Parity? Odds Are Better Playing 3-Card Molly
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So we have a super team in Miami, another in L.A. and the original Big 3 in Boston. Great, how about the rest of the basketball world, what happens to those fans?
The question gets overlooked when it comes to the NBA. The logic is that great teams matter most and make for a great league.
Interesting. When it comes to baseball, that doesn’t seem to matter.
It was believed that the salary cap in the NBA would actually even the playing field, giving more teams a chance to win a championship. It is also believed that no cap makes baseball a no-win situation for the average franchise.
Again, interesting.
A quick look at the last 30 years officially tells a different story.
Since 1980, the NBA has crowned 31 champions; yet only 8 franchises have won those, with only 2 of those being 1-time winners, Miami and Philadelphia. Houston’s 2 titles came when Michael Jordan was taking a break, so you wonder what might have happened if Jordan didn’t experiment with baseball.
Compare the NBA title runs to the baseball, where all we hear about it how hard it is for teams to compete with the big boys. In the past 9 years, baseball has crowned 8 different champs. And places like Tampa Bay, Denver and Houston have hosted World Series games.
Sure, the Yankees have won more than a few, but look at the same past 30 years. Since 1980, 18 different cities have hosted World Series championship parades, more than double that of the NBA. Pro football has had 16 Super Bowl winners.
Yet the NBA doesn’t seem to be worried about such numbers, instead hoping that superstar teams and star power will continue to rise above the fact that only 4 of 5 clubs have a chance to win a championship each season.
Look at the upcoming season. Other than the Heat and Lakers, the early picks in Vegas and by hoop experts, what other teams have a chance to run the table? Maybe the aging Celtics can put together 1 more run, or the young Bulls might put up a fight, but there are not many others.
In other words, same old franchises, same old story in the NBA.
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