Possible changes.. 78 game season & Mid-season tournament?

[MeloTheJazzKiller]

Easy to fix- let the high seeds choose their opponents sequentially,

Come on, man. This isn't WWE wrestling. Calling out and choosing opponents. You really want that in the NBA?

And that still doesn't solve any of the problems I posted about. Suppose the #16 team - the worst team in the playoffs - plays 1,500 miles from the #1 seed. We are still faced with insane travel and start times that will be problematic.

 

[NAOS]

Love the idea of less games and a mid-season tournament.

I'm shocked at how dramatic some of these bitch made responses are. You really going to lose all interest in the NBA if they play 4 less regular season games and have a mid-season tourney? (which are great btw, tournaments are good and help promote rivalries).

SIDE NOTE: One of the NBA's biggest problems is how they have created this media narrative that the only thing that matters is championships. The people complaining about "pointless" games. Uhhh, the point of basketball is to play and win games. I'm sure they will make some kind of incentive to win/do well in the tournament

I’m sorta with you, but the timing of the tournament is trash. And it needs to have real ramifications for the rest of the season.

I really hope they follow through with re-seeding the final four.

 

[MeloTheJazzKiller]

Let's talk about...

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I am a modest guy but for the purpose of this post I must start off by bragging and tell you that I have an IQ that is rated 148. That makes me a genius. That means I see things differently than you do. I see things correctly. My 148 IQ has the solution to how the league can fix tanking.

As we know, the worst team in the league gets the #1 pick and teams at the end of the season certainly tank in order to get that pick. So that's the problem, right? Nah, not for me. My 148 IQ allows me to see the easy fix for that situation. The #1 pick will still go to the worst team in the league...but the worst team at a date set in December, not the worst team at season's end. Let's say at the twenty-fifth game point in the season, for instance. No team is going to throw their entire season away in the first twenty-five games of the year. They'll do that at the end of the year when they have already been eliminated from playoffs, but they will not tank game after game in the first 25 games.

 

[infection]

Let's talk about...

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I am a modest guy but for the purpose of this post I must start off by bragging and tell you that I have an IQ that is rated 148. That makes me a genius. That means I see things differently than you do. I see things correctly. My 148 IQ has the solution to how the league can fix tanking.

As we know, the worst team in the league gets the #1 pick and teams at the end of the season certainly tank in order to get that pick. So that's the problem, right? Nah, not for me. My 148 IQ allows me to see the easy fix for that situation. The #1 pick will still go to the worst team in the league...but the worst team at a date set in December, not the worst team at season's end. Let's say at the twenty-fifth game point in the season, for instance. No team is going to throw their entire season away in the first twenty-five games of the year. They'll do that at the end of the year when they have already been eliminated from playoffs, but they will not tank game after game in the first 25 games.

Tanking is a good strategy. It will help you guys hopefully land someone talented enough to be able to include in a cap-clearing move. In any case, you're going to love Dante Exum.

 

[MeloTheJazzKiller]

Tanking is a good strategy. It will help you guys hopefully land someone talented

Tanking is irrelevant to the Knicks. We finished with the worst record in the league last year...and got the third pick.

If they are going to allow tanking in the NBA, the NBA must award the first pick to the worst team. We did everything right last year - we put together a horrendous team, we tanked games, we finished with the worst record in the league - and we still couldn't get things right. Zion went elsewhere.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

No one's going to give a **** about some in-season tournament trophy- and what little it moves the needle will only diminish the rest of the regular season games in kind.

You have to have some actual incentive behind it. Guaranteed home field advantage in the first round? First non-lottery draft pick? Something.

What's the incentive behind a championship?

At the end of the day it's all about perception and the NBA has done a lot in their media coverage to diminish the regular season.

I think the mid-season tourney would have to be $$$ based incentives. If you make **** about money, then players are going to get up for it and that helps create the perception of it having "importance".

 

[LoPo]

Cy is killing it on here. Good stuff.

