So, you think the NBA is headed for disaster

Today I saw a story where Anthony Davis changed agents and according to the article he was changing to the same agent as Lebron James. I think it will have no affect on what the NBA looks like in three years.

And the NBA is changing for the better.

There are many new stars developing in the NBA and soon they are going to want to shape their own destiny like the Golden State Warriors did. There may be super teams in the future, but they will not have the impact that Lebron created when he developed the Heat into a super team.  And the amount of potential stars means more teams will be competitive as each tries to create their own super team.

We will still see headlines of who wants to play with who, yet it will be hard for too many star players to come together on one team. As the number of players that become stars grow, more and more they will want to be the number one option on the team hoping that other stars will join them. Players will become more selective on which teams they join or which players they gather around. Chasing rings and money will still be the goal so players will want situations that allows them to do both. And not every team will be able to pull together the resources for three max players, or if they do there will be no depth to the team. Other players will go to teams that give them the next best opportunity to play, make money and chase a championship. Not too many players will take huge salary hits hoping to be the bench for three stars since there will be so much more competition.

Once LeBron retires and the Golden State Warriors are ravaged by the luxury tax which will start happening in the next couple of years if not sooner the large number of new stars in the NBA will stay with their teams trying to create the best situation for themselves.

You may see Jimmy Butler and Kyrie Irving go to New York. You may see Anthony Davis or K. Leonard move to LA to play with LeBron for the last couple of years. Yet, overall the 76ers, the Celtics, Indy, the Bucks, Phoenix, the Kings, the Mavs, the Timberwolves (who could go either up or down), the Nuggets, Grizzlies, all have young players that will want to make their own name.

I see in three years that there will be 3-5 teams from each conference that will have a realistic chance of winning a championship. And this includes Jimmy and Kyrie going to New York and a super star joining LeBron in LA. They will be part of the mix, not the dominant team people might expect them to be. The next Golden State will develop like Golden State from within. And if there is another team created like the Heat where they agree to each other’s terms, it still won’t be as dominant or flashy as the Heat was with LeBron. The NBA has found quite a few new developing stars at exactly the right time for the Association to have a very successful start to the 2020’s. The NBA playoffs could have a few years where they are almost as exciting as March Madness. Nothing is as exciting as March Madness. The three most emotional weekends in sports. Yet, the NBA will have quite the fun to watch post March Madness and many teams will keep their fans on edge all the way through the conference finals up to the championship in June.

And today my Cowboys proved my post from a few days ago. 8-8 is still looking like the high side of potential for them this year. Makes me sad, but there is work to be done to be better.