JD_HOGG posted:
Maybe it doesn't happen in basketball, but I saw it happen to the Orioles when they paid a huge sum to get Albert Bell.
-Rando- posted:
Yeah, but there's just very few instances where an all star and supposed "franchise player" leaves one team for another, and the team he leaves plays better, while the team he joins plays worse. I mean, one side of it has happened before, leading to Bill Simmon's "Ewing Theory."
But I've never seen the 3rd part of it, which is that the new team the star players goes to actually gets worse.
ikkoikki posted:
Maybe he's a team cancer and a ball hog, but the Knicks' problem run much deeper than Melo. They're a terrible franchise, with a terrible FO and a terrible coach, and terrible depth and no chemistry.
George Karl does seem very happy to be well rid of Melo though, he's loving his new team, he probably finds them much more coachable.
Maybe he's a team cancer and a ball hog, but the Knicks' problem run much deeper than Melo. They're a terrible franchise, with a terrible FO and a terrible coach, and terrible depth and no chemistry.
George Karl does seem very happy to be well rid of Melo though, he's loving his new team, he probably finds them much more coachable.
Yeah, but there's just very few instances where an all star and supposed "franchise player" leaves one team for another, and the team he leaves plays better, while the team he joins plays worse. I mean, one side of it has happened before, leading to Bill Simmon's "Ewing Theory."
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1. A star athlete receives an inordinate amount of media attention and fan interest, and yet his teams never win anything substantial with him (other than maybe some early-round playoff series).
2. That same athlete leaves his team (either by injury, trade, graduation, free agency or retirement) -- and both the media and fans immediately write off the team for the following season.
1. A star athlete receives an inordinate amount of media attention and fan interest, and yet his teams never win anything substantial with him (other than maybe some early-round playoff series).
2. That same athlete leaves his team (either by injury, trade, graduation, free agency or retirement) -- and both the media and fans immediately write off the team for the following season.
But I've never seen the 3rd part of it, which is that the new team the star players goes to actually gets worse.
Maybe it doesn't happen in basketball, but I saw it happen to the Orioles when they paid a huge sum to get Albert Bell.
It happens to the Cubs too. Nearly every player they get!
