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NBA commish Adam Silver is tGOAT

Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:31 pm
Posted by LSU Piston
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Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:31 pm
Cutting preseason in half?

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Preseason games are rarely well-attended and pretty much never sell out, so you wouldn't be eliminating too much revenue for owners by getting rid of three or four games. The NBA has already extended the All-Star break from being just a weekend in the past to being a full week of rest leading up to the trade deadline. They recognize the importance of rest and while maximizing their revenue, they're still trying to find a solution to take care of the players on the court.


From Grantland --

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The goal is to start the regular season earlier and stretch the full 82-game schedule over about 10 additional days, sources say. That would allow the league to slice off a couple of back-to-backs from each team's schedule, and in the process limit some of the rest imbalance that is inevitable in juggling hundreds of games across 29 arenas.





Looks like the NBA is exploring an area that the NFL would likely never touch.
This post was edited on 12/11/14 at 2:32 pm
Posted by okietiger
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Member since Oct 2005
40971 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:32 pm to
Popovich approved maneuver
Posted by Ostrich
Alexandria, VA
Member since Nov 2011
8760 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:35 pm to
Good idea
Posted by Fearthehat0307
Dallas, TX
Member since Dec 2007
65256 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:38 pm to
support
Posted by SwaggerCopter
H TINE HOL IT DINE
Member since Dec 2012
27231 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:38 pm to
Adam Silver really is awesome. A lot of commissioners wouldn't make a change due to ego. Pop is basically making a laughing stock of the NBA schedule, and Silver decides to make a change instead of acting butt hurt.
Posted by Vicks Kennel Club
29-24 #BlewDat
Member since Dec 2010
31081 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:42 pm to
Good. I want to keep the season at 82 games with 12:00 minute for purposes of setting records and simple familiarity, but I have no problem with this at all. Who would not want ten more days of the regular season?
Posted by c on z
Zamunda
Member since Mar 2009
127414 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:44 pm to
Dwyane Wade would agree for sure.
Posted by CherryGarciaMan
Sugar Magnolia
Member since Aug 2012
2497 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 2:50 pm to
He also supports legalized sports gambling
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
57706 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:20 pm to
quote:

He also supports legalized sports gambling


So he's the pope of the sports management world?
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
41200 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:30 pm to
quote:

He also supports legalized sports gambling



Yet he sued New Jersey to prevent them for legalized sports gambling.
Posted by quail man
New York, NY
Member since May 2010
40926 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:36 pm to
thank GOD
Posted by ffhouston
The Woodlands
Member since Sep 2007
3782 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 4:04 pm to
Germans. He officially became tGOAT commish when he said Congress should legalize sports gambling.
Posted by Peazey
Metry
Member since Apr 2012
25418 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 4:10 pm to
It's probably a flexibility that the NBA has that the NFL doesn't because there are a lot more basketball games and games already can be played closer together. Giving the players more rest might actually help NBA time coverage.
Posted by Peazey
Metry
Member since Apr 2012
25418 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 4:12 pm to
quote:

Pop is basically making a laughing stock of the NBA schedule,


I don't follow the NBA that closely. What is this in reference to?
Posted by fouldeliverer
Lannisport
Member since Nov 2008
13538 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 4:16 pm to
He rest his "injured" players when they play back to back or four games in five days.
Posted by chesty
Flap City C.C.
Member since Oct 2012
12731 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 4:16 pm to
Love it, silver is pretty open minded with this
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134026 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 4:20 pm to
quote:

Popovich approved maneuver


#CIAPop

For real, though, this is an excellent proposition.
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134026 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 4:21 pm to
quote:

He rest his "injured" players when they play back to back or four games in five days.


And he gets mufuggin' results
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
17047 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 4:23 pm to
quote:

Looks like the NBA is exploring an area that the NFL would likely never touch.


It's easy to "explore" this when you play 41 home games plus preseason.

I hate NFL preseason, but 1/5 of the season ticket sales for the year are those 2 pesky preseason home games.

NFL owners won't give this up, regardless of how much we bitch.
Posted by saintsfan92612
Taiwan
Member since Oct 2008
28879 posts
Posted on 12/11/14 at 4:47 pm to
road back to backs really are awful. Hell home/road back to backs are bad as well. I am ok with home/home back to backs like we are seeing more of this year.

I would be OK with stretching it out to where you only play 6-7 b2bs a year unlike the 16-20 that teams have now.
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