scarcity of top tier players in the NBA

Effects of super teams on the league

The economic principle I’m exploring is “ how does scarcity of top tier players affect teams decisions when developing rosters.

My research question to help me study the economic principle is  how are teams able to establish such stacked rosters with limited space.

The article The downstream effect of the NBA´super team era dives into the effect super teams have had on the rest of the league

First, having these super teams all around the league has created a top heavy league where only a small percent of teams have a chance of winning the title, this takes a lot of teams out of the equation for competing for a title, forcing teams to try and establish their own super team

Second, since the league has become ¨top heavy¨ many teams that fail in creating their own superteam start the rebuilding process where they tank the season in hopes of landing a high draft pick which allows them to be better in the future

Third,  since the rebuilding process takes multiple years work in full effect teams that choose that route are going to be very bad for years to come, this is just bad for the organization but for the fans as well.

In my next blog post I will research the question: why isn't every NBA team able to establish their own super team?