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I like the 65 game minimum for NBA awards, but also can see the negative consequences. You might see some stars play a little less than they might otherwise in order to barely hit the minimum.
 
The 140% extension rule will likely impact us. Maybe not with our own players, but making it more difficult to pry guys away during free agency. Less guys will hit free agency now.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I just wish they went to 2 games a week, occasionally 3. Make each game feel more eventful.
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I definitely think less is more when it comes to the amount of games. But it seems like they really do not want to cut game and are afraid of losing revenue.

The NBA went the route of using a mid season tournament to elevate certain regular season games. We’ll see how that works. I’m willing to be open minded because the current format just isn’t great.

I would have have split the competitions up entirely. The argument against this is that teams will not care…and my answer to that is “so what?”. If stars sit during the tournament games, it means they have a scheduled rest game and don’t have to miss a regular season game. It also gives teams a chance to play other players more minutes throughout the course of the season. I think every fan base unanimously agrees that they want to see their young guys play and a mid season tournament/competition is a great way to do that. You could even open up the roster row both the NBA and G-League rosters.

Lower importance competitions are a thing in other sports and I think it’s really positive. For diehards these games can often be the most interesting to watch because teams will introduce new tactics and players. More importantly, however, is that the stars have a game where they can rest up and don’t have to miss as many regular season games. Seems counterintuitive to introduce a lower importance competition, but I think it would elevate the regular season and add to the league as a whole. I’d rather have 58 highly important regular season games and 10-15 less important tournament games instead of the current 82 game slog.

Two regular season games + one additional tournament game during the week would be an ideal schedule from a fan perspective IMO. You get more competitive, meaningful regular season games and a third game with less consequence, but still interesting for some fans nonetheless.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I like the 65 game minimum for NBA awards, but also can see the negative consequences. You might see some stars play a little less than they might otherwise in order to barely hit the minimum.
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Then they get a legit injury at the end of the season and are screwed. I like the hard limit because players that are looking for awards can't take the first half of the season at half strength, and they will likely have playoff positioning to worry about the second half. I'm tired of players that don't play pushing out the players that play full time. You can have load management or you can have awards. Seems a pretty decent trade off.
 
If Utah ends up building a high salary/contending team in the next few years having a bunch of first round picks is going to pay dividends under this new agreement. It's really made it harder for those kinds of teams to add talent through FA.
 
Zombie said:
The sports betting thing is so ****ing dumb
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Agreed. The partnership between professional sports leagues and gambling operations is bad in my opinion. There should be a very tall, very wide, very sturdy wall separating these two things.
 
I was very surprised about the NBPA accepting accepting the cap on TP MLE and cap smoothing. But if I get this correct, this would be more than an offset. Dayum...

The NBA and NBPA reached an agreement for a tentative deal on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement early Saturday morning. Among the details of the new CBA includes a rule which will enable players to invest in NBA teams, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.

The NBA would become the first of the major American professional sports leagues to give players the chance to invest in an equity stake in their respective teams, which could present massive financial upside to the athletes.

Additionally, the new CBA is set to enable players to promote and invest in sports betting and cannabis companies, per Charania.
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Between this and the increased Supermax, stars would be more wed to the teams that drafted them. Might be a nice solution to the small market FA problem, or a curse. We'll see.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I like the 65 game minimum for NBA awards, but also can see the negative consequences. You might see some stars play a little less than they might otherwise in order to barely hit the minimum.
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I wonder if teams will start playing a guy just for the first six minutes of a game just so they can count it as playing.

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Watcher said:
I wonder if teams will start playing a guy just for the first six minutes of a game just so they can count it as playing.

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Probably. Sometimes I don’t understand why teams don’t keep their star players available during games they think they will win. Say, you’re playing the Spurs G-league team, and you’re leaving your top three players out of the lineup for rest - why not leave them on the bench, and if it’s close going into the 4th you put your regular starters in and put the game away.
 
Coach Ellis said:
Probably. Sometimes I don’t understand why teams don’t keep their star players available during games they think they will win. Say, you’re playing the Spurs G-league team, and you’re leaving your top three players out of the lineup for rest - why not leave them on the bench, and if it’s close going into the 4th you put your regular starters in and put the game away.
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I think silver would frown upon that strategy
 
SoberasHotRod said:
The 140% extension rule will likely impact us. Maybe not with our own players, but making it more difficult to pry guys away during free agency. Less guys will hit free agency now.
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There have only been like a handful of superstar players in NBA history to leave and sign a max deal with another team. Most of them are S&T'd so they can get the max still and their former team gets some compensation.
 
Elizah Huge said:
It really just depends if Donovan wants to stay there or not.
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And realistically they've never been a FA destination, potentially having 3 max guys would limit them even more and they don't really have the draft capital to improve the team.
 
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