According to NBA journalist Kevin Arnovitz, at a conference call on June 17, a committee of top team executives and the league office discussed reforming the traditional NBA schedule in the 2021-22 season.
The main changes discussed focused on two points:
First, add mid-season Championships and playoff advance matches.
Second, shorten 82 regular-season matches. The discussion ranges from 58 games to ensure that each team plays one game at home and 29 other teams during the season.
You know, in the 1967-68 season, the NBA began to maintain 82 regular season games, when there were only 12 teams. So far, 52 years, in addition to the year of labor disputes, the NBA regular season has never changed. Why should we suddenly reduce the number of matches at this time?
Are 82 games too many? Let"s compare the four major sports leagues in the United States horizontally.
The NFL Football League, the League of America and the League of Nations each have 16 teams, each team has only 16 matches in the regular season.
MLB baseball league, the Ironman movement, the two leagues 30 teams like the NFL, the United States and the United States, each team play 162 games in the regular season.
NHL Ice hockey League, almost identical with the NBA, 30 teams 82 games a year, the final is 7 games 4 wins.
The intensity of each sport varies, but we can see that although NFL has the least number of games, it is the most profitable and popular League in the United States. As long as the game itself is tense and intense, shortening the number of matches will not necessarily affect anything.
82 regular-season games are a bit long to some extent, and back-to-back games have seriously affected the players"performance. According to data base basebasketball statistics, only 3% of teams in all back-to-back games are scheduled to play two consecutive games at home.
Looking back-to-back in the second game, whether the first game is at home or away, the highest winning rate is not more than 38%.
Such rigorous back-to-back schedule greatly affects the strength of the team, and many coaches deliberately arrange important players to take the second round off, which greatly reduces the excitement of the game, not to mention that the NBA still has four days, three games or long-term away games.
Ask Spurs fans, what does Cowboy Day mean? Surely it will make them shudder. On this year"s away trip, they suffered seven consecutive defeats and even lost to the Super Weak Knicks.
Too many intensive schedules also increase the probability of injury. Last season, the League advanced the start of the season by one week in order to shorten the off-season and extend the season, but the short days are just like a drop in the bucket. As early as O"Neill"s time with the Lakers, the players had policies to deal with. The Sharks opted for surgery after the start of the game and said, "I was injured during the game, of course, during the game to get injured."
The Raptors, who won the championship this year, also gave the absolute core Leonard great protection from playing back-to-back so as to save enough strength for the intense nine-week playoff battle.
In an interview in 2013, James said: "The long schedule is a great loss to our health. There are too many regular matches in 82 games. The problem should be decided by the players"union, the owners and the players through consultation. I like playing basketball. I wish I could show my talent every night. But you know, it"s a business problem. It"s good for some people, but not very good for others.
Battier also supported James"s view. "I think 60 games are just right. I"ve been talking about this for many years, and the season is really too long now.
After talking about shortening the race schedule, I"ll look at the other two systems that I want to change. What does a playoff lead mean? Teams with the same record in the past depend on each other"s performance and that of the same area. If they play in advance, they will be arranged to fight for a playoff seat, increase competitiveness and increase the number of matches, which seems to be much more exciting than the current system. The first game was also recognized by the ball critics.
The first game got good reviews, but the midseason was full of abuse. The champion has always been the highest and only honor. If you enter the midseason and make a knockout match, what should the team who won the championship be called? The League champion in the midseason? If there are two champions in the championship, is it still the highest honor?
Only electronic sports league, hero League MSI League and 13 competition areas will send their latest League champions to participate in this game, but MSI has no regular post-season contest, their quarterly sub-group tournament and elimination tournament, the whole tournament system is closer to the tournament system, rather than the NBA. So there is a long regular season laying the groundwork of the competition system.
Xiao Hua has the courage to subvert the tradition, but the significance of championship has already settled in the hearts of every player and fans. Without a series of reasonable and complete additional instructions, I believe many people will not agree with this change.
Of course, these changes require the cooperation of numerous stakeholders, players"unions, management, national and local broadcasting partners, sponsors and others.
For example, shortening the tournament schedule, for each team, is to reduce 24 Games tickets and related revenue, without compensation and other benefits growth, they can nod through?
