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homeytennis

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According to Shams and KSL, the NBA is targeting July 31 for its restart of the season. I guess the question I have is why bother? Why not head into next season on as normal a schedule as possible.
 
Here's why they have to bother. They need Lebron to win. That's the only reason.

They should just open training camp in July, spread the games out more with no back to backs, take the best 16 teams to the playoffs, hard fine/suspend flopping, but what do I know?
 
So when would they draft? If it’s two months from now, players will be out for 4.5 months.

Do this **** and get it over with.
 
There was no mention of where and when they play. Do they finish the regular season and then move to the playoffs, are the playoffs normal playoffs or do they start a modified playoff on July 31?
 
WHy bother? Those games are gonna get tons of views.. Will give the people some much needed escapism... They're literally recreating scenes from John Carpenters Assault on Precinct 13 out in Minnesota rn..


Even the proposed play-in tournament out west would do massive #'s and get a proper hype job, plus espn will be able to say the word Zion 100x an hour again.
 
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The league wants more regular-season games in order to recover revenue from regional TV contracts. So it seems that every option includes some regular-season games before the playoffs.

Also, the league would need a 2/3 majority of owners to agree to change the playoff seeding to the 1 - 16, cross-conference format. It looks as though just under half the owners currently support that idea. Sorry, Lebron.

 
Thee jazz fan said:
money, idiot!!
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Everything they are doing is centered on the money (I'm not condemning them). The newest proposal is a 22 team regular season type finish and a 16 game playoff. Each team would play 8 games and be seeded normally... why would they play 8 games? Seems like an arbitrary number right? Nah... if they get to 70 games they get all their TV money... 8 games puts them at 71.

Always follow the money. If I was a homicide detective the first piece of evidence I'd request was the life insurance policy.... every time.
 
Lord Bullingdon said:
WHy bother? Those games are gonna get tons of views.. Will give the people some much needed escapism... They're literally recreating scenes from John Carpenters Escape from Precinct 13 out in Minnesota rn..


Even the proposed play-in tournament out west would do massive #'s and get a proper hype job, plus espn will be able to say the word Zion 100x an hour again.
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Assault on Precinct 13.
 
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