The midseason tourney would be awesome. Every sport with major financial success has a single elimination tournament. I don't think the NBA should change their playoffs, but this tourney would bring that win or go home excitement.

The NBA said there would be large financial implications for this tournament. I'm sure the players will be compensated accordingly. And for a max guy like Kawhi who wants/needs rest, this tourney allows for guys to be given ample midseason load management.

I think they should do the tournament and keep 82 games. Just expand the league to 32 teams and start the season a week earlier. Get rid of three games of preseason. Do 1 home, 1 away. Also, expand rosters by 1 spot (NBAPA would love that).

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[One Brow]

I am a modest guy but for the purpose of this post I must start off by bragging and tell you that I have an IQ that is rated 148. That makes me a genius. That means I see things differently than you do. I see things correctly. My 148 IQ has the solution to how the league can fix tanking.

I certainly wouldn't brag about an IQ that low. I also wouldn't confuse the ability to take a test well with the ability to see solution in an arena where you have no formal training, such as sports league management.

Your anti-tanking idea is interesting, but it could result in situations where a team gets the #1 draft pick and still makes the playoffs (although I suppose that could be fixed). In general, you'd see a lot more poor play at the beginning of the year. I don't see much benefit from it.

 

[MeloTheJazzKiller]

1. I also wouldn't confuse the ability to take a test well with the ability to see solution in an arena where you have no formal training, such as sports league management.

2. Your anti-tanking idea is interesting, but it could result in situations where a team gets the #1 draft pick and still makes the playoffs (although I suppose that could be fixed). In general, you'd see a lot more poor play at the beginning of the year. I don't see much benefit from it.

1. I see your point, but IQ is a measure not of specific facts, but, rather, intellect. One's intellect allows one to see solutions in anything - from math to NBA draft. The ability to think is the key to solving problems in any field. One with a high IQ is more apt to fix the NBA draft than Joel Embid.

2. You say with my draft solution we may see "a lot more poor play at the beginning of the year." Hmmm, I see you don't have a grasp of what tanking truly is. Tanking actually isn't poor play. You really think a player doing his best to earn playing minutes or earn himself a decent contract is going to deliberately chuck up brick after brick? You think a player is going to purposely turn the ball over? No, tanking isn't in the hands of the players -- it is in the hands of the coaches and brass. Believe me, I saw it first hand in NY. Towards the end of last season, our brass, our coach would start our 20 year olds (claim it was to develop our young guys) rather than start our best player Enis Kanter. We knew the developing youth was bull crap - half those young guys aren't even on the team this year. We knew the brass wanted to lose games. Don't play our best players. Sure enough, we lost. We were tanking via the manipulation of the lineup.

That manipulation of the lineup could not happen early in the season. Take Knicks for example. We bring in vets like Julius Randle, Taj Gibson, Marcus Morris...and we keep them on the bench for the first twenty games? Red flags would go up immediately. Tanking would be impossible to do in the early stages of the season. It would be easily caught - NBA would fine/punish obvious tanking (think flop rule) and nullify any high draft pick. And as I said, why would a team in October or November throw away any chance of a playoff run, throw away any chance of a decent season? Ticket sales would drop like a stone if a team gets off to a 5-20 start. You think Atlanta fans would be going to games with their team having that record? Teams would not tank at the start of a season. A bad team would simply be a bad team. That's why draft picks should be awarded after first 25 games.

 

[One Brow]

1. I see your point, but IQ is a measure not of specific facts, but, rather, intellect.

IQ is a measure of a narrow dimension of one type of intelligence, and not at all of general intelligence, if such a thing even exists.

One's intellect allows one to see solutions in anything - from math to NBA draft.

I completely agree that having a higher intellect allows you to see what the viewer considers to be solutions. The smarter you are, the easier it is to think you understand problems, even when don't understand them at all.

