10-minute quarters for the NBA is something I would hate.
I love basketball. Why would I want less of it? What is cutting 8 minutes per game improving?
If you want to make a meaningful change, cut the number of games. That’s a real change that could improve things. But it’s not going to happen.
I love basketball. Why would I want less of it? What is cutting 8 minutes per game improving?
If you want to make a meaningful change, cut the number of games. That’s a real change that could improve things. But it’s not going to happen.
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Shorter games = no impact to the above
And do you feel the same way when teams tank? I can't remember the last season the jazz tried to win. Sixers lost on purpose for half a decade.
I REALLY don't like the NCAAM's game. It's ugly and boring.
- Halve the no of timeouts in 2nd half and 4th quarter
- Start the games on time
In basketball they’re jamming 20-25 minutes of ad time into every game.
In football there’s about 45 minutes of ad time in every game.
You want to give me less?
Why pay someone to come off the bench when I can run my Top 5 or 6 guys the whole game?
Most fans watch one game per night. Reducing the number of games wouldn't change that behavior. You'd still get to see a game per night. And those games would be better and more meaningful.
It's not happening anyway. Too much money lost for everyone.
And they won't go later. People simply don't invest in watching live sports in the summer months.
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Important to remember that less than half of NBA teams control their building. Putting the schedule together is a very difficult task, without adding in elements like that. Can it be improved? Sure. But that would be a very hard one.
1) Total TV inventory goes up for national contracts.
2) NBPA gets 30 (34?) more roster spots and more time off.
3) Owners get balloon payments in franchise fees to offset gate revenue loss.
FWIW, I largely agree, but they aren't going to cut back on games.
None of these owners are still going to be owners by then.
And Silver can't coerce owners like Stern could.
But a player sitting out to nurse an injury (or hell even try and extend their career), maybe even at the advice of their own team, is this huge villain
If someone tuned in to watch The Bachelor or any other braindead show at 7:00 and it didnt actually start till 7:30 theyd be pissed.
It has sped up games though. So, it's worth more looking at.
Make reviews max of 60 seconds. If you can't tell in 60 seconds, it's not incontrovertible evidence. There's 5-10 more minutes.
And we're under two hours. 🤝
10 fewer games.
At same time I think if you eliminated replays, let people play more with questionable foul calls or star calls and tried to make the game within two hours every night it may help
And they didn't complain because they didn't have the same contract protections. If you get an older player to be honest, they'll tell you the same things.
Possibly making things worse.
The already established players and teams?
It doesn’t help young players and teams develop skills and chemistry.
If you love basketball then you love it on a random Wednesday night in January.
Everybody love hoops in the spring.
Basketball chemistry happens in a pickup gym almost immediately.
But can’t see a good argument for less basketball helping young players get better.
Also: time limit on reviews. Someone else said 60 seconds, which seems about right.
1 - relegation. Don't encourage full on tank jobs. 76ers still don't have that stench off.
2 - fewer games as you said won't happen, but should. Athletes in all sports are bigger and stronger, so the comp to the old days of playing through it aren't quite right. (Cont)
If you cut it to 20, they'd need 40 or so. Otherwise, it'd be the same 5-8 teams going up and down every year.
4- address the 3 point shooting epidemic. Not fun when garbage teams are playing the odds & occasionally are feeling it
-62 game "regular" season (play each team home+away)
- 4 groups of 8 for the NBA cup group stage (play each team once)
-12 (or 16) teams advance to knockout stage for NBA Cup champs
- 62 + 7 = 69 total games for all teams
- an extra 4 meaningful games in knock out
And it's never happening anyway.