There is not one player in the NBA (nor would the NBA) agree to this. Less games equals less revenue. It's a pipe dream that really isn't a good dream at all. The players would consider it a nightmare and so would the league. I love 82 games and want to see as much basketball as possible.
Don't eliminate back-to-backs. Eliminate travel BETWEEN back-to-backs. Home-and-home back-to-backs are just fine...
Fewer games on a better schedule would result in more money, not less. The majority of revenue comes from the TV contracts. If more of the season mattered, and the scheduled were fixed and restricted, the TV ratings will increase. So would the anticipation created by being off for a full six months between the draft and opening night. Absolutely owning 5 months is significantly better than simply populating 8. Yes it's a pipe dream, but it's MY pipe dream, and I like it.
Are you an NBA player? How do you know what the players feel about this? I think they would be all for eliminating B2Bs.
Better ratings would net more money. I firmly believe in the concept of media-driven consumerism. If the sports talk and highlight shows are primarily fixated on the NBA for that 5-month span, increased viewership would follow.
PtldPlatypus why stop there, how about having double header games and games 5 weekdays in a row? Your ideas are ridiculous and if you don't understand that your delusional. I think some underestimate how physically difficult an NBA game is. Players are much larger and stronger than 40 years ago when the schedule was developed. Back then the average player was under 195lbs. Nowdays the average player is 220+lbs. If you want to see basketball players at their peak they need adequate rest. There aren't any playoff back to backs. Its illogical to have one type of schedule during the regular season then a different one in the playoffs.
So, your reply is clearly the contrast to dviss' respectful disagreement... In any case, as I've stated, my regular season would be very similar to the current one, just shorter and more evenly structured. Prior to the all star break, the Blazers played 51 games in 15 weeks. My schedule would have one more game per two weeks played, with none of 4-in-5s or 5-in-7s that the current schedule has. The current playoff schedule already differs significantly from the existing regular season schedule, so it seems incongruous to state that we can't have different schedules for regular and post season, when we already have exactly that. My format would give six months of rest in the off-season, which is much more than the current format does. In the playoffs, it would also place a premium on winning series' quickly, as it would earn a team more rest. I'm sorry that you feel my thoughts are ridiculous, but there is logic behind all of it, and they're all absolutely defensible.
That's great If Silver is such a people's commissioner the league will go back to a first round best of 5 series. NBA basketball needs more upsets in the playoffs!
Silly idea. It will have zero effect on how many stars sit out games for "rest", which never really occurred before Popovich was allowed to do it after empty threats from the league to fine him or the team. The league needs to grow a pair and make players play, or suspend them the 2 following games whenever they sit a game without a valid medical reason.
They also should eliminate how the best four teams get HCA. It needs to come down to the season series between teams and if a tie should happen, then the team with the better record gets the HCA.
