NBA State of Play – Rule Changes – Trends – CBA – Schedule Reform – Load Mgmt – etc

if local cable pays for the rights to a game it would still be blacked out for their service area no?

also i guess you’d still have carve-outs for eg appletv, etc

"The league has wanted to spread the talent around the NBA. They want that 3rd star for a team in another market. It's gonna be hard to have 3 stars, 3 max players."@wojespn on the Kevin Durant, the Suns, and the rest of the NBA 😬pic.twitter.com/DSJp6FgZnT

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) May 5, 2023

yeah that seems obvious at this point

one team i’m really wondering about is denver. jokic is already on a super max, murray will be extension eligible soon to push his salaries past $50m, you’ve still got 4 years left of porter at ~$150m & only two years left of gordon who will be looking for a new deal pushing him over 30m/year. and they never wanna go into the tax to begin with. it doesn’t seem tenable to keep it together w/ this CBA?

feel like this is gonna be bad for those mid-level solid rotation players/vets? or maybe teams will get smart and stop giving near max deals to borderline all stars?

yeah i wonder if this current CBA was in place whether denver would’ve given that deal to porter

i think you have to look at teams like OKC, orlando etc who could very plausibly have three max players on their team very soon. or like if detroit wins the lottery… how do you keep cade, wembanyama & let’s say jaden ivey if he’s really good? i guess the salaries might be depressed enough in the first few years of the extensions, plus you have a lag between when each kicks in, that you could swing it for a few years. but if you get to this point where denver is at where you have a super max guy, a second star about to hit his third deal, and two other guys who need to be paid $35m+ minimum? and btw none of the 4 guys on denver are even older than 28. denver is $18 million into the tax this year — the new CBA starts hammering teams once they pass $17.5m in tax.

every CBA has unintended consequences where the teams try and bend things in their favor but end up fucking themselves. this CBA is very clearly targeting the warrior, clippers, nets etc but idk it doesn’t look great for small market teams that build up great rosters either. it does encourage them to go into the tax a bit, which is good, but it’s almost like — don’t draft too well, it might come back and bite ya!

wolves have to extend Ant soon so add them to that list

right. yes.

would be more manageable if instead of Rudy we had a young defensive big on a favorable deal.. oh I don't know, someone like Walker Kessler maybe

pain

every CBA has unintended consequences where the teams try and bend things in their favor but end up fucking themselves. this CBA is very clearly targeting the warrior, clippers, nets etc but idk it doesn’t look great for small market teams that build up great rosters either. it does encourage them to go into the tax a bit, which is good, but it’s almost like — don’t draft too well, it might come back and bite ya!

― J0rdan S., Friday, May 5, 2023 9:05 AM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i just dont see how this is good for anyone trying to build a contender through the draft

i think maybe teams will start to only give out max deals to only all-nba dudes and all star level guys gonna have to start taking less.

celtics def stocked with well compensated quality vets

i think maybe teams will start to only give out max deals to only all-nba dudes and all star level guys gonna have to start taking less.

they are gonna have to start saying it

I’m saying it right now to jamal I’ll let you know what he says

i guess the issue isn’t really the first max aka the fun max it’s everything that happens after… murray is def in that boat. one thing teams should stop doing is jumping at the first opportunity to re-sign their middling star to a new massive extension when he still has two years or whatever left on his current deal. i think that’s where a lot of these contracts have gone bad

for sure. they’re going to be in a tough spot with murray because as much as I love him, he’s a top 40 regular season player and maybe a top 25 postseason player. hes right in that zone. but maybe he’ll just bloom late because of the injury

this seems very convoluted

This is how the in-season tournament will work. An explanation of its format and schedule:https://t.co/JGwE26XUy3 https://t.co/PpBU1Y8nAx pic.twitter.com/FYuky0znXk

— Mike Vorkunov (@MikeVorkunov) May 11, 2023

i'm sorry is today april 1? that is insane

Europhiles smh

glad adam is feeling so inspired

it's great they have the backing of NBA leaders like Larry Nance, Jr, Alex Caruso, TJ McConnell, and Josh Richardson that will carry a lot of weight

I’m sorry but this is all very foolish

it’s even worse than i thought it would be

it might be fun idk i bet the ratings will go up + put the nba in the public consciousness earlier than usual, which is not to say its not silly cause obvs

good call not stopping play for review they shd do that for flagrants and techs generally

The proposed In-Game Flopping Penalty will be in effect on a provisional basis for all 2023 NBA summer leagues. pic.twitter.com/eqdJ5gHr7d

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) July 4, 2023

ESPN Sources: The NBA's new In-Season Tournament Final Four is set for December 7 and 9 in Las Vegas. Statistics will count for the league's regular season, except for the championship game of the event.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 5, 2023

I guess we’re really doing this

its so dumb, if they wanna do fa cup shit, g league teams need a chance to compete at the very least. but that competition predates the existence of basketball. just start a team in vegas if thats the fuckin move.

i think its fine and could even be cool, except adding an extra game to an already too long season is bad they shd go in the other direction

so the semi finals in the final four count for the season, but not the final game? seems like a headache to schedule!

or does woj just mean player stats, and the vegas mini-tournament won't count towards regular season standings

i think the champ game is off the books altogether its not a real game

I really can’t wait until the clippers load manage the in season championship game

NBA IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT EXPLAINED 🎥

Starting Nov. 3, all 30 teams will compete for the NBA Cup with 8 teams advancing into the knockout rounds! The tournament semis and championship game will be held in Las Vegas, Dec. 7 and 9! pic.twitter.com/NZdURUa3XR

— NBA (@NBA) July 8, 2023

need to know why half of rjeff’s shirt is unbuttoned

He even took his shirt off in one bit a while back

I’m not shocked they couldn’t get an agreement for G League (or even European participation) or a playoff guarantee but I am shocked they are proceeding without either. Especially since they can’t guarantee group play games won’t be the second night of a back-to-back.

wooow

they found NBA ref Eric Lewis burner 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/NMPNoIzeWU

— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) May 26, 2023

Damn

https://x.com/chrisbhaynes/status/1696939511266284002?s=46&t=mohDpDAFl5F45rFjzYedvA

yet another persecution of an innocent celtics fan

fake injuries preferred i guess

Under new rules, teams would be fined $100K for a first violation, $250K for a second violation and $1 million more than the previous penalty for each additional violation, sources tell ESPN. https://t.co/ZOQjJpoNaD

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 11, 2023

I'd be curious to see what their rubric is for what constitutes a "star"

apparently its made an all star or all nba team within last 3 seasons

Shit I don’t qualify.

was on a long drive yesterday listening to NBA podcasts of course and started thinking about load management ideas…what if there were a minutes restriction for players who’d missed the previous game? like say kawhi sits out a tuesday night game against the wizards. well now he can only play in one half of the next game. it would take some incentive out of sitting if you can’t be fully helpful to your team the next game…while of course being injury friendly…if you just missed a game due to “injury” you should probably be taking it easy the next time around

so you punish a team who’s depriving their fans by depriving them some more hmm

incentives baby. and player safety!

Just make it so that when you miss a game you’re out for the season and someone else takes your spot, and so on.

next man up

Let the load management begin!

Steph Curry and Jonathan Kuminga are both questionable for the Warriors tomorrow in Houston. Left foot soreness for both. Curry was icing his left foot last night postgame. Warriors had a light workout in Sacramento today. Only young guys and Draymond Green.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) October 28, 2023