https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/page/presents19071734/end-82-game-nba-season
Great article on the case to end the 82 game regular season.
Great article on the case to end the 82 game regular season.
Haberstroh: 82 Games Season Dead
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7StraightIsGreat
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I've tried to see this from the "pro-resting" point of view, but I just can't wrap my mind around it. I think back to the 80's when teams didn't have chartered flights (making travel much more difficult) and I don't remember Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, or Karl Malone openly campaigning for shortening the season. I hear players complain about back-to-back or 4 games in 5 night stretches and I think about working class people who toil for much less money and I just can't find the sympathy.
The level of athleticism, and thus wear on the athletes' body, has grown considerably across the league.
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I agree.
It's lame but it is what it is.
Bigger/faster athletes, more international basketball during the off-season, and AAU/year round basketball starting very early in life.
So let me get this straight... these guys are being paid 4-5 times what they used to be getting, less physical play with much more 3point shooting and hand checking rule, and they now want to play less games too?
Wow, ok.
Wow, ok.
Also not sure how this pertains to the article at all or how your complaints make any sense.
"I hear players complain about back-to-back or 4 games in 5 night stretches and I think about working class people who toil for much less money and I just can't find the sympathy."
Players arent really complaining, they are just doing what management and trainers are telling them to do for the best chance to win a championship, which our NBA society has placed the utmost importance on as far as legacy and greatness.
This isnt about making things "easier". It's about delivering a better product for the fans. Do you want to see players getting so banged up by the time the playoffs come they can barely even play? It makes no sense. I dont get why so many people are stuck to convention of how things use to be. **** changes and you should change the rules to compensate to make the best possible product. You can beat your chest and say "Oh well back in my day players were tough". So you really think basketball players have evolved into wimps? That doesnt seem likely.
Holy ****. Again, this is nothing to do with the players. This is what management and MEDICAL EXPERTS are suggesting. So people who study the body for a job are telling these managers to sit if their ultimate goal is winning in the playoffs/prolonging their million dollar investments. No idea why people always bring it to the players being "weak".
Also, pretty crazy, but getting paid more doesnt prevent injuries.
Then just stretch the season so there are no back to backs. Which the league is trialing next year.
I still stand by my proposal:
1. Stretch the season a to liminate back to backs; and
2. Have a 2 weeks break between the regular season and the playoffs
I'd be surprised if teams still rest players during the season if you do this.
Why do we need 82 games?
A huge break between playoffs/regular season is stupid and would be awful for interest.
It's good for the fans, the more games the more fun.
It's good for the NBA, the more games the more money they make.
It's good for the teams, the more games, the more popcorn they sell.
It's good for the players, the more games, the more money they make overall (provided there is enough rest time in between which is what I suggested above).
Win/Win/win/Win
All those things are proven wrong by the NFL. Did you even read the article when it explained the value of scarcity?
If that is your reasoning, why not play 100 games?