celtxman wrote:The new salary cap is now bringing in high end ring chasers that might buy the Warriors many championships. If the 57% compensation the players get continues to be in this annual salary increase format, then instead of being able to afford 4 top 15 players, maybe it can even be five. So if Towns or AD get impatient, they can hop right on for their rings.DreDay wrote:cwas2882 wrote:So, you seriously can't see the difference in basketball abilities between 35+ year olds David West/Ray Allen and In-His-Prime-MVP-candidate-Kevin Durant?
If you can't see the difference, you prove my point. If you can tell that there is a difference, you negate your initial post that initiated all of this.
I'll let you choose... Yes or No?
Is there a difference in basketball abilities between 35+ year olds David West/Ray Allen and In-His-Prime-MVP-candidate-Kevin Durant?
I think you're mistaken. The guy I quoted was talking about other veterans wanting to join the Warriors, presumably guys like Allen and West. Your typical ring chasers every season. I'm not talking about Durant being or not being a ring chaser, that's a completely separate argument I've already discussed.
As as Celtics fan, I'm obviously disappointed in not getting Durant. But I always felt the right thing was for him to go back to OKC. I don't think the Warriors or any team "shooting fish in a barrel" for the foreseeable future is good for the NBA.
But where is the cutoff though of how weak a team has to be for a premier player to be able to join a team without being labeled as weak? If he would have joined the Celtics, it would have seemed unfair to other teams in the East that now an up and coming team like the Celtics just lured Horford and Durant over to join their core. Does a team have to had missed the playoffs the year before for people to respect that player's move and drive to challenge himself? Does that player get to actually go to a winning situation for himself without getting crapped on?
