Hell, you don't even need to extend the season. Just revert the first round to a 5 game series that takes 8 days. Problem solved, and we don't have to wait four weeks between the end of the regular season and the second round.
I would dig this, especially if they stuck with it. There are way too many 3 and 4 day breaks in the NBA season. If they played a game every other day, with a back-to-back every 4th game, it would work out almost right. If you're in NBA shape, you should be able to handle that. If they shortened the playoffs even a little, it would work out perfectly.
Do you/have you play(ed) full court 5on5 basketball before? A game every other day for 5 months would be SO brutal it would be absolutely ridiculous
An 82 game season is too long anyway. I hate all those January games where the players don't much care who wins. I'm hoping for a 50-game season.
The last time there was a 50-game season, teams were playing games 3 nights in a row. I don't think that helps the "players not caring" factor. One of the biggest problems I have with the NBA is the 4 games in 5 nights garbage, and it's often for a team traveling to the West or East coast. Fans shouldn't have to pay full price for those games b/c it's basically a scheduling win or loss. And I completely agree about the playoff schedule and shortening the first round. The NBA playoff schedule is a complete joke. Yeah, let's make guys play 4 in 5 nights and then change to twice a week in the postseason. It's so completely stupid.
It seems like it would be difficult to do an 82 game season since some NBA teams share an arena with Hockey teams. Also the arena's are used for other events like Rock and Roll concerts that the kids like to go to, so it might be difficult to work all that out.
One thing I would like to change is the timing of the trade deadline. Instead of it being in early February, make it around late December, early January.
Yeah, the back-to-back-to-back was excessive. To cram 82 games in, how many nights would they have to play in a row?
Idea: why not just permanently move the basketball season to the spring/summer if this lockout gets dragged out? That way it conflicts less with football season, and might give football fans a chance to watch more NBA. I know personally I was bored ****less this summer watching baseball, it would've been way more bearable if the NBA was on.
