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2723521, RE: The Bubble proves the NBA is the best league.
Posted by jimaveli, Wed Oct-14-20 04:49 PM
>It is far beyond any other league in protocols, responding to
>social issues, empowering players, and just being a wonderful
>product as a fan.
>
>Credit to Adam Silver and the NBPA. Incredible year.

They did a good job to put down the money for the bubble, come up with a logical-enough plan, be reasonably transparent with the general public, and get through the season with limited player endangerment. It was a sacrifice of the players to stay there until they were out and there was several good stories and games to sink into. It was heavy emotionally too. All of the interviews and comments. IE: Doc going in during that post-game. The stoppage and whatever conversations had to occur to get folks back on the court.

They at least figured out how to put on a show of care for 'social issues'. It is easy to sit online and shit on 'big corporations', but hell...the meathead mofos in the NFL can't even figure out how to fake care cuz the owners are more worried about getting teased on the golf course about their out of line knee grow employees. And the Maga whites all up in the league don't want to look bad to the goofballs they associate with during the offseason.

The NBA salary structure is still a mess. Guaranteed money is good. And the best players tend to get they ones but the incompleteness of so many of the teams is jarring. So many PB no J-having teams out there. I don't know what the right answer is tho, but it is crazy to see so many cobbled together teams trying to make up some shit to win. It is better than the past where everyone was stuck.