feel like he also talked abt the midseason thing or at least ive heard of it somewhere before
― lag∞n, Monday, 25 November 2019 18:01 (four years ago) link
i have now thought a bunch about these proposals and listened to some pros and cons and honestly i don't care for any of them. they don't offer any meaningful progress toward making either the regular season or the first round of the playoffs more competitive.
the play-in for the bottom of the playoffs is....fine. it will make the end of the reg season slightly more interesting and in theory reduce tanking at the top but i do wonder how the incentives will work out over time (e.g. if you're the 10 seed don't you really want to stay in the lottery even if you're playing well down the meaningless stretch at the end of the season?) but the first round 8/1 and 7/2 matchups will still suck and be worthless regardless of the outcome.
reseeding the final four is dumb and a very tactical response to an unfortunate situation from two finals ago. i still like the romance of having to go through a conference rival and seeing those matchups play out over a number of years. also the two teams in the finals have only played each other twice which adds some intrigue. the league needs to take the long view on this.
the tournament--here are the pros i've heard:
- there are ~10 teams right now with no winning tradition that would go all-in to win it- gradually over time interia will cause people and teams to care- it opens up the possibility of reducing the number of games even more over time- what the hell, nothing could be worse than the current regular season
it's telling that they can't even find a good time in the schedule to do it. where they've landed is probably the best bet but it's still really early and a lot of teams are just figuring out how they want to play.
my main thing is that even if you believe that ultimately it will become something that matters, the first couple years are going to be so, so bad. players aren't going to take it seriously. coaches are the most conservative people in the game probably and i doubt any of them are going to want to push their guys hard to win something in early december. i see it being awkward and weird and public perception could just render it d.o.a.
it's also the most roundabout possible way of trying to address lack of interest in the regular season. it doesn't make the non-tournament games matter more. it doesn't address load management. it sure as hell isn't going to make the season *feel* shorter or fix the slog that is march and april. the format is going to be confusing to casuals. the rumor that they're looking to do it at neutral sites is insane.
finally, maybe, just maybe, looking to european soccer with its own longstanding traditions and issues is not the best place to find inspiration to fix engagement in a relatively young american sports league. the reason the play the FA cup is because they've been playing the FA cup for 150 years, and afaik the only cool thing that happens in the FA cup is when a team from one of the lower divisions makes a run--the same thing that happens in the NCAA tournament which is also impossible to replicate in the nba. meanwhile, they conveniently do not look at one of the best features of the premier league which is that each team plays a home and home and every game feels like an event.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
both the play-in and the midseason tournament are Really bad ideas imo. its classic fudging the results of a process instead of fixing the process to give better results
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
having fewer teams make the playoffs seems good but giving a whole round as a bye also seems dicey
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 20:18 (four years ago) link
mb go back to best of 5 first round with byes for the top 4 teams
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 20:19 (four years ago) link
i'd love to see them do something closer to the nfl first round. the top 2 teams in each conference have no reason to play a first round series, they're not losing it.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 20:31 (four years ago) link
why did they go to 7 games in 1st rnd? was that after nuggs beat the #1 seed in 94??
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 20:39 (four years ago) link
its was a while after that iirc
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
it changed in 2003. $$$$$
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 21:00 (four years ago) link
the problem with first round byes is that’s two weeks off in which teams lose momentum and just get cold
― Clay, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 21:10 (four years ago) link
go back to the early 80s playoff system imo - 1st round is best-of-3 and the top 2 in each conf. get byes
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 21:17 (four years ago) link
to me the current playoff structure is not the problem, or at least not one of the problems that needs to be addressed first
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
i think the first round is a problem. they play 4 series that are perfunctory.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 21:44 (four years ago) link
agree w Spottie but also feel like changing playoffs is easier to accomplish than changes to reg season would be
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 21:52 (four years ago) link
letting fewer teams into the offs wld increase the intensity of the regular season im thinking
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 21:55 (four years ago) link
would also give even less teams hope or a shot at even one round of playoff revenue.
