5 reasons why super teams ruin the integrity of the NBA

5) Creates separation in the league between the super teams and everyone else

Derrick Rose joining the New York Knicks is a big blow to Chicago

With free agency and trades so far in the 2016 offseason, new super teams were formed, although how well they perform divides opinion amongst the fans. Derrick Rose was traded by the Chicago Bulls and Joakim Noah signed as a free agent as the New York Knicks formed their own super team, while Golden State, San Antonio, Cleveland, and Los Angeles Clippers are the true super teams.

We will have to wait and see how Oklahoma City and Miami Heat do without Kevin Durant and Dwyane Wade. While Cleveland won the Eastern Conference last season, it’ll be interesting if Toronto, Boston, and New York will improve their win-loss record and challenge them as outside competitors.

Making the playoffs is one thing, winning the conference is another. Golden State, San Antonio, Dallas, and the Clippers are the top teams competing to win the Western Conference. Portland, Houston, and even Oklahoma City are regarded as playoff competitors, thus giving a slightly better competitive balance between the teams to the West.

Admittedly, the separation isn’t helped when teams like the Philadelphia 76ers make questionable decisions like trading good players for draft picks and narrowly avoiding the worst record in the history of the NBA set by the 76ers of 1972-1973.

Brooklyn’s win now mentality led them to give their first round draft picks from 2016-2018 to Boston even though Boston thrived with young talent and won 48 games last season while the Nets fell to a 21 win season, only above the 76ers.