The NBA Thread

[rickyh24]

Give a 9 year old 3 bucks and let them go into toys r us to buy whatever they want. They can learn quickly.

[sbuzzz]

Originally Posted by thebridge15

how hard does your son work?

As hard as aero.

Originally Posted by aeroshady

A valid question as there is zero chance a nine year old can appreciate the value of a dollar.

Valid question? Are you being serious?

So, fans who have expensive seats have more of a right to be pissed than those up top?

None of the top news programs who are raging about this brought up a 'think of the children' argument?

[aeroshady]

Originally Posted by sbuzzz

As hard as aero.

Valid question? Are you being serious?

So, fans who have expensive seats have more of a right to be pissed than those up top?

None of the top news programs who are raging about this brought up a 'think of the children' argument?

no it was not serious to clarify.

[Speilmen230]

Holy Shit, what a backread.

Originally Posted by aeroshady

Before answering quickly, try to think my following question through. Do you think the NBA would work with single game elimination playoffs? |No, the playoffs are designed so the best team wins. Fluke one-off wins would cheapen the product.|

On ESPN radio | ESPN has their own agenda and will pump the stories they want talked about across their various mediums and outlets. They overpaid for their NBA broadcast rights and TNT has the more popular broadcast group among NBA fans, typically... |

they talked about how the regular season doesn't mean much, and really, the first 2 rounds normally are just a formality. |Gross generalization and the difference among the 8-5 seed match-ups with the top 4 is incredibly important. Every team team in those hunts cares deeply about where they end up seeding wise. |

A seven game series usually ends with the more talented team winning out in the end. However, if it was a one game knockout, every team would be forced to play their best every playoff game. | Every playoff game is important in a 7 game series and every team tries to play their best ball in the playoffs. I don't know how you can even begin to make that argument. Lebron won't rest in the playoffs, he rests in Memphis on a tuesday in december. Sorry, not sorry. Lebron at 100% playoffs time is way more important to me than during an 82 game regular season. Especially on road back to backs. |

It would also lead to lower seeded teams having a better chance of upsetting a higher seed in the playoffs, which would automatically make the regular season matter more because making the playoffs as a 6-8 seed would actually mean something. So do you believe it would work to move to a single game elimination? Or maybe a mix? Single game elimination with bye's for the top seeds and then a playoff series once it was down to the final 4 in each conference? |The only thing i'm changing if I'm Adam Silver is going to a 5 game series for the first round. 5-7-7-7. Would never happen just for money reasons, they stretch the playoffs as long as they can because the games are typically pretty great and it's their best on the court product all season. This doesn't devalue the regular season, it's just the playoffs. Wouldn't you agree that playoff hockey is miles better than an early december weeknight road game across the coast?|

I am not totally asking if you would prefer this or not (although feel free to add if you would). I am asking if you think it could work out well for the NBA?

Ultimately, the NBA is doing fine with viewers and fans, but this type of change could make the regular season and first few rounds more valuable. Even the players are showing that the regular season is meaningless from the way they take rest days now.

Thoughts? (Keep in mind I am a fringe NBA fan at best, so forgive me if this is such a crazy idea. I just know it would bring me to the TV if it was more meaningful. Right now I usually only watch the NBA finals.).

Just because they answered fast, didn't make them wrong.

Originally Posted by thebridge15

taking rest days does not make the regular season meaningless, at all. I'm not sure how the media has convinced people of this

you don't think the heat would have preferred a few more rest days in 2014 when they got smacked around by the spurs in the finals? the spurs, who for all the shit they get for resting players, lo and behold still have great regular season records

Originally Posted by Lee3691

Negative. Single game elimination would mean more flukey results.

Originally Posted by aeroshady

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A) Your fast response tells me you didn't really think my question through but rather responded on instinct which is what I was trying to avoid

That is okay though!

B) The bold is my point. You made reference to the NBA Finals. I wan't the NBA first and second round to matter too. Only top seeds make the finals (with VERY rare exceptions). It is pretty much pointless to make the playoffs as a 5-8 seed. I honestly think people that pay playoff money for those teams need their heads examined. It is the definition of insanity to repeat the same process and expect different results. However, a one game elimination could change that. Suddenly just making the playoffs even as a 5-8 seed really matters.

It's never insanity to try and make the playoffs in the NBA, it's actually the point of the damn thing. Get to the playoffs and then win every series you get to. Then you're the champion of the league.

Being able to make the playoffs in as best condition as you can is a constant among all sports.

[Rodey]

Greek Freak has 16 points and 8 rebounds after one quarter.

[TwoStep2888]

Giannis owns

[dmb9howell]

Booker has 68 with a minute left.

[dmb9howell]

He got 70, Celts win by 10

[Tiduwho]

Devin Booker tho?

[rickyh24]

Lots of garbage time. Might as well start chucking.

[dmb9howell]

Yea, game was over at halftime, but Jesus was he on fire in the 2nd half. The whole Garden was cheering for him.

[Tiduwho]

Were Celtics intentionally fouling him so he could run up his point total or something? 24 of 26 free throws?

[recentlyJTR41]

Originally Posted by dmb9howell

He got 70, Celts win by 10

NBA fan boys and chads will be creaming themselves for weeks over this

[rickyh24]

http://www.csnne.com/boston-celtics/...oint-game?alrt

[mrignatious]

Unbelievable that "sports radio is talking about it" lends validity to the dumb discussion regarding players resting.

That's my take after thinking about it for a couple days, so it's probably the most correct.

[uro55]

Noah suspended for 20 games

Knicks

[CrashDMB237]

Originally Posted by uro55

Noah suspended for 20 games

Knicks

How does a team that's had a lottery pick for 11 straight years on top of acquiring another first overall pick never get better?

[uro55]

Originally Posted by CrashDMB237

How does a team that's had a lottery pick for 11 straight years on top of acquiring another first overall pick never get better?

Mostly shitty drafting until the past few years.

[bartender_man]

Knicks

[rickyh24]

Celtics!!!!

[dmb9howell]

Spoelstra deserves a lot of credit this year. He's a great coach, always liked him.

[TimHonks]

http://www.nba.com/article/2017/03/2...-third-quarter

Don't worry, LeBron will be OK and is going to be able to play on Thursday!

[pathetic]

#prayforlebron

[rickyh24]

oh my god

[dontdrink36]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/1...h-sooner-later

I'd think Hammon is most likely the first, I could see her replacing Pop if he chose to retire in the near future.

[Rodey]

Becky Hammon is a babe.

[justinandimcool]

Messina, Udoka, and Borrego are all likely getting HC jobs within the next 3 years or so, which would put Hammon in that second chair...could totally see her replacing Pop

[Rodey]

I miss Bill Walton calling NBA games.

“Yesterday we celebrated Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery of gravity, today, Fabricio Oberto is defying it.”

[Lee3691]

Originally Posted by Rodey

I miss Bill Walton calling NBA games.

“Yesterday we celebrated Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery of gravity, today, Fabricio Oberto is defying it.”

When he used to do Clippers games in the 90s, it was unbelievable.

[kydmb99]

Just saw Lebron's "injury.... lolololololol