We get situations like Ben Simmons. Fans live through a pandemic buying $300 jerseys on credit cards and learning new skills to get money on new, ephemeral gigs. Sacrificing, still supporting their teams.
Meanwhile Ben is getting paid $35M/year and doesn’t want to improve on something that I feel like is quite important in basketball: shooting the ball. Of course fans are going to tear him another one.
He didn’t want to improve on it for five damn years. He still doesn’t want to, apparently? I don’t want to know.
All I see if that a players’ league creates a world where winning the genetic lottery allows you to be so complacent, you don’t even care about improving on the top skill you need in the professional field that pays you handsomely.
The balance and respect between players, fans and teams is in shambles in the NBA. It’s mercenary city now. All of that to build ill-designed 10 bds, 14 baths MacMansions and own 4 jet skis.
A mess.