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Eddy_JukeZ wrote:Why is this being considered?

Why would players even agree to this?

Who came up with this stupid idea in the 1st place?

MrFortune3 wrote:

Eddy_JukeZ wrote:Why is this being considered?

Why would players even agree to this?

Who came up with this stupid idea in the 1st place?

If players don't play competitive basketball, NBA style for months upon months and then come back next season...it's gonna be ugly and a lot of injuries will happen.

Little Nathan wrote:

MrFortune3 wrote:

Eddy_JukeZ wrote:Why is this being considered?

Why would players even agree to this?

Who came up with this stupid idea in the 1st place?

If players don't play competitive basketball, NBA style for months upon months and then come back next season...it's gonna be ugly and a lot of injuries will happen.

Is it going to be competitive, though?

Jcool0 wrote:

Little Nathan wrote:

MrFortune3 wrote:
If players don't play competitive basketball, NBA style for months upon months and then come back next season...it's gonna be ugly and a lot of injuries will happen.

Is it going to be competitive, though?

Why wouldnt it be?

HomoSapien wrote:It's going to be such a bummer when we underachieve in this too.

In December of 2011, when ACL expert Dr. Tim Hewett was director of the Ohio State Sports Health & Performance Institