Four reasons super teams are ruining the NBA

If you can learn something from the current NBA off-season, it’s that the 2017-18 season could be the era of “super teams.” Last year, the only super team we can call were the Cavs and the Warriors. Now, we have these two teams and the Thunder and Rockets. 

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Here are reasons super teams are ruining the NBA: 

1. Super teams make small market smaller 

You make a super team by buying three or more superstars. Now, teams that can afford this much are those with a higher salary cap. Teams like Charlotte, Indiana, Milwaukee, and Memphis won’t make enough money because they won’t gain as many sales because of their smaller markets, making them more irrelevant in the future. 

2. It isn’t fun to watch anymore 

With the current format of NBA teams, where you see uber-powerful teams versus a bunch of “scrubs,” it becomes less and less exciting to watch the regular season games. You wouldn’t spend your time watching the Warriors go against the 76ers. So, people just wait for the Finals. 

3. Players are taking the easy way out 

Kevin Durant’s decision to take the easy way out (any way you see it, he really did take the easy way out), started a trend among players to just team up to make the most dominant team, instead of working hard to improve individually, making the league as a whole look weak. 

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Hi, I’m Allen Hartman, a sports blogger hailing from San Diego. Visit my blog for similar reads.

World Cup Legends: The Kaiser

Once again, we find ourselves months away from the greatest spectacle in sports – the FIFA World Cup. And as such, we are here to pay tribute to one of its greatest stars of all-time, the indomitable Franz Beckenbauer, also known as the Kaiser.

Beckenbauer can easily be named alongside the game’s greatest legends such as Pele, Maradona, Platini, Maldini, and Messi. He is a two-time World Cup winner, winning once in 1972 with West Germany, and another in 1990 as a team manager. He was also the first to win the World Cup, European Championship, and European Cup (on club level) as a captain.

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Beckenbauer is called the Kaiser because of his leadership on the pitch. His talent though goes well beyond that. In fact, sports writers and historians have held him responsible for the creation of the “sweeper” position in football – a position of great importance, wherein the player takes control of defense, playmaking, and offense. Beckenbauer revolutionized the defender’s position, evidence of just how far ahead of his time he was as a footballer.

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In 1998, Beckenbauer was named as part of the World Team of the 20th Century, and four years later, would be included in the FIFA World Cup Dream Team. In 2004, Beckenbauer would be part of the 100 greatest players of FIFA.

Hey there, I’m Allen Hartman, a writer and sports commentator from San Diego. Follow me on Twitter to get the latest updates on sports.