2. You say with my draft solution we may see "a lot more poor play at the beginning of the year." Hmmm, I see you don't have a grasp of what tanking truly is. Tanking actually isn't poor play. You really think a player doing his best to earn playing minutes or earn himself a decent contract is going to deliberately chuck up brick after brick? You think a player is going to purposely turn the ball over?

I know enough to know that "poor play" is not the same as "deliberately chuck up brick after brick" nor "purposely turn the ball over". In fact, a decision to "develop our young guys" means poor play because young guys in need of development tend to play poorly.

That manipulation of the lineup could not happen early in the season. Take Knicks for example. We bring in vets like Julius Randle, Taj Gibson, Marcus Morris...and we keep them on the bench for the first twenty games? Red flags would go up immediately.

"Injuries" can happen at any time, and so can developing young players.

 

[Jazzta]

It’s never gonna happen but a promoting/demoting system from the NBA to and from the G-League would be hilarious. It would nuke out the concept of tanking as well.

Imagine Golden State fighting for their life to not get demoted to the G league lol

 

[MeloTheJazzKiller]

I know enough to know that "poor play" is not the same as "deliberately chuck up brick after brick" nor "purposely turn the ball over". In fact, a decision to "develop our young guys" means poor play because young guys in need of development tend to play poorly.

Take no offense, my friend, but I see the disparity in our IQs is presenting a problem here. I see that what I am saying is difficult for you to understand. It's like Einstein explaining his Theory Of Relativity to an ant.

When I say players deliberately chucking up a brick in order to tank will never happen I say that because I understand the concept of individual contracts. All players out there are actually playing for themselves/their family. Not for team. Donovan Mitchell can give a rat's *** about whom the Jazz take in next year's draft. His goal is to play the best he can so he can maintain his contract...even improve on it. Players will not jeopardize their contract (their worth) and play poorly just so the team can get a #1 pick. As I said, the team brass and coaches will make ridiculous decisions in order to tank games, players won't.

 

[One Brow]

Take no offense, my friend, but I see the disparity in our IQs is presenting a problem here. I see that what I am saying is difficult for you to understand. It's like Einstein explaining his Theory Of Relativity to an ant.

Possibly. I mean, my IQ typically tests between 153 and 158, so there is a disparity there. I'll try to talk at your level.

When I say players deliberately chucking up a brick in order to tank will never happen I say that because I understand the concept of individual contracts.

We already agreed that deliberately chucking up bricks was not under discussion.

 

[MeloTheJazzKiller]

Possibly. I mean, my IQ typically tests between 153 and 158, so there is a disparity there.

That's impossible to believe. No human being with an IQ above 110 lives in Utah. You say your IQ ticks in at the 150s? You must be a transplant from another state, live in an east coast state, or are lying about your IQ. (My IQ of 148 tells me it is the last of those.)

Look, I proffered (look that one up, I know you don't know what that means) a pretty stout solution to tanking: set the draft selection according to team records at the 25 game mark. You offered no solution...because you are unable to formulate one. A 148 IQ allows one to formulate solutions such as mine. Your low IQ only allows for criticism of others' solutions. Like the dog who bites the hand that feeds him because he has no intellect.

 

[One Brow]

That's impossible to believe. No human being with an IQ above 110 lives in Utah. You say your IQ ticks in at the 150s? You must be a transplant from another state, live in an east coast state, or are lying about your IQ. (My IQ of 148 tells me it is the last of those.)

Actually, none of the above. I appreciate the jerkishness.

You offered no solution...because you are unable to formulate one.

I recognize that every putative solution will come with its own problems, so I don't care.

 

[outerspacefan]

Expand to 32. No conferences. 2 round regular season. Seed 20 postseason teams. Bottom 8 play best of 5 wildcards for seeeds 13 to 16. Then best of 9 playoffs with new seeding after every round.
It would be 82 to 103 games to get the trophy, a completely balanced schedule, longer postseason and variable playoff path.
I know crap, but I'd bet my middlefinger nail this way would be way better than anything soccer inspired.