Interest in the NBA and the NBA Playoffs has been on the decline every year that the Lakers are not in the playoffs. The Lakers struggles can be directly traced to David Stern’s unauthorized and illegal vetoing of the Chris Paul trade, which not only cost Kobe at least 3 more titles, it completely derailed the NBA’s most valuable and storied franchise.
Now it’s been 5 years out of the playoffs and the NBA is in a world of hurt because of it. Should Adam Silver be taking drastic action to fix Stern’s screw up and find a way to either pressure teams to send players, or the players themselves to go to the Lakers? I know it’s non-traditional, but NBA might not survive much longer without the Lakers being contenders, and it is 100% the leagues fault they are struggling now.
What options does Silver have in this situation, is it not his duty as commissioner to make this right?
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How can Adam Silver justify keeping the Lakers out of the playoffs so many years in a row??
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Pretty sure the league is doing just fine, though I agree that veto never made much sense.
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There has never been a more Lakers fan post than this one. You've truly set the bar even higher than what was an already insurmountable target.
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Because they suck.
I didn't even have to read anything beyond the title to reach this answer, so it's a bit embarrassing that you spent any amount of beyond that writing this post.
I didn't even have to read anything beyond the title to reach this answer, so it's a bit embarrassing that you spent any amount of beyond that writing this post.
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So you are saying the NBA should rig it for the Lakers to be better?
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Contrary to the belief of the primary consumers of tin foil, the league does not adjust team outcomes for the supposed benefit of ratings.
Adam Silver should have a conversation with Lakers FO that goes like this:
"Do better"
Adam Silver should have a conversation with Lakers FO that goes like this:
"Do better"
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This has copy pasta potential.
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Patches Perry wrote:Contrary to the belief of the primary consumers of tin foil, the league does not adjust team outcomes for the supposed benefit of ratings.
Adam Silver should have a conversation with Lakers FO that goes like this:
"Do better"
The league 100% does do this though, as evidenced by the illegal vetoing of the Chris Paul trade. The Lakers were becoming too powerful, and the league stepped in to adjust.
The league stepping in now to correct that mistake and balance out the power the took, would be no different.
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It was only okay because the Clippers were in the playoffs. With the Clippers now looking to rebuild, you can bet your ass the Lakers will be in the playoffs next year regardless of what they do in the off-season. 
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Ahahahaahhahaha.
Best post ever.
Best post ever.
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Still doesn’t beat this
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LakersDynasty14 wrote:Patches Perry wrote:Contrary to the belief of the primary consumers of tin foil, the league does not adjust team outcomes for the supposed benefit of ratings.
Adam Silver should have a conversation with Lakers FO that goes like this:
"Do better"
The league 100% does do this though, as evidenced by the illegal vetoing of the Chris Paul trade. The Lakers were becoming too powerful, and the league stepped in to adjust.
The league stepping in now to correct that mistake and balance out the power the took, would be no different.
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The league vetoed the trade bc at the time, the league owned the Pelicans, before Benson bought them. It was easier to find a buyer for the team when the team had a star player, as opposed to without one.
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LakersDynasty14 wrote:Patches Perry wrote:Contrary to the belief of the primary consumers of tin foil, the league does not adjust team outcomes for the supposed benefit of ratings.
Adam Silver should have a conversation with Lakers FO that goes like this:
"Do better"
The league 100% does do this though, as evidenced by the illegal vetoing of the Chris Paul trade. The Lakers were becoming too powerful, and the league stepped in to adjust.
The league stepping in now to correct that mistake and balance out the power the took, would be no different.
Do people still believe this? The league didn't veto the trade, the Hornets owners did. It was just a bizarre situation where the other owners temporarily owned the team, and other owners didn't like how the finances shook out for them.
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Haha I'm taking this as a joke post. Basically everything said in it was opposite of reality. The interest and ratings in the NBA has been sky rocketing not declining, actually the only sport in the US that is seeing significant rating boosts over the last couple years. Yesterday's ratings was even a huge increase over last year's highly watched playoffs. So ya this is either a joke post or the OP and I have drastically different definitions of "hurting".