Should the Wolves inquire about Baron Davis this summer?

[deeney0]

Taking the 30 players on 2 teams rosters and spreading them out over the 28 remaining teams makes each team at least 1 player better and brings parity to the NBA like the NFL in which teams can believe that their team has a chance from year to year. You'd probably also see less tanking as records wouldn't be so spread out, but would be brought close to .500 on the bell curve. teams would be in the play-off race longer.

I believe this marginal change in talent doesn't come close to the changes you describe. You'd have to dip down to 16-20 teams to start seeing a real effect.

Heck, I'd even consider a system that allowed kids to go straight from high school to the pros again, but they'd be required to spend a year in the D-League before playing in the NBA.

I've suggested that before myself, I think it'd be a great idea, and I don't know why it isn't taken seriously

[Biff Cooper]

The logic flaw with NBA expansion diluting talent is that the world's population is also growing. In the US alone:
Current estimated population: 306 mil
2000 census: 281.4 mil
1990 census: 248.7 mil
1980 census: 226.5 mil

If we assume similar percentages worldwide, there should be 9% more elite level basketball players now than in 2000, 23% more than 1990, and 35% more than in 1980.

[john2jer]

And clearly your numbers are under estimating Biff, because I don't think it considers Shawn Kemp's attempt to populate a small country on his own.