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 22:17 (four years ago) link
The spurs and nuggets went to 7 games last year
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 22:32 (four years ago) link
The Cavs who made the finals in 2018 won their first round series in a game 7 by 4 points over the pacers.
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 22:34 (four years ago) link
not only this but the shorter the series, the more important home-court is
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 22:37 (four years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, November 26, 2019 5:32 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Tuesday, November 26, 2019 5:34 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
i'd happily give these up if we could lose the 1-8 every year.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 01:38 (four years ago) link
I do think it’s cool that the NFL has byes
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 01:44 (four years ago) link
more than half of teams making the offs is too much imo
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 01:47 (four years ago) link
i like the idea i heard somewhere that in the first round, a team that goes up 3-0 wins the series
― jesus is zing (symsymsym), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 03:27 (four years ago) link
one of the best features of the premier league which is that each team plays a home and home and every game feels like an event.
otm, the one home/one away game for each team is def a very good thing
― gbx, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 04:14 (four years ago) link
jfc
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EK9DIJsU8AEPd3m?format=jpg&name=medium
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/11/26/20983584/luka-doncic-giannis-antetokounmpo-lebron-james-schedule
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
can we fucking not? again, what problem are we solving??
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 4 December 2019 15:55 (four years ago) link
too many regular season games, which will be addressed by adding more games
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 16:00 (four years ago) link
Clarity will come soon—
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
anyone want to tell these guys that the points system only makes sense for sports with a lot of ties?
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 16:14 (four years ago) link
theres nothing that will motivate players more than the prospect of another guy trying to take their job
The NBA continues to discuss draft compensation, potentially in the form of an extra first-round pick, as a reward for the winning team in the proposed in-season tournament for the 2021-22 season, sources tell @NYTSports— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) December 24, 2019
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 16:51 (four years ago) link
it’s such a dumb idea all around
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 24 December 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
i hate it
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
its like when mlb decided to give world series home field to the winner of the freakin allstar game
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
"too many regular season games, which will be addressed by adding more games"
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 17:40 (four years ago) link
"we'll dig our way out!" "dig up, stupid"
So Dumb. What will teams that are in the tax going out do, tank the tournament because they don't want the pick ? Or teams trying to build cap room ? Be forced to trade it ? Draft and stash ? https://t.co/laxHWd9YMy— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) December 24, 2019
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 18:10 (four years ago) link
if theyre really gonna do it just give the winners of the tourney a million each and call it a day
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link
end of the bench guys wld be rooting so hard lol
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 18:16 (four years ago) link
tourney is only for players who avg < 20mpg
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 18:34 (four years ago) link
this is the dumbest idea, like really who wants this
― Clay, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
listen what if they give every winner $1m, refs swallow their whistles so it gets super physical, and theyve got live mics on the players who are encouraged to talk shit
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 22:56 (four years ago) link
oh and what about if the teams are different 8 teams total sort of an allstar+ type scenario
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 22:57 (four years ago) link
have captains who do a draft
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 22:59 (four years ago) link
Tallest v Shortest
― Fetchboy, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 23:00 (four years ago) link
im obsessed w my gritty allstar tourney now sorry in advance everyone
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 23:02 (four years ago) link
mb it shd be streetball...........
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 23:03 (four years ago) link
congratulations to lagoon who just invented the all star game
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 24 December 2019 23:17 (four years ago) link
problem is none of the all stars care about a million bucks and probably do not want to play another x amount of games
I think it’d be best if we just forgot this idea got floated
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 24 December 2019 23:20 (four years ago) link
― k3vin k., Tuesday, December 24, 2019 6:17 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
cld be the new allstar weekend get rid of everything else besides dunk and 3pt contests
lol xp wld be so much better thooooo
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 23:28 (four years ago) link
Winning team gets marijuana excluded from their drug testing AND an extra first round pick
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 23:56 (four years ago) link