Should the NBA get rid of back to backs?
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Max Porter
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I definitely think the NBA should get rid of back to backs - maybe take it down to a 70 game season but it might not be for some time if they do at all. In the meantime maybe they could at least find a way to make the matches more even. If you are the Sixers playing the Warriors after playing the Spurs the day before when the Warriors have been resting for four days it's not really a fair match. If the teams that played back to backs though both played the night before then at least they have roughly the same amount of rest.
jimmy eat jazz
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I find this kind of pining for the good ol' days to be so asinine and tiresome. Things change, and more often than not, IMHO, for the better. For example, our understanding of the human body, health perservation, etc. has advanced significantly since the Stockton/Malone era. We know more now how to protect/advance the health of players than we did back then, and the NBA is using this information to make changes that better protect players' health.
Moreover, generalizing from a sample set of 2 (which are clearly pretty extreme outliers to boot) is just dumb. Can we please stop using Stockton and Malone as the prototypes for everything that needs to be done in the modern-day NBA? Please!
If we have information about how to protect players' health better, and the means to to use this information, why the hell not use it? Just because some dolt misses the goold ol' days when players were allowed to beat up on each other and get away with all sorts of cheap shots is insufficient reason not to make a change, if the change makes sense in today's environment.
Hey guys, have you all considered the implications of a long road trip without B2Bs?
I mean a road trip of 5 games might take 7-8 days with B2Bs, but if we eliminate B2Bs it could take up to 11-12 days if we count travelling days as well?
That's quite a long time away from home. It also affect the home crowd not being able to see their team play for a long time?
If you say we can make the road trips have less games - doesn't that mean more trips for the players, causing more fatigues?
I mean a road trip of 5 games might take 7-8 days with B2Bs, but if we eliminate B2Bs it could take up to 11-12 days if we count travelling days as well?
That's quite a long time away from home. It also affect the home crowd not being able to see their team play for a long time?
If you say we can make the road trips have less games - doesn't that mean more trips for the players, causing more fatigues?
That's probably a good compromise IMO.
jimmy eat jazz
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The above strikes me as some of the major challenges in doing away with B2B's. It will necessitate either (a) longer road trips or (b) more, shorter road trips, assuming the league sticks with the 82 game schedule (I find it doubtful that owners would accept less revenue to reduce the number of games, plus it would almost certainly means lower player salaries, and for this reason, I don't see it happening. Beside, as a fan, I like 82 games; I like lots of basketball games, but I would not mind stretching them over a longer period of time.)
akirac73
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The last time the NBA had a 60 game regular season (excluding strike shortened seasons) was nearly 70 years ago in 1948. Back when there were only TWELVE (12) teams. In order for the league to survive financially with only 60 games, there would most certainly be a contraction of teams in the NBA. Guess which teams would be on the chopping block?...The small market teams like the Jazz.
Yeah, it's a stupid idea.
Yeah, it's a stupid idea.
Yup division. Creat rivalries.
Players can play more games if they are in there local fly zones. This will create more rivalry like we had with Denver back in the Deron days.
One here one there a day later than one here a day later again.
Same with LA, GSW. It is like a hour flight no big deal.
It will also increase ticket sales and prices as ever one knows rivalries are big sellers.
League will not do this cause they are afraid of more brawls an bad press. I do not see why. Let the players play. There will be fights just straight it out afterwards.
Yup this what i am talking about. But oh those home cooked meals!!! Lol like players care about home cooked meals over the vast buffet the Jazz an opposing teams feed them.