I’m not a rabid NBA fan like I was once was, and I squarely blame it on LBJ. I know he’s got minions worshipping all the chit he do, but I grew up where stars were loyal to the team that drafted them, and teams grew to competitiveness & greatness from the ground up. Teams fought through adversity, and no one was on that buddy buddy chit.
Ppl say; well look at the Celtics, Bulls, Lakers in the 80’s. Yep; and all of them were home grown with a key FA acquisition. None of those guys teamed with rivals. Ppl say look at the Lakers in the 2000’s or what about the 08 Celtics and how about GSW.
Again, The 2000 Lakers were home grown w/ a key FA pick up. Same w/ GSW prior to KD. (KD is on that list as well).
The only exception was the 08 Celts, and those mofos were at the twilight of their careers, w/ KG (32), PP (31), and Ray (33) came together to chase a ring b4 hanging them up.
This is y I f w/ The Bucks. Home grown team, where the foundation was built. All this microwave chit that LBJ has created is for the birds. And I don’t f w KD b/c instead of being motivated to take out GSW next yr, this **** joined the same ninjas that smoked him! That’s bytch chit, to me.
I appreciate him (LBJ) putting control in to the player’s hands, but how many different jerseys are we buying for our favorite players now? Lol.