1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

All these back to back to back games is going to make for a lot of ugly basketball

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by jopatmc, Jan 6, 2012.

Tags:
  1. jopatmc

    jopatmc Member

    Joined:
    Sep 4, 2002
    Messages:
    15,370
    Likes Received:
    390
    This compressed season sucks from a fan's perspective. The owners are really teaching the players a lesson with all these back to backs. I can't believe this is going to go on for 5 more months. I expect the playoffs this year to be some of the most poorly played series of all time. It will also be interesting to see how many hamstring injuries, torn knees, and other injuries settle down on these players. This schedule is a terrible strain even for the most in-shape professional athletes.
     
    #1 jopatmc, Jan 6, 2012
  2. A_3PO

    A_3PO Member

    Joined:
    Apr 29, 2006
    Messages:
    46,747
    Likes Received:
    12,275
    You beat me to it. I was going to start a thread on this later tonight.

    Fatigue and depth are going to be constant issues the entire regular season. We are going to see uneven efforts all throughout the season. Some nights teams just aren't going to have the energy to compete hard. It's happened already and is why I would be careful judging teams so early.

    It will be so bad that winning individual games won't be the primary concern. Playoff seedings for true contenders won't matter so much because what's most important is preparing/preserving a team for the post-season.

    In San Antonio, Pop is showing why he is one of the best coaches, if not still the best. No player on their team is averaging over 30 mins/game. This is the correct approach IMO. Without Manu for two months, I wonder if they can maintain that. As the season progresses, we will see other teams mimic Pop's approach if they are smart.
     
    #2 A_3PO, Jan 6, 2012
  3. AFS

    AFS Member

    Joined:
    Dec 1, 2010
    Messages:
    3,776
    Likes Received:
    407
    On the other hand, it's a lot of fun to have so many games every night right now, especially with the league pass free trial right now.
     
    #3 AFS, Jan 6, 2012
  4. jopatmc

    jopatmc Member

    Joined:
    Sep 4, 2002
    Messages:
    15,370
    Likes Received:
    390
    And ultimately the fan gets screwed by watching an inferior product.
     
    #4 jopatmc, Jan 6, 2012
  5. Francis3422

    Francis3422 Member

    Joined:
    Mar 14, 2000
    Messages:
    9,053
    Likes Received:
    7,303
    It is just stupid. I wanted basketball as much as the next fan, but I also would have been happy with a 50 game season. It could have started a little later and there could have been a little bit more time off before games.
     
    #5 Francis3422, Jan 6, 2012
  6. A_3PO

    A_3PO Member

    Joined:
    Apr 29, 2006
    Messages:
    46,747
    Likes Received:
    12,275
    Here are the guys averaging 35 mins or more per game. Some of these coaches better wise up fast or they will regret it. The condensed schedule will end up causing a lot more damage to the product than the NBA dreamed of.

    Code:
    1	Monta Ellis	GS	5	201	40.2
2	Luol Deng	CHI	7	276	39.4
3	Dwight Howard	ORL	7	272	38.9
4	Kevin Love	MIN	6	233	38.8
5	B Jennings	MIL	6	232	38.7
6	L Aldridge	POR	6	230	38.3
7	John Wall	WSH	6	226	37.7
8	Kevin Durant	OKC	7	262	37.4
9	Jarrett Jack	NO	5	187	37.4
10	Derrick Rose	CHI	7	258	36.9
11	Chris Paul	LAC	5	183	36.6
12	Joe Johnson	ATL	7	256	36.6
13	LeBron James	MIA	7	253	36.1
14	Rajon Rondo	BOS	7	252	36.0
15 	G Henderson	CHA	6	216	36.0
16 	Andrea Bargnani	TOR	6	216	36.0
17 	Blake Griffin	LAC	5	180	36.0
18	Carmelo Anthony	NY	6	215	35.8
19	Jrue Holiday	PHI	5	179	35.8
20	Marcus Thornton	SAC	8	284	35.5
21	David Lee	GS	5	177	35.4
22	Pau Gasol	LAL	8	283	35.4
23 	Chris Bosh	MIA	8	283	35.4
24	Kobe Bryant	LAL	8	281	35.1
25	Raymond Felton	POR	6	210	35.0
26	Marc Gasol	MEM	6	209	34.8
     
    #6 A_3PO, Jan 6, 2012
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)

Share This Page