I would absolutely love this. Screw all this tradition bullshit-- the NBA season is way too long with only one championship series at the end of it. Tie this midseason thing to the draft or incentives in FA and teams will actually try. Glad Silver is doing what he can to boost revenue and not be stick with old times. https://static.nytimes.com/email-content/MSB_sample.html
If it doesn't take away from the playoffs and the value of the NBA championship then I'm open to this
Silver is looking at the English Premier League as his example, but the huge problem is that Soccer only plays 38 league games and depending on what cups they play in and how far a team advances a team can play around 50-60 games. All the cup games teams play in are also spread throughout the season where they might take a weekend off for cup games or play cup games during the week as most league games are played on the weekend. I don't see anyway a midseason tournament can work as a lot of games would have to be condensed into a small window and if they decided to do this, would they also eliminate the all star weekend? Players already face greater risk of injury with the 82 game season and the last thing I would want to see from our team is a player to get hurt in a tournament/ cup game and miss many games in the season because of it.
I agree, I just don't see how it would contribute to the season. Silver is just looking at ways to maximize profit opportunities and put his signature on the league.
What does it actually accomplish? Its like college playoffs anymore you play a whole season to see who come out on top, then have a playoff to determine who wins the league? All revenue generated.
How? Without knowing which teams advance and if they are even scheduled to play each other after each advances?
The all star game is a joke. This remedies that. February to April is a snorefest for more than half the teams in the league. How many games did we play against mostly GLeague rosters? This is a good thing. Would allow teams to pay their players and increase capspace, etc.
So a tournament would mean more TV revenue, more TV revenue means a higher salary cap, a higher salary cap means we can sign Durant. It's confirmed, Adam Silver wants Durant to be a Blazer!
I'd rather see them make the summer league and development of the 10-15 players mean more. The grind of the regular season doesn't need to be added to. Soccer can get away with this kinda' thing.
So you want the players to have a mid season soccer tourney? James Harden flops like a soccer player.
Well if they are taking away games from regular season, they have to find other means to generate revenue for the teams from all the lost ticket sales. I just don’t see it happening without the biggest overall the league has seen.
NFL has 16 games and more revenue than the NBA. Cutting down from 82 games can increase revenue if it's done right. See how intense NBA playoff games are? If we had regular season games like that, got rid of back to backs, added midseason tournament, had play in games for seeds 7-12, had some games count as 2 wins/losses, it could make the game way more interesting. Get rid of multiple foul shots, so one shot for 1/2/3 points. Clear path changed to intentional foul to prevent fast break. Kicking legs on 3pt is offensive foul. Less time outs but advertising during play. More bench guys play extended minutes. It's a great game but it needs some improvement, just hope it's done well.
In theory this is a great idea but it is not practical unless it's held like in July to give players a short rest but in season this idea is STUPID and will cause more injuries then ever. I thought if the Blazers has an extra 2 or 3 days between Denver and Warriors series they might have had a slightly better chance cause i think the playoffs could be spread out a tad more and the Blazers came into that series dead tired.
