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

it changed in 2003. $$$$$

the problem with first round byes is that’s two weeks off in which teams lose momentum and just get cold

go back to the early 80s playoff system imo - 1st round is best-of-3 and the top 2 in each conf. get byes

to me the current playoff structure is not the problem, or at least not one of the problems that needs to be addressed first

i think the first round is a problem. they play 4 series that are perfunctory.

agree w Spottie but also feel like changing playoffs is easier to accomplish than changes to reg season would be

letting fewer teams into the offs wld increase the intensity of the regular season im thinking

would also give even less teams hope or a shot at even one round of playoff revenue.

The spurs and nuggets went to 7 games last year

The Cavs who made the finals in 2018 won their first round series in a game 7 by 4 points over the pacers.

letting fewer teams into the offs wld increase the intensity of the regular season im thinking

not only this but the shorter the series, the more important home-court is

The spurs and nuggets went to 7 games last year

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, November 26, 2019 5:32 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

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, 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.

I do think it’s cool that the NFL has byes

more than half of teams making the offs is too much imo

i like the idea i heard somewhere that in the first round, a team that goes up 3-0 wins the series

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

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

can we fucking not? again, what problem are we solving??

too many regular season games, which will be addressed by adding more games

Clarity will come soon—

anyone want to tell these guys that the points system only makes sense for sports with a lot of ties?

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

it’s such a dumb idea all around

i hate it

its like when mlb decided to give world series home field to the winner of the freakin allstar game

"too many regular season games, which will be addressed by adding more games"

"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

if theyre really gonna do it just give the winners of the tourney a million each and call it a day

end of the bench guys wld be rooting so hard lol

tourney is only for players who avg < 20mpg

this is the dumbest idea, like really who wants this

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

oh and what about if the teams are different 8 teams total sort of an allstar+ type scenario

have captains who do a draft

Tallest v Shortest

im obsessed w my gritty allstar tourney now sorry in advance everyone

mb it shd be streetball...........

congratulations to lagoon who just invented the all star game

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

congratulations to lagoon who just invented the all star game

― 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

Winning team gets marijuana excluded from their drug testing AND an extra first round pick

First pick of this system gets nicknamed “big edible”

imo supermax contracts should be negotiated outside of the cba

the current cba is fine for the average player, but player contracts are open to abuse by the biggest stars because owners are unable or unwilling to enforce penalties for trade demands or other contract breaches. it is bad for parties to become accustomed to operating outside of the cba as it encourages uncle dennising and like behaviours.

imo a new form of contract should be available to a limited number of players which allows for much higher pay, better reflecting the true value of a lebron or other superstar. in return for the increased compensation the player would accept more risk eg the majority of the contract being contingent on performance criteria.

eliminate max contracts

max every contract
(tj) ford every stream

It seems to me the obvious problem is that they give max contracts to players like Andrew Wiggins, almost as a matter of course. This reduces the value of the max deals.

Maybe something similar to the nfl’s franchise tag would be better.

the franchise tag is awful for players, absolutely one of the worst mechanisms in existence.

as long as the NBA has a salary cap (and it always will) the lebrons and kawhis and stephs will never be properly paid or valued. wiggins was actually prob fairly paid/valued on his max deal, the problem is that a bunch of other guys on the max are way better than him and underpaid. in some free market uncapped scenario i bet wiggins would still be making roughly what he is now, but it wouldn't look as insane bcuz lebron would be making $50 million per year or whatever