The Golden State Warriors are projected to win 11 more games than the next best team in the NBA next season according to Las Vegas, and now have their stars locked down for the foreseeable future. The style of which they choose to play, coupled with the fact that they have the best shooters in the entire sport, has allowed them to take a stranglehold on the league and begin to separate from the pack.
Adam Silver might say that this doesn't worry him, but at the end of the day there will be a problem with the bottom line if the league stays this lopsided. Leagues have shown in the past that once a team reaches this level of dominance, rules are adapted to keep the playing field level, so why would the NBA be any different?
Colin Cowherd explains how the NBA could start to allow the game to shift by modifying the three-point-line in the near future. Listen here:
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