Spurs Rest Days Differential

[024]

I was just browsing some Spurs related articles when I came across this chart. It compares the rest days of a team against the opponent's rest days (higher means more rest than opposing team). The Spurs are dead last as a result of their schedule. More reason to tell Stern to fuck off.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/AyxPDRSCAAAZBVr.png:large

Found at the bottom of this article: http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/eye-on-basketball/19664810/the-good-bad-and-ugly-from-the-2012-13-nba-schedule. Article was written at the beginning of the season but is ever more relevant now.

[TampaDude]

Damn...

[TrainOfThought5]

Im speechless.

[TimmehC]

At least LAL is down there with us. Still, WTF.

[polandprzem]

Pop made some adjustments to this sketch

[timvp]

Good find :tu

In the future, when strength of schedule is calculated, it will factor in how much rest each team got before the game. For example, beating a team on the fourth game in five nights after you have four days off shouldn't be counted as a quality win no matter the level of opponent.

[Splits]

Wow nice find. Makes you wonder how we got these crazy early season roadies when the Rodeo trip is pre-known in the scheduling algorithm. The good news is were home heavy after that and our record hasn't suffered so far

[Solid D]

As Andy Everett reminded today regarding the upcoming 4-games-in-6-days road trip :

4 games...4 different time zones.

[Brunodf]

No surprises here, Spurs schedule is really tough, but so was last season(number #1 if i am not mistaken), in Pop i trust.

[BillMc]

Just makes it more ridiculous that we got fined for resting players. I mean really....

[CubanMustGo]

One more chance to say "fuck you, Stern."

[SA210]

Now that's some bs. All the more reason they should have fought it. Oh well.

[Seventyniner]

I wonder what this looks like at the end of a season? It definitely would not completely even out like it should.

[rascal]

What do the numbers mean in relation to actual days rest? Looks like the numbers are just around a mean average time. This could be misleading and meaningless if the difference is small from top to bottom in actual total days rest when averaged all out.

[smaka]

February 2014 can't come soon enough...