According to NBA journalist Kevin Arnovitz, at a conference call on June 17, a committee of top team executives and the league office discussed reforming the traditional NBA schedule in the 2021-22 season.
The main changes discussed focused on two points:
First, add mid-season Championships and playoff advance matches.
Second, shorten 82 regular-season matches. The discussion ranges from 58 games to ensure that each team plays one game at home and 29 other teams during the season.
You know, in the 1967-68 season, the NBA began to maintain 82 regular season games, when there were only 12 teams. So far, 52 years, in addition to the year of labor disputes, the NBA regular season has never changed. Why should we suddenly reduce the number of matches at this time?
Are 82 games too many? Let"s compare the four major sports leagues in the United States horizontally.
The NFL Football League, the League of America and the League of Nations each have 16 teams, each team has only 16 matches in the regular season.
MLB baseball league, the Ironman movement, the two leagues 30 teams like the NFL, the United States and the United States, each team play 162 games in the regular season.
NHL Ice hockey League, almost identical with the NBA, 30 teams 82 games a year, the final is 7 games 4 wins.
The intensity of each sport varies, but we can see that although NFL has the least number of games, it is the most profitable and popular League in the United States. As long as the game itself is tense and intense, shortening the number of matches will not necessarily affect anything.
82 regular-season games are a bit long to some extent, and back-to-back games have seriously affected the players"performance. According to data base basebasketball statistics, only 3% of teams in all back-to-back games are scheduled to play two consecutive games at home.
Looking back-to-back in the second game, whether the first game is at home or away, the highest winning rate is not more than 38%.
Such rigorous back-to-back schedule greatly affects the strength of the team, and many coaches deliberately arrange important players to take the second round off, which greatly reduces the excitement of the game, not to mention that the NBA still has four days, three games or long-term away games.
Ask Spurs fans, what does Cowboy Day mean? Surely it will make them shudder. On this year"s away trip, they suffered seven consecutive defeats and even lost to the Super Weak Knicks.
Too many intensive schedules also increase the probability of injury. Last season, the League advanced the start of the season by one week in order to shorten the off-season and extend the season, but the short days are just like a drop in the bucket. As early as O"Neill"s time with the Lakers, the players had policies to deal with. The Sharks opted for surgery after the start of the game and said, "I was injured during the game, of course, during the game to get injured."
The Raptors, who won the championship this year, also gave the absolute core Leonard great protection from playing back-to-back so as to save enough strength for the intense nine-week playoff battle.
In an interview in 2013, James said: "The long schedule is a great loss to our health. There are too many regular matches in 82 games. The problem should be decided by the players"union, the owners and the players through consultation. I like playing basketball. I wish I could show my talent every night. But you know, it"s a business problem. It"s good for some people, but not very good for others.
Battier also supported James"s view. "I think 60 games are just right. I"ve been talking about this for many years, and the season is really too long now.
After talking about shortening the race schedule, I"ll look at the other two systems that I want to change. What does a playoff lead mean? Teams with the same record in the past depend on each other"s performance and that of the same area. If they play in advance, they will be arranged to fight for a playoff seat, increase competitiveness and increase the number of matches, which seems to be much more exciting than the current system. The first game was also recognized by the ball critics.
The first game got good reviews, but the midseason was full of abuse. The champion has always been the highest and only honor. If you enter the midseason and make a knockout match, what should the team who won the championship be called? The League champion in the midseason? If there are two champions in the championship, is it still the highest honor?
Only electronic sports league, hero League MSI League and 13 competition areas will send their latest League champions to participate in this game, but MSI has no regular post-season contest, their quarterly sub-group tournament and elimination tournament, the whole tournament system is closer to the tournament system, rather than the NBA. So there is a long regular season laying the groundwork of the competition system.
Xiao Hua has the courage to subvert the tradition, but the significance of championship has already settled in the hearts of every player and fans. Without a series of reasonable and complete additional instructions, I believe many people will not agree with this change.
Of course, these changes require the cooperation of numerous stakeholders, players"unions, management, national and local broadcasting partners, sponsors and others.
For example, shortening the tournament schedule, for each team, is to reduce 24 Games tickets and related revenue, without compensation and other benefits growth, they can nod through?
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