How do you guys feel about 82 game seasons?

[j.dizzle]

Do you guys like the long ass regular season?..This is one of the reasons a lot of players take games off cuz this shit is just too long..If you were a young multi-millionaire athlete or getting older, would you give it your all every single game? haahaa hell nah..60-70 games is more then enough but they make too much paper to shorten the season.

[Mavs_man_41]

yeah i agree its too long. only leads to injuries and a reduced effort for the regular season

[mavsfan1000]

Too long. I would say 50 games with more time off between games is ideal.

[balli]

I think they need to chop 10 games off the season and contract by 4-6 teams. It'll never happen though. Owners are some greedy sumbitches.

[BUMP]

I think they need to play 82 games but after 10 games just get rid of the stupid noncontending teams like the Rockets, Clippers, Warriors, Spurs, Wizards, T-Wolves, Spurs, Spurs and then let only the Elite teams play the next 72.

[iggypop123]

$$$

[pauls931]

about the same as the last umpteenth thread talking about this.

[LOL@MavsFan]

The same way I feel about MLB's 162 game season taking up 7 months of my life every year.

[TDMVPDPOY]

shortened season games, with another tournament prestigious one like euro league being setup to play against euro teams in a tournament for the richest prize money....

[jb4g]

definately. they should play division teams 4 times, everyone else only twice. makes a 66 game schedule. but the owners would never go for the 8 less home games. They could jack up ticket prices , but would lose too much gameday revenue on the concessions and merchandise.

[Lukor]

definately. they should play division teams 4 times, everyone else only twice. makes a 66 game schedule. but the owners would never go for the 8 less home games. They could jack up ticket prices , but would lose too much gameday revenue on the concessions and merchandise.

We have a winner.

[mogrovejo]

Zeljko Obradovic: “the NBA is just a show”

In the press conference following his team’s victory over CSKA, legendary Panathinaikos head coach Zeljko Obradovic (now the winner of seven European championships) expressed some very controversial, yet wide-spread opinions when asked about his thoughts on coaching in the NBA.

“I am very happy in Europe, coaching for Panathinaikos. I love European basketball. I believe that the NBA is a competition that everyone likes to watch. There are many coaches in Europe that are ready to coach in the NBA. I personally never thought to go. I believe it is very different, basketball during the regular season. The NBA is a show, while here we play to win every game. In the playoffs, NBA games are very good, but the rest of it is just a show. We must win every game in Europe, this is our life.”

Although not expressed in very tactful fashion, Obradovic’s point is well-taken, and really hammers home the main complaint that basketball industry people on both sides of the ocean regularly express about the NBA regular season—it’s just too long for teams to be competitive for 82 games, which leads to a severely watered down product.

European basketball players compete in only one or two games a week at most, and thus obviously play much harder during their regular season. While few will argue the virtues of the NBA playoffs, with the amazingly high level of basketball that goes along with it, many continue to question what about the six-month period between November and mid-April?

This same topic (in a very different context) came up in fact at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics conference we attended a few months ago in Boston, in a panel with former NBA head coach Jeff Van Gundy, Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey and ESPN.com writer Bill Simmons. Everyone there was in agreement that the NBA product is suffering at the moment from this problem, with Simmons pointing out that the “drain on athletes is too much, and the product suffers in turn.”

Daryl Morey did not think that less NBA regular season games necessarily means that there would automatically be less revenue brought in. He took that one step further in fact, pointing out that "the NCAA tournament, in 63 games, makes more TV money than the local TV money for the entire NBA regular season of 1,200-plus games."

In his view, the importance of a particular game and the uncertainty of the outcome are the two biggest factors in determining how much money can be made from tickets or TV rights to a specific game, with price being a distant third. Having too many games dilutes that, and owners would be able to make more money on the back-end if they were able to sell fewer games for a much higher price.

So while the Serbian Obradovic surely won’t be winning many fans with his blunt and borderline-degrading assessment of the NBA, there is surely some truth to his words.


http://www.draftexpress.com/article/Blogging-Through-the-Euroleague-Final-Four-Part-Two--3205/

[DOMINATOR]

i too am in favor of cutting games... hell even the playoffs take way too long. too much downtime between games in the playoffs.

just look at football 16 regular season games and it is the most popular sport in america because it is only a weekend sport. easy for casual bandwagoners to follow thus more 'fans' and money.

[BlackSwordsMan]

It's boring. Should be like football 15 games and then the playoffs.

[XFactor]

It's boring. Should be like football 15 games and then the playoffs.

The playoffs would sure suck if it was a one game elimination.

[lefty]

I remember David Robinson in 1993 saying in an interview he would much prefer a 60 game season

[hater]

you realize with short seasons we would be looking at 31 time champions Celtics and 27 time champion Lakers?

long seasons help young teams which is good IMO

Jordan won 6 straight years, so winning is doable

[angelbelow]

im good either way

[stretch]

its a business you morons

[mavsluva]

Play each team twice. Once at home and once on the road. Then playoffs commence.

[I. Hustle]

zeljko obradovic: “the nba is just a show”

in the press conference following his team’s victory over cska, legendary panathinaikos head coach zeljko obradovic (now the winner of seven european championships) expressed some very controversial, yet wide-spread opinions when asked about his thoughts on coaching in the nba.

“i am very happy in europe, coaching for panathinaikos. I love european basketball. I believe that the nba is a competition that everyone likes to watch. There blah blah blah we must win every game in europe, this is our life.”

although not expressed in very tactful fashion, obradovic’s point is well-taken, and really blah blah blah, which leads to a severely watered down product.

European basketball players compete in only one or two games a week at most, and blah blah blah and mid-april?

This same topic (in a very different context) came up in fact at the mit sloan blah blah blah “drain on athletes is too much, and the product suffers in turn.”

[b]daryl morey did not think that less nba regular season games necessarily means that blah blah blah money for the entire nba regular season of 1,200-plus games."

in his view, the importance of a particular game and the uncertainty of the outcome are blah blah blah were able to sell fewer games for a much higher price.

So while the serbian obradovic surely won’t be winning many fans with his blunt and borderline-degrading assessment of the nba, there is surely some truth to his words.


http://www.draftexpress.com/article/blogging-through-the-euroleague-final-four-part-two--3205/



kbp?

[balli]

its a business you morons

And I'm a consumer. I feel like said business' product would be better if the league were to downsize, either in the amount of teams and/or number of games played. Who knows if a better product would translate into more of my dollars spent. Maybe, maybe not. Every business has to find a balance between quality and profit. The NBA is no different.

I called the owners 'greedy sumbitches' earlier and I stand by that. But I also understand that their role is to be exactly that. From a consumer point of view though, I think we're all entitled to pine for a better product without much concern for the owner's bottom line. Even if we recognize the reality that such a bottom line exists.

[Otaku]

I think 82 games is fine. Not too long, and not too short.