7 champions in 7 years! Let s admit that the NBA version has changed

The finals will not start playing at the 6th, so I will prepare for the poisonous milk to go to the later stage.

Let’s talk about a topic or phenomenon today. I wonder if everyone has noticed that no matter who wins the Thunder or the Pacers, it will be a brand new champion. The Pacers' glory can be traced back to the ABA league period in the 1970s, and has never reached the top since entering the NBA. The predecessor of Thunder, Supersonic, only won the championship in the 1970s. Therefore, if both of these two teams reach the top, they can be regarded as the real new king. For the NBA, we have lengthened the timeline a little bit, with the previous record of 5 years of different championships (1975-1979). In recent years, great changes have been made. Since 2019, the championship will be different every year. Raptors, Lakers, Bucks, Warriors, Nuggets, Celtics, Thunder or Pacers. 7 different champions in 7 years.

Does this mean that the NBA version is changing, and the era of superstars joining together and big teams monopolizing has passed? A few days ago, I talked to my friend about a topic: Not to mention three consecutive championships, in the current NBA, is it awesome to win two consecutive championships? Is it necessary to lower the requirements? Two consecutive championships are considered a team of a small dynasty? We can't look at the current basketball and the NBA world from the past. After entering 2020, why is it difficult for the NBA to win consecutive championships? There are many reasons, and today we will talk about two major factors. One is injury. You can say that there are fewer matches in the game now, but you can't say that the players consume less. Who can stand the density of the league's schedule today? How did the defending champion Celtic lose? On the one hand, the Knicks are indeed playing well, so I honestly admit that. But they fell, and there are also reasons for the player's injuries, from Posses to Tatum... But this is not the most core reason for our topic today.

It must be said that this prosperous era was as Xiao Hua wished. This is the alliance pattern he hopes to build. The idea of ​​the leader of the alliance is: I hope everyone will not engage in an unlimited arms race. To borrow that classic Cantonese sentence: Have money to show off? This is reflected in the formulation of rules. The most typical example is the new seven-year labor-management agreement issued in 2023. The first one is to restrict the stars from taking a break, and players need to compete for major individual awards at least 65 games. Second, teams that exceed the luxury tax line of $17.5 million will no longer have the chance to get the Mini Middle Class Special.

Teams with a super luxury tax line of $17.5 million cannot give out cash (match) in transactions, cannot trade the first round of picks after 7 years, and are not allowed to sign people in the buyout market. What is the purpose of

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Restrict super teams and very high-paying teams, thereby reducing the strength gap that may be born due to salary assets and improving the overall competitiveness of the league.

to hit the money-burning team. What should I do if I lose without a bottom line and don’t want to spend money? In 2019, the NBA changed its draft system. Now the three teams at the bottom of the regular season all have a 14% chance of drawing the No. 1 pick. The probability of winning the No. 1 pick in the previous system is 25%, 19.9%, and 15.6%. From the order of NBA lottery this year, you can understand the league's orientation: Don't show it to me. The third-last team will not give you a good sign. (This is a conspiracy theory, but I think it is arranged.) From the formulation of various rules, Xiao Hua's idea is clearer. Let's take the class score as an example: It is best that the 30 NBA teams are all players with more than 80 points. They cannot stand out or make a fuss. Everyone has the hope of winning first place... In this way, the team bosses are willing to invest and everyone can have fun. (We can look at the CBA. If the strengths and weaknesses are too clear and the good players are too concentrated, what is the willingness and purpose of the weak team bosses? There is no motivation.) Xiao Hua is definitely a business genius.

7 championships, this phenomenon marks the NBA entering a new era of competition among its heroes. Previously, 67.9% of the NBA championships were monopolized by five traditional giants including the Celtics, Lakers, and Warriors. The logic of the past is really: Sorry, having money is really a big show. This year, the semi-final teams do not have them. Perhaps, many friends think it’s boring to play in the finals between the Pacers and the Thunder. But from a certain perspective, this is the result of alliance orientation. When the superstars are suppressed, how can they win the championship? Tests a team's draft training, tactical adaptability and management's operational capabilities. This was fully demonstrated in Thunder and Pacers. For example, Thunder, the second and third brothers, they all chose them by themselves, and they had not really made it when the boss came... The current "game" version is diverse competition. Using game logic, following the version trend is the key to getting points. But there is a saying, one generation of God, one generation of God, one generation of versions plays Garen; one can bear, fight and kill people, it is simple and crude and can be super god. That means: If you are powerful enough, no matter how the NBA version changes, you are still powerful. A problem can also be explained by seven years and seven championships: there is no dominant big brother in the NBA these years. Logically speaking, the fat man in Denver is yes, but he was guarded by the management and the boss, which is a pity.