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Originally Posted by RickObie
Then we should all root on teams from NY, Chicago, and LA then. Is the NFL the only dirty league then? I would think that the others would learn from the NFL - NBA as well - Knicks are awesome every year just like the Bulls and Lakers - wait - they suck just like the Jets haven’t been good in forever - the Giants, come on they suck more than there good - the Bears haven’t good in forever until this year - maybe we need to just look in the mirror and realize we aren’t that good - as homers we love to think that we are better than everyone else and everyone is out to get us.
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I haven't given up on the NFL but I have on the NBA. No the NBA doesn't guarantee the Lakers being great every year. But it is much harder to get star treatment at a small market team. And you can't win it all in the NBA without star treatment.
Look at a list of the last 20 or 30 winners. Sure Cleveland. Detroit is there somewhere.
But almost everybody else is either a mega market like LA or at least a big market like San Antonio.
And LeBron had to go to Miami to get his first title.
Durant had to leave OKC.
I moved to Northern California a little after the Kings did so followed rooted for them for a while.
But after seeing how they got reffed against the Kobe Lakers in a game 7, I swore off small market NBA teams.
As far as the Homer comment.
When I end up watching two teams where I don't particularly care about the outcome, I often think a lot about the reffing. It frequently isn't symmetric.
But Peyton didn't have to leave Indy to get a title.
Mahomes doesn't guarantee KC a title but if he stays healthy our odds are very favorable.