Death of a Dynaasty

                                                        

            Congratulations are in order to the Dallas Mavericks for winning the NBA Championship.  Today’s post is not one written out of hatred for LeBron James and the Miami Heat, but one of concern for the state of the NBA and its fans.  I am now and will forever be a Chicago Bulls fan. I became a fan and a player of the team sport where one player took charge and lead the team.  Yes, everyone wants the best players on the same team in the interest of dominating.  However that clearly didn’t go to plan like the Heat anticipated.

            I remember when Team built dynasties over time with the draft. Free agency, while great for the players who shop their talents to the highest bidder like an item on eBay, has in my eyes tainted the competitive mature of sports.  This is not only the case in the NBA, but also the NFL. The top players wait till after their contracts have expired and then go on the frenzy, meeting and greeting with the executives of the teams that can “afford” to pay them what they think they’re worth.  Miami thought they could manufacture a championship in one summer.  How easily, things don’t go as planned.  Not saying that it was a bad move on the part of the “Big 3” in Miami, because they all got contracts just below 100 million dollars, but they expected to just blow out the competition and it didn’t happen as they thought it would.

            I remember the Celtics of old, whit the original Big 3 in Bird, McHale and Parrish, the Lakers of Magic, Worthy, and Kareem, the Pistons with Isaiah Thomas, Bill Lambier, and Dennis Rodman, and of course the trio of Jordan, Pippen, and whoever else you wanna add into the mix of those title-winning Bulls teams.  The point is all these teams built dynasties over time with a few drafts and consistent coaching. You cannot, I repeat, CANNOT, build a championship team in one summer. As upsetting as it is for all true HEAT fans, the fans of the sport understand that it takes more the 3 of the top 5 draft picks in one class to come together and win a title the first year.  You have to play together in a system for a while and truly understand your role on the team. 

            I understand that it was history in the making, but it appears that the dynasty is dead before it even took control.  If something doesn’t change and athletes realize to be the best you have to first defeat the best, not become teammates, all sports will be in a better place from a spectator perspective.  I know I’m satisfied with the ay Chicago looks.  They will win a title, but they’re 1 or 2 key drafts away.