2022-2023 NBA Season Thread

[wildturkey]

Jazz beat the pels again

Lol. Jazz gonna have to start sitting people to get this tank back on track.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Nets fined $25K after sitting 8 players vs. Pacers

The Nets were fined $25,000 by the NBA on Thursday for "for failing to comply with league policies governing injury reporting."

www.espn.com

That's all?
It boils down to only like $3K per player.

Lame.
Should've been much much more.

 

[WiggyRuss]

 

[tlance]

For now, until people really start paying attention

The league has the ability to fix this.

82 games in less than 6 months is ridiculous and unnecessary.

And that is why players will continue to sit these games out.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[bksballer89]

How can you hate this team?

 

[The Q]

The league has the ability to fix this.

82 games in less than 6 months is ridiculous and unnecessary.

And that is why players will continue to sit these games out.

Yup. Start earlier and no b2bs solves a lot of it

 

[trojanfan12]

All this "load management" and "get rid of back to backs" talk

Kobe lookin' down like...

 

[bksballer89]

 

[thunderc]

All this "load management" and "get rid of back to backs" talk

Kobe lookin' down like...

As does the entire NHL.

 

[DJ Fieri]

All this "load management" and "get rid of back to backs" talk

Kobe lookin' down like...

He sure is.

 

[trojanfan12]

As does the entire NHL.

NHL is considering an 84 game schedule...

but some think 82 is too many for basketball. lol

 

[thunderc]

NHL is considering an 84 game schedule...

but some think 82 is too many for basketball. lol

The NHL is actually a very good example of what can happen when a group overestimates their importance in the grand scheme of things.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

The team is being cautious with Isaac

It’s not like he’s choosing to nap

He's a writer who happens to play basketball

 

[bksballer89]

 

[The Q]

hilarious

 

[Eco]

Just eliminate the back-to-backs and this should cut down the idea of resting players.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Troll game is TIGHT…..LOL

 

[bksballer89]

Just eliminate the back-to-backs and this should cut down the idea of resting players.

Crazy thing is only Dedmon and Jimmy missed that game from players who wasn't previously out lol...Miami made it known Jimmy isn't playing B2B until January to help with his knee issues

This wasn't a Brooklyn situation where they didn't play 8 guys

It was Jimmy and Dedmon.

Gabe and Yurt been out lol

 

[Eco]

All this "load management" and "get rid of back to backs" talk

Kobe lookin' down like...

It does make sense from every perspective when you consider it fully.

For the teams, they are resting their best players in hopes of lowering the chances of an injury. As the NBA sits now, if you are in the top 6 at the end of the year, you're fine, so there is almost no motivation to push for a higher seed as long as you get that 6.

For the players is also makes sense for the above reasons. Trust me, if you watched those Lakers team, Shaq and load management might have resulted in even more championships.

The group it screws over are the fans, that pay tickets to watch their idols, only to be the unlucky ones that can't see them in action due to load management.

If the NBA really wanted to cut down on load management, they should do away with the back to backs, which don't provide better play anyways, plus I'd only have the top 6 teams from each conference make the playoffs and have the top 2 seeds get a bye. That would push teams to finish higher, and force them to take less 'nights' off.