holfresh wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Will play 10-11 guy every game
Keep minutes down to 30
Play guys 75 games with rotating games off on B-B.

You can increase minutes in playoffs but in the regular season that is killing players

Well you can also say if SA played their regulars a few more games, they wouldn't meet the Clippers in the 1st round..

You can always say it after.

In the big scope of things they came within a game of the 2 seed, have Timmy at 39 playing big and 5 rings.
They don't win every year.

You can say it, but there is more to say.

Briggs is right. Maybe at this moment the body is not equipped to handle 40min a nite.

I know Oak played 52.8 min a game. how is that? He gave 110% every nite!!!!!

Nalod wrote:

holfresh wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Will play 10-11 guy every game
Keep minutes down to 30
Play guys 75 games with rotating games off on B-B.

You can increase minutes in playoffs but in the regular season that is killing players

Well you can also say if SA played their regulars a few more games, they wouldn't meet the Clippers in the 1st round..

You can always say it after.

In the big scope of things they came within a game of the 2 seed, have Timmy at 39 playing big and 5 rings.
They don't win every year.

You can say it, but there is more to say.

Briggs is right. Maybe at this moment the body is not equipped to handle 40min a nite.

I know Oak played 52.8 min a game. how is that? He gave 110% every nite!!!!!

It's not about making a call in hindsight..Its about understanding there is value in winning as many games as possible ..Not only SA but every team..

dk7th wrote:

holfresh wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Will play 10-11 guy every game
Keep minutes down to 30
Play guys 75 games with rotating games off on B-B.

You can increase minutes in playoffs but in the regular season that is killing players

Well you can also say if SA played their regulars a few more games, they wouldn't meet the Clippers in the 1st round..

the playoff format is silly. the division winners mean very little or perhaps nothing. it's you're record not the luck of the draw that should count. this seeding nonsense is somehow connected to expansion.

it should be the top 16 teams regardless of conference, too. that way there will be only two teams who are merely mediocre as opposed to less than mediocre.

dk7th wrote:

knickscity wrote:

dk7th wrote:

holfresh wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Will play 10-11 guy every game
Keep minutes down to 30
Play guys 75 games with rotating games off on B-B.

You can increase minutes in playoffs but in the regular season that is killing players

Well you can also say if SA played their regulars a few more games, they wouldn't meet the Clippers in the 1st round..

the playoff format is silly. the division winners mean very little or perhaps nothing. it's you're record not the luck of the draw that should count. this seeding nonsense is somehow connected to expansion.

it should be the top 16 teams regardless of conference, too. that way there will be only two teams who are merely mediocre as opposed to less than mediocre.

Too many playoff teams, more than half qualifying is ridiculous.

it's either 16 or 8. only exponentials of 2 work. i'd rather it be 8. they should shorten the first round to 5 games or even 3 games or abolish it and have it be 8.

There will be too many meaningless games towards the end of the season..

holfresh wrote:

dk7th wrote:

knickscity wrote:

dk7th wrote:

holfresh wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Will play 10-11 guy every game
Keep minutes down to 30
Play guys 75 games with rotating games off on B-B.

You can increase minutes in playoffs but in the regular season that is killing players

Well you can also say if SA played their regulars a few more games, they wouldn't meet the Clippers in the 1st round..

the playoff format is silly. the division winners mean very little or perhaps nothing. it's you're record not the luck of the draw that should count. this seeding nonsense is somehow connected to expansion.

it should be the top 16 teams regardless of conference, too. that way there will be only two teams who are merely mediocre as opposed to less than mediocre.

Too many playoff teams, more than half qualifying is ridiculous.

it's either 16 or 8. only exponentials of 2 work. i'd rather it be 8. they should shorten the first round to 5 games or even 3 games or abolish it and have it be 8.

There will be too many meaningless games towards the end of the season..

with the amount of teams, there are plenty of meaningless games during the regular season... yet another reason why "a win is a win" in the regular season is false.

franco12 wrote:

holfresh wrote:

dk7th wrote:

knickscity wrote:

dk7th wrote:

holfresh wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Will play 10-11 guy every game
Keep minutes down to 30
Play guys 75 games with rotating games off on B-B.

