Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 1:41 pm
There's no Rooney rule in the NBA afaik?Indy wrote:I would think they have to interview, officially, especially because he is another white guy.
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There's no Rooney rule in the NBA afaik?Indy wrote:I would think they have to interview, officially, especially because he is another white guy.
I didn't mean that they are legally required. I mean, if you are really trying to find the best candidate, you need to look everywhere, and get differing opinions. You can't do that by only looking at the people close to you or who have the same perspective as you.carey wrote:There's no Rooney rule in the NBA afaik?Indy wrote:I would think they have to interview, officially, especially because he is another white guy.
Shots fired!Indy wrote:I didn't mean that they are legally required. I mean, if you are really trying to find the best candidate, you need to look everywhere, and get differing opinions. You can't do that by only looking at the people close to you or who have the same perspective as you.
No shots. Just a huge believer in surrounding yourself with differing opinions. One of my favorite quotes is: "you have no progress without dissent." You need to be challenged to move forward, and usually people with similar backgrounds, up-bringings, culture, and socio-economic status brings lots of group think. I hate that.Hermen wrote:Shots fired!Indy wrote:I didn't mean that they are legally required. I mean, if you are really trying to find the best candidate, you need to look everywhere, and get differing opinions. You can't do that by only looking at the people close to you or who have the same perspective as you.
I was just joking because it's how Watson was hired. Otherwise, I agreeIndy wrote:No shots. Just a huge believer in surrounding yourself with differing opinions. One of my favorite quotes is: "you have no progress without dissent." You need to be challenged to move forward, and usually people with similar backgrounds, up-bringings, culture, and socio-economic status brings lots of group think. I hate that.Hermen wrote:Shots fired!Indy wrote:I didn't mean that they are legally required. I mean, if you are really trying to find the best candidate, you need to look everywhere, and get differing opinions. You can't do that by only looking at the people close to you or who have the same perspective as you.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver is open to exploring a change to the league's age limit, saying on Thursday that the one-and-done rule is "not working for anyone."
It would be nice. Unfortunately, won't it will hurt the lottery teams the first year? Say it goes into affect for the 2019 draft, that means that Marvin Bagley III, if he is a transcedent player, will have to wait until the 2020 draft. So all the lottery teams in 2019 will have a lot of watered down talent to choose from.carey wrote:https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/n ... 102407008/NBA commissioner Adam Silver is open to exploring a change to the league's age limit, saying on Thursday that the one-and-done rule is "not working for anyone."
They are never going back to that. I think they'll push it to two years at some point. Probably within the next 2 years.Split T wrote:Unless they drop the age limit altogether
They will NEVER eliminate the draft if it comes with a hard cap. The union would never agree to that.carey wrote:They are never going back to that. I think they'll push it to two years at some point. Probably within the next 2 years.Split T wrote:Unless they drop the age limit altogether
It's weird but the older I get the more I feel like they should just do away with the draft & let players sign wherever the heck they want when they come into the league. Players can go to a situation that suits them best and it will utterly eliminate tanking. Turn the salary cap into a hard cap and eliminate the % max. You got LeBron? Great. He now commands 50% of your hard capped salary cap. You couldn't sign the #1 guy coming out of college anyway.
Sometimes simplifying is best. Sounds like you aren't keeping the rookie scale salaries?carey wrote:They are never going back to that. I think they'll push it to two years at some point. Probably within the next 2 years.Split T wrote:Unless they drop the age limit altogether
It's weird but the older I get the more I feel like they should just do away with the draft & let players sign wherever the heck they want when they come into the league. Players can go to a situation that suits them best and it will utterly eliminate tanking. Turn the salary cap into a hard cap and eliminate the % max. You got LeBron? Great. He now commands 50% of your hard capped salary cap. You couldn't sign the #1 guy coming out of college anyway.
Maybe straight from high school to D-league for two years or two years on college and then NBA?Split T wrote:What would people say to the baseball model? Either straight from high school or you've got to stay 3 years in college? I think I'd bump that down to 2, but I kinda like it. I think I'd like the G League to be more established as a minor league type system first though.