Good to know Joe Dumars and Sam Amick have been in the datalab, done some causal inference work, and empirically disproven the fact that playing basketball makes you tired. Can't wait to see the "scientific data" that Joe Dumars has in his possession.
The NBA is reviewing the Nets’ decision to field a threadbare roster against the Bucks on Wednesday, The Post has learned. The league is determining whether it rises to the level of a finable offense. In a case of load management that offended many of their fans — and appeared to vex their star player, Mikal Bridges — the Nets opted to sit four players against visiting Milwaukee, then compounded matters by pulling three more early in the 144-122 defeat. Nicolas Claxton, Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith and Cam Johnson all sat out entirely. Then the Nets doubled down, pulling Bridges, Cam Thomas and Royce O’Neale all after the first quarter. Source: Brian Lewis @ New York Post
The question is - How do you stop it? Someone proposed that injuries become like in MLB (I Think) If you go on the injury list .. . you miss a minimum of 3~5 games a pop Rocket River
Why do you want to stop it...... Another way is not to play with physicality, I doubt that is the way to go either. I am actually puzzled at how many foot injuries occur in basketball.
You want to stop load management, make the regular season matter again. Only the top 4 teams in each conference make it into the playoffs. But the NBA won't do it because the owners would never go for it.
It's a revenue thing. The more playoff games, the better. Cutting it to 4 teams would also make the regular season end very early for most teams and kill fan interest. For several years, I've advocated the NBA create a huge revenue pot each year and distribute it to teams based on games won. A significant financial stake in each and every game would make the regular season great again.
Fan interest? Is dead. We could agree to disagree but I feel fans are interested in games that matter being played at a high level, which never happens these days in th regular season. Most matchups are more closer to all-star games, because the regular season doesn't matter. The only way to get players to play hard is the threat of missing the playoffs. Period. But I've always been a fan of the old style Major League baseball way of doing things where like only one team made the post season.
The Cavs are either blessed with health or are the most consistent team this year recordwise and on Offense.
If the playoffs is money maker, they should shorten the regular season and make the playoffs the real season. In the current format, a third of the teams start tanking after less than half the season. The top teams after securing HCA would coast in the last month or so. Too many meaningless games.
lighten the load to manage. or can put a cap on minutes per player, like 15-20 mpg for every player, and maybe only allowing 2 players per team to play 35 mins. that'll force teams to use more of their roster. it'll affect the stats, but luckily nobody cares about stats in the nba.
There will be no shortening of anything, regular season or playoffs. They both make a bunch of money for the NBA, which first and foremost is a business. Revenue rules. If there was going to be a shortening of anything, it would have occurred in conjunction with the new TV contracts that go into place this fall. Money being the primary driver is why I suggested creating a revenue pot and placing a significant dollar value on each win.
Disagree on this. While the NBA does have too many teams with postseason chances, the play-in tourney puts mediocre / not terrible teams in an awkward spot where its almost obligation to play for tourney seeding. Just off forced inclusion lol. Examples. A team like the Suns with Durant, Booker, Beal playing for draft pick slot should be embarrassing. They have problems, they might have mentally checked out. But they cant pretend they're the worst team. Nobody cares about the Bulls, but maybe the Bulls care about the Bulls. They're a rare team with bad home record & decent road record, meaning they're coming to play hard in your city. #2 seed Rockets barely beat them With the play-in Heat making it all the way to the Finals, teams cant totally write-off the tourney as "whatever". It takes a trainwreck collapse like the Sixers & Mavs to give up on the season.
Every player should have a goal of playing 82 games and they should all be physically conditioned to do so.
