Woj is reporting the nba discussing these major changes.

[Kblaze8855]

The NBA is seriously discussing changes with the NBPA and broadcast partners that could include ...

∙ Reseeding the 4 conference finalists
∙ 30 team in-season tourney
∙ Postseason play-in games
∙ 78-game season

(via @wojespn and @ZachLowe_NBA)

https://t.co/3XZiUYCBL0

[Haymaker]

The only sensible thing on that list is the re-seeding. The tourney is stupid and pointless. The postseason games are stupid and would take away from player's rest and personal training. The 78 game is stupid too since 4 fewer games mean nothing and it also means fewer games for us the fans. Silver is clueless.

The NBA is seriously discussing changes with the NBPA and broadcast partners that could include ...

∙ Reseeding the 4 conference finalists
∙ 30 team in-season tourney
∙ Postseason play-in games
∙ 78-game season

(via @wojespn and @ZachLowe_NBA)

https://t.co/3XZiUYCBL0

[RRR3]

Worst commissioner ever


This idiot just can’t stop meddling and leave the league alone.

[Showtime80']

The NBA is screwed in the coming years and they don't even know it yet!

They turned the game into a rule altered monotonous bore fest all while giving TOO MUCH POWER to the players and now they are going to ride that power and the NBA all the way to the ground.

The last generation to have any sense of loyalty and real love for the game of basketball came in from 1980 to around 1986, every other generation that came in after has gotten progressively money and power hungry and the NBA has done NOTHING to curtail it.

No sports league in the world is beholden to individual stars like the NBA is and when those "stars" become less engaging, lack the passion and competitive spirit, don't give a damn about the league as a whole nor the quality and integrity of the game while only caring about their bottom line and comfort, watch out!!!

[Real Men Wear Green]

Would need more details on the in-season tourney but If it's an elimination thing where the better team advances wouldn't that lead to a postseason disadvantage with better teams now having more wear on their players? Also if they are considering a 78 game season to lessen players' load adding a tournament works against that, assuming it's not factored into the 78-game total. Lastly I doubt a 78-game season ends load management if that was the point. They have to make games matter to achieve that goal and that means making a single loss a serious blow to a team's hopes. This change would still mean that one NFL game is just as important as 5 NBA games. They could get rid of a few back-to-backs but this isn't a major difference.

It's funny, the NBA needs all of these games to make money but the large number of games means individual games don't matter. If I was Silver I would probably just tell teams flat-out t lie and say players are injured when they want to rest them. The problem is perception and PR as much as anything. Plus a lot of these load management guy have legit injuries they are nursing all season.

[BANE?]

The NBA is seriously discussing changes with the NBPA and broadcast partners that could include ...

∙ Reseeding the 4 conference finalists
∙ 30 team in-season tourney
∙ Postseason play-in games
∙ 78-game season

(via @wojespn and @ZachLowe_NBA)

https://t.co/3XZiUYCBL0

The 78 game part is the strangest to me, the number isn

[qrich]

Rip Nba

[Celtics 1825]

[QUOTE=RRR3]Worst commissioner ever


This idiot just can

[BasedTom]

nobody is going to give a shit about a FA cup ripoff. the playoffs and finals system we have now are always going be number 1

also reducing the number of games is something i've always been opposed to. Nothing wrong with 82 games. All the greats of the past could do it, the players are doing it now. don't change things just to make life slightly easier for the Kawhi's out there.

[ArbitraryWater]

This is like asking "come to with some of the dumbest ideas ever" and Silver gets 4 of them.

Not a single fan wants to see any of this shit.

RIP Basketball if indeed, and fck you Silver.

BTW, 78 games?

Lmaoo

[Xiao Yao You]

Rip Nba

that's what they said when MJ hung em up

[Overdrive]

[QUOTE=RRR3]Worst commissioner ever


This idiot just can

[STATUTORY]

throw shit against the wall and see what sticks

[hiphopanonymous]

For reference here's what Silver has already done:

*Banned off-ball defense so players can no longer fight through screens or "touch" players running around without the ball - so that they catch passes completely effortlessly to spot up for record shattering 3's. This is the final nail in the coffin for defense, as Stern had already banned on-ball contact.

*Encouraged refs to consider a ball "gathered" only when the ball is cupped and tucked safely under a players arm, football style, which has now enabled players to take 3 full strides after ending their dribble instead of 2.

*Encouraged refs to ignore stiff arms and hook arms to allow offensive players even more advantage over the banned defense.

*Encouraged superteaming to stack a few teams at a time at great expense of 20 others.

He wants RECORDS. Since he picked up the league, scores for usual regulation games of a good team vs a bad team has gone from something like 108 to 94 to 150 vs 98.

It's stupid in my opinion how little parity there is, and how good offenses just cannot be slowed even slightly.

[STATUTORY]

For reference here's what Silver has already done:

*Banned off-ball defense so players can no longer fight through screens or "touch" players running around without the ball - so that they catch passes completely effortlessly to spot up for record shattering 3's. This is the final nail in the coffin for defense, as Stern had already banned on-ball contact.

*Encouraged refs to consider a ball "gathered" only when the ball is cupped and tucked safely under a players arm, football style, which has now enabled players to take 3 full strides after ending their dribble instead of 2.

*Encouraged refs to ignore stiff arms and hook arms to allow offensive players even more advantage over the banned defense.

*Encouraged superteaming to stack a few teams at a time at great expense of 20 others.

He wants RECORDS. Since he picked up the league, scores for usual regulation games of a good team vs a bad team has gone from something like 108 to 94 to 150 vs 98.

It's stupid in my opinion how little parity there is, and how good offenses just cannot be slowed even slightly.

dumbing down the sport for the international audience