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Is there any excuse that a team with Desmond Bane & JJJ are 1-8 and the worst team in the league? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by iWonder007@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Fully understand they are missing Ja. And Adams is out for the year. But they still have 2 max contract guys in Bane and JJJ. Plenty of teams miss their star play and play fine. An example this year is the Kings missing Fox for 70% of their games, and they are chugging along fine. When the Grizz missed Ja a lot last year, they actually had a better W/L with Tyus Jones at helm.

I'm not expecting them to be a top 5 seed or anything. But 1-8??? The worst team in the league?? They've also had the easiest schedule in the league with playing the Blazers 2x, Jazz 2x, and Wizards (1-5 in those games). They gave Desmond Bane a $210 mil max contract to lead their team to a 1-8 start? Something is not adding up

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[–] darthrevan22@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Those two guys are “max players” because the current NBA salary economy/expectations are beyond absurd and not reflective of what used to constitute a “max player.” They’re good players and solid starters, but neither is a superstar (or even a star) capable of being a #1 or #2 on a contending team, nor can they carry a team even together.