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NBA considering radical changes to increase interest in regular season

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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,144
    These won’t really do anything. Nobody will care about a mid season tournament compared to the finals.

    Same for the play in to be the 7 and 8 seeds. All that does is make a play in game for the chance to get bounced in the first round.

    I guess it’s good to change things, but it won’t accomplish anything when it comes to fan interest.
  • TommySQC
    TommySQC Member Posts: 5,813
    NBA jumped the shark years ago. GFY
  • NeGgaPlEaSe
    NeGgaPlEaSe Member Posts: 5,763
    edited November 2019
    TommySQC said:

    NBA jumped the shark years ago. GFY

    Super teams killed the NBA and drafting unproven rookies on potential, like Most of the one and done players from UW
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 114,091 Founders Club

    TommySQC said:

    NBA jumped the shark years ago. GFY

    Super teams killed the NBA and drafting unproven rookies on potential, like Most of the one and done players from UW
    Half agree

    The NBA has thrived on dynasties. From Day 1

    One and done has taken a toll on college and the NBA
  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,643 Founders Club
    Get rid of the draft and let teams sign anyone they want. It works great in futbol. Signing kids as young as 6 and paying for their schooling does wonders for the sport. If you really want a good product you can get rid of the franchise system and allow anyone to start a team and enter in the lowest tier. Losers get relegated and winners move up. Run the corrupt NCAA out of bidness and we can have a competitive system of several leagues. There will be super teams, but that is great if you aren’t a commie traitor fuck.
  • FireCohen
    FireCohen Member Posts: 21,823

    TommySQC said:

    NBA jumped the shark years ago. GFY

    Super teams killed the NBA and drafting unproven rookies on potential, like Most of the one and done players from UW
    Half agree

    The NBA has thrived on dynasties. From Day 1

    One and done has taken a toll on college and the NBA
    I would say NBA has dumber GM than NFL
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 114,091 Founders Club
    A NBA GM has a near impossible job. Half these can't miss one and dones aren't good enough for college let alone the NBA but you have to pick them on potential at the time.
  • CFetters_Nacho_Lover
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 32,317 Founders Club
  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,298 Standard Supporter
    edited November 2019
    Play-in games for the playoffs is pointless, as outlined above that the 7/8 seeds just get plungered anyways. A 25-win team sneaking in to the playoffs is good how?
    The league needs to go back to allowing kids to go pro directly from HS, otherwise require a minimum of 2 years in college.
    Otherwise, the biggest issue with the NBA regular season is the same problem that MLB has. There are too many games (and the first half of the NBA season overlaps the NFL season). NFL games matter because each one is 6.25% of your season. An NBA game is 1.2%.
    An in-season tournament doesn't do anything. The games count as regular season games, so what does the winner of the tournament get? Strip club vouchers for when their team travels to Atlanta?
  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,144
    edited November 2019

    A NBA GM has a near impossible job. Half these can't miss one and dones aren't good enough for college let alone the NBA but you have to pick them on potential at the time.

    They overthink it tho. Why would you care about a player’s potential if you are a small market team? If that guy is any good, he’s forcing his way out by his mid 20’s when he goes for his second contract.

    You gotta pick the best player. It’s a veteran league tho. Doncic is the first young guy in years that has immediately moved the needle for his franchise. Everyone else takes years. Young guys don’t give a shit about winning when they have that kind of lifestyle.