golf and wrestling in the ratings. That's embarrassing 😞

Yeah exactly

why not?

It is horrible, you are not a good team if you can't win the next year, you just got hot.

Spurs never won back to back. They weren't a good team? ​@kgar5String

Naw we wanna see competition brodie MJ was lovable so the league thrived. Magic and bird was a racial thing. The lakers early 3 peat was boring. My warriors vs the cavs after 2017 was 🥱

Chris thinks everything was racial. But there have been a lot of articles written about the leagues problems in the 70s. It had to do with drug use, fights, and some racial elements according to the articles

THIS! and for them at least the majority of quarterbacks are white, players wear helmets so during play the angst about black and brown ppl not as resonate, and not a slew of guaranteed contracts for the Antonio brown types that we KNOW turns the majority off

Horrible take. The NBA has been predominantly black for decades. Stop playing the victim.

I agree wholeheartedly

Nah golden state Cleveland 3-1 series was the best finals I ever seen

Legit hatin on warriors.. 🤣🤣🤣 still bitter boi? Hahahaha

It's only you. We love watching it the last ten years!

@TheMethod-rv5gr 2016 finals were good but that whole era was the least interesting regular season and playoffs cause everyone knew who were going to be in the finals

ONLY Celtics..makes sense since reg season had already revealed it

@@PRODIGY-AND-HAVOC right

Yeah its annoying

Nope. Every team doesn’t deserve to win! The product becomes too weak.

@@Lucky-gk7ez how? clown take...TOO many options fir entertainment modern times. And FANS run the product viewership wise obviously...not saying EVERYONE is like me, but if God Kyrie and Boston were eliminated early I wouldn't even watch. Heat fans barley show up in arena for playoff games now so do you think they are tuning any as much right now? Just binge on some documentaries and sit down somewhere HAPPILY! it is GREAT that Nuggs may get ousted and be one hit wonders like my hometown Milwaukee 💪🏿☘☘☘