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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.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
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.
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I still don't understand this money argument. How is a shortened 19/20 AND a shortened 20/21 better on the league financially than a cancelled 19/20 and a full 20/21?
 
Catchall said:
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.

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If GM's want the season to end no later than October 1 then why are they even on board with restarting? Because there's no chance in hell of that happening under any of the formats suggested.
 
SCS said:
I still don't understand this money argument. How is a shortened 19/20 AND a shortened 20/21 better on the league financially than a cancelled 19/20 and a full 20/21?
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They won’t shorten 2021... just start late... later they go they better chance they can have fans again.
 
SCS said:
I'd bet cold hard cash that they do shorten it. They don't want to move to like a February-October schedule permanently.
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They’ve talked about starting the season around Christmas Day and getting away from competing with the NFL for the majority of their season. This gives them cover to do exactly that.
 
Recent reports have the season ending around 10/31. Seems extreme to me. End the season late October, start again in December, truncate next year, which means packing as many games in as possible, so more back to back games, more 4 games in 5 or 6 night stretches. I think this kind of thing affected the Jazz chances back in the shortened season at the end of the 90's with increased back to backs having more of an impact on older players, Malone and Stockton at the time. I wish they could just start the playoffs now, end around mid-September, then pick up again maybe 3 weeks later than normal for next Season, and extend next year a bit further into the summer to get a "regular" season, then fully back to normal the year after.

I still think it is time to shorten the season to 70 or 72 games total and eliminate resting games for the players most fans are paying to see.
 
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