It is a really bad roster. Them and the Wizards. Looks like Detroit could make some hay towards the low bar number of 9 in the middle of January. They have the Spurs and Wizards, but the home spurs game is the 2nd of a back to back.
As flush as the NBA is with talent, the best it has ever been imo, there is no excuse to 3 teams with 5 wins or less.
Some professional soccer leagues have this thing called ‘Relegation’. This is where the worst teams of a ‘higher’ level get knocked down a notch level and the best teams of the next-highest (under) level get raised up.
Time to bring this to the NBA. Since there is no current top ‘lower’ pro league to pull teams up from... send the worst of the NBA to the G-League and bring up a G-League team or two to the Association. That would create some incentive to never tank and bring some sweet chaos to the hoops game.
Or bring some good European Teams into the NBA to replace Relegated NBA clubs. Basketball is already the World’s Second Most ‘Worldly’ Sport (along with Hockey).
Pistons 2024-25? Welcome to the G-League! Pistons play at Grand Rapids! Get your tickets now!