You can increase minutes in playoffs but in the regular season that is killing players

Well you can also say if SA played their regulars a few more games, they wouldn't meet the Clippers in the 1st round..

the playoff format is silly. the division winners mean very little or perhaps nothing. it's you're record not the luck of the draw that should count. this seeding nonsense is somehow connected to expansion.

it should be the top 16 teams regardless of conference, too. that way there will be only two teams who are merely mediocre as opposed to less than mediocre.

Too many playoff teams, more than half qualifying is ridiculous.

it's either 16 or 8. only exponentials of 2 work. i'd rather it be 8. they should shorten the first round to 5 games or even 3 games or abolish it and have it be 8.

There will be too many meaningless games towards the end of the season..

go with top 8- then let every other team play in with single game elimination format. So, even a bad team like the Knicks get in, and if they get in and play hot at the end of the year, they could go somewhere.

Those 8 that survive play the top 8 - and let those top 8 pick their own opponents, in the order of best record.

Genius!

Won't be fun watching half the teams in the league tank for the first pick since everyone makes the playoffs anyway..

BRIGGS wrote:

dk7th wrote:

knickscity wrote:

dk7th wrote:

holfresh wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Will play 10-11 guy every game
Keep minutes down to 30
Play guys 75 games with rotating games off on B-B.

You can increase minutes in playoffs but in the regular season that is killing players

Well you can also say if SA played their regulars a few more games, they wouldn't meet the Clippers in the 1st round..

the playoff format is silly. the division winners mean very little or perhaps nothing. it's you're record not the luck of the draw that should count. this seeding nonsense is somehow connected to expansion.

it should be the top 16 teams regardless of conference, too. that way there will be only two teams who are merely mediocre as opposed to less than mediocre.

Too many playoff teams, more than half qualifying is ridiculous.

it's either 16 or 8. only exponentials of 2 work. i'd rather it be 8. they should shorten the first round to 5 games or even 3 games or abolish it and have it be 8.

Here is a solution.

Cut Training camp to only 4 games and mostly practice. Start 1 week later and only go 3 weeks of pre season.
Cut out 7 games during the season to 75(wipe out most of the B-B games)
Go back to rd 1 3/5

While initially everyone will say no because of money the logic in it for the players and the owners is smart. With less wear and tear=less injuries=better product. Taking away just a small % of schedule= the fans will seek out to watch the other games more often.

There is so much money now--the teams can absorb the extra 10 games easily. Id rather have better product with less injuries.

i agree that the first round should be best of 5...or if you want to keep it at best of 7, end series once a team is up 3-0

but this will never happen...owners want to make money and milk every ounce out of players

TripleThreat wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Smart NBA teams in the future will cut player minutes
Will play 10-11 guy every game
Keep minutes down to 30
Play guys 75 games with rotating games off on B-B.

You can increase minutes in playoffs but in the regular season that is killing players

A LONGER SEASON ( not more games) with more SPACING BETWEEN GAMES is more practical than anything that will cause the league to shrink it's revenue pie and threaten it's massive TV contracts.

now this id sign up for. id even say (in attempt to grow the sports popularity like the NFL), id designate only certain days to play and SHOW CASE them...maybe like monday wed sat...sorry that sounded stupid the moment i typed it...lol

i think teams should play 3 times a week max...no more back to backs. spread the season out...starting oct 1 then april 15...start preseason earlier (mainly for scrubs trying to make the team). have an all star week break (with 2/3s of season done) but also a 1/3s week break. they guys are killing it out there and its def leading to more injuries

However, you have to remember that each game missed, generates a lot of money, which allows players to make more money, a reason why MLB players make the money they make and NFL make what they make with more/less games

To make up for the season games, to allow players to continue to make the money they make as well as the owners, maybe cut down regular season games to 12-15 less games while extending the playoffs for like a NBA Wild Card, that the BEST RECORDS of the entire NBA fight for and not just Conference, especially with the way the Westerm teams have been missing the playoffs the past decade or so while the East makes the playoffs with under a 50% season in a weaker conference

Add in 4 teams *which would be 2 series wild card match ups* or 8 teams to play a 3 or 5 *which would be 4 series of wild card match ups*game series that would be the NBA version of the NFL's Wild Card...
We should cut down back to back to back series, and limit back to back games down, and 5 games in 7-8 nights, it is just brutal to the health of and careers of these players for the better of the league and their careers