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December 25, 2010
LeBron Likes the Idea of NBA Contraction
The Big Lead
Here’s LeBron James talking about how contracting a couple – I say four – NBA teams could help the NBA:
“Just imagine if you could take Kevin Love off Minnesota and add him to another team,” he said. “Or, looking at some of the teams that’s not that great, you take Brook Lopez or you take Devin Harris off these teams that’s not that good right now and add ‘em to a team that could be really good.
“I’m not saying, ‘Let’s take New Jersey, let’s take Minnesota out of the league.’ But, hey you guys are not stupid. I’m not stupid. I know what would be great for the league.”
Couldn’t agree more with LeBron. If it’ll help the league avoid a labor stoppage next summer, then contract four teams. How to determine who gets the ax? You can look at attendance figures, consecutive years of ineptitude, or at owners who don’t seem to give a shit.
If we were going to trim the league from 30 teams, we’d dial it back to 26. Four teams we’d target:
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New Jersey Nets - Have more history than the two teams above, and their fortunes could change dramatically if they trade for Carmelo Anthony … but they’d be one of our four to go
Posted by steve at December 25, 2010 8:51 AM