In fact, for NBA teams, a bad record is not terrible, because the NBA is not like other competitions, such as the Premier League, etc., no matter how bad your record is, you will not be relegated and you will still be in this league. Although a poor record will indeed affect your economy.
There is some loss, but it is not very big, because not every team in the NBA makes money alone. Many benefits such as broadcast fees are operated by the entire league. Regular season benefits are distributed uniformly. For each team
In terms of good or bad, it just depends on how much the audience consumes. Of course, in terms of revenue in the playoffs, weak teams will have no chance. But if you have a poor record, you can pick players first. If you have a good character, you can get the No. 1 pick and choose a good one.
Players will be able to turn around when the time comes.
Some people may also say that the core ace did not renew his contract and left the team or retired.
This is indeed a heavy blow to a team, but it is not necessarily fatal. If the team management operates well, it can minimize or even avoid this situation. And even if it happens and the core ace leaves, well
The management of the Spurs can also minimize losses. For example, the Spurs, David Robinson retired, but the team began to focus on Duncan a long time ago; Duncan is old, but the key figures of the team are already Parker and Jimmy.
Nobili, so the Spurs are a stable team. Although some people keep leaving and getting older, the team is still one of the strongest teams in the league. The same is true for others, such as the Lakers. The Lakers are a traditional strong team in the league, but
The way he maintains his status is completely different from the Spurs. Once the Lakers find that the team is no longer competitive enough, they will rebuild as soon as possible. In this way, although the team will have a turbulent trough period of 2 to 3 years at most, it will soon be able to
Relying on Los Angeles' unique cultural and economic status, it quickly attracted new superstars, and then regrouped to challenge for the championship again. Even without efficient management like the Spurs and Lakers, other teams can still win through continuous bad performance.
A relatively high draft pick can also become a strong team after a long trough. Many teams have tried this method, and the final results are okay. As the old saying goes, NBA only has so many balls.
Team, so thirty years to the east of the river and thirty to the west of the river, the wind and water will take turns, and sooner or later I will be able to come to your home.
The most terrifying thing for a team is injuries!
For players, injuries can turn a superstar into a weakling. For a team, it can directly turn a team from a top team to a bottom weakling. Maybe some people have said that it is not just enough to get a high draft pick.
Do they have the right to rebuild? Isn't that what happened to the Spurs back then? Robinson was injured, completely ruined, and then they drafted the dynasty established by Duncan.
But as we said before, the big reason here is the Spurs' good luck. First of all, he won the No. 1 pick. Second, the No. 1 pick that year happened to be Duncan. Furthermore, as mentioned just now, the Spurs' management is really great.
, they decisively failed in the first place, which can be said to be quite determined. But not every team has the luck and ability of the Spurs. Similar things have happened countless times in NBA history, but this situation only happened to the Spurs.
once.
Players' injuries are a very complex problem. Not all injuries can be resurrected by a doctor's visit, an operation, and then a period of recovery. Many people are injured and then the root of the disease falls.
The more tragic it is, until the body can't hold on anymore and can no longer play. Penny Hardaway is such an example. So it is extremely unreliable to expect to rely on injuries to take advantage of the situation, then select good players, and then expect the two stars to shine.
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Furthermore, injuries are also a big burden for the team's reconstruction. There are two most critical things for the team, 1. Good draft targets; 2. Salary space...
A good draft target is not just the No. 1 pick, but also the ability and potential of the draft picks. The strength of the NBA draft picks is different every year and is divided into big and small years. As mentioned above, you can catch up if you have the No. 1 pick.
If Duncan participates in the draft, you will definitely make money. But if you catch up with the years of 1996 and 2003 when potential players exploded, you can still get good results even if you don't have the No. 1 pick. On the contrary, if you wait until the No. 1 pick,
, it turned out to be a small draft year, even catching up with 1986, and the No. 1 pick was useless. Furthermore, the players participating in the draft have different potentials. No one knows what will happen in the end, who will become a superstar and who will be a parallel import.
No one can say for sure, so rebuilding depends purely on the draft, which actually has a lot of uncertainty. So another key point becomes even more important.
Salary space. The biggest significance of salary space is that you can sign superstars who become free agents. These players are different from draft players. They have already been in the league and their strengths have been demonstrated. If nothing else,
Don’t worry about the signing being a waste. Therefore, in 2010 and 2011, we saw many teams desperately clearing salary space in order to attract the golden generation of free agents. Their actions well verified this truth. But
Injuries do no good to the team's salary space. When a player is injured, you lose one person, but you still have to pay him a salary. Even if you apply for an exception for injured players from the league, you cannot release salary space, you just let him go.
You can make more money per person and pay less luxury tax. And if your player is injured, if his age is not that old, the contract is protected, and the contract period is about to expire, then you will be miserable. New York was like that back then.
Unable to bear it any longer, they applied to the league for the "Allan Houston Clause", allowing each team to amnesty one such player. In 2011, the league also launched the "Arena" to help teams solve similar problems.
"This clause", but this kind of thing doesn't happen every year. In most cases, you have to endure a guy sitting on the sidelines with a high salary who does nothing and there is nothing you can do about it. Trade it out, please.
You think that's a fool who would accept such a piece of crap player and agree to do a deal with you.
The biggest problem for the Magic right now is injuries. Injuries have plagued the Magic for 7 or 8 years. It can be said that the biggest problem for the Magic now is not the players or coaches, but the injuries and team doctors.
Now that Edison had the power, he naturally planned to make up his mind to completely solve this long-standing problem.
The solution to the problem should still lie with the Suns. As I said before, when Edison wanted to explain to the senior management why he wanted to make a deal with the Suns, in addition to letting the Suns give up Nash, there was another reason. The reason was that Edison wanted to play football.
Kill the rabbit and take down the Suns' team doctor.
Fortunately, these two people have not yet shown their prominence. They are just ordinary sports physical therapists. They have not been rumored to be extraordinary. Many players who have been injured for many years would rather take a salary cut to come to the Suns. They want to be superb.
The treatment effect, and then rejuvenated again. So this is Edison's opportunity.
