This NBA season is a JOKE
We are in an era with extreme talent and parity yet Adam Silver has basically ruined the NBA season. It should be a complete slap in the face to fans. Here goes a major rant.
CBA - the new CBA has basically ruined basketball for casual fans. People are sick of hearing about it. Takes major effort to understand it. It’s way too restrictive and already has and will continue to gut homegrown teams.
Gambling - a literally coach was fired for sports gambling. The whole situation with Terry Roizer in Miami is basically unacceptable and horrible business practice. Every single hosting platform creates bets surrounding the game. It’s just going to be a continued issue.
Aspiration - A team has circumvented the cap and no consequences have occurred. It’s not even talked about and the player the allegations are against didn’t make all star weekend and was INVITED by Adam silver. Do you know how big of a joke that is?
Giannis trade and Kalshi - 23M dollars in bets made on a Giannis trade. Giannis announces a stake the day following the trade deadline. I don’t care if this is allowed. After the gambling scandals to start the year and the aspiration scandal you think it would be enough to step in and say “This shouldn’t happen” but no ADAM SILVER DOESN’T CARE ABOUT THE GAME OR FANS.
All star weekend - I don’t even need to say anything.
NBA Media - there’s no real journalism. Everyone is just a mouth piece for the front offices. Palo completely exposed it. We are about to have an all star weekend where there will be absolutely no hard hitting questions on anything I’ve stated.
I can’t recall a single year where there’s been this many scandals. We can even add the cooper flag pick to this. I’m disgusted by the product and the million streaming platforms I need to have to watch it on. Rant over.