When LeBron and Bosh went to Miami, they changed the rules so to give players more incentive to sign with that teams that drafted them. When ***that*** didn't work, they came up with the Supermax deals. They figured it would create parity and give the truly elite players a huge reason to stay with the team that drafted them.

And as Jalen Rose and Jay William said either this morning or yesterday, if you give a player a choice between an extra $80 million and a ***possible*** shot at a chip, almost all will take the $80 million.


>If POR maxes Dame, they probably can't keep CJ and Nurkic when
>they're up for deals

Well, they can decide that they want to pay a lot of luxury tax and sign both of them. If they draft well, and are able to sign some role players, than they're a relatively young team that might eventually be able to get a leg up on the Warriors.

>Other than the GSW striking gold on 2 elite players and
>committing to going into the luxury tax to keep them
>(Chips)...it feels like supermaxing A guy...forces these teams
>to move OTHERS

Again, that's only if they don't want to pay the luxury taxes. The Warriors owners have always said that they'll pay anything to keep the team together. Portland ownership could decide to pay a lot of money to keep the team as competitive for as long as possible and hope the Warriors slip. They, along with the Nuggets and the Clippers, look like the clear teams on the rise.

>I'm sure that's not the intent, but that's the way it's
>playing out IMO.

I'd say Charlotte is much more illustrative of your point. A team either just in or just out of the play-offs. Now the best player that they ever had is eligible for the Supermax, and they're faced with the prospect of signing him to deal a mega deal and having him eat up a ton of cap space, when in fact they really do need it to sign more players.

Portland isn't in nearly as a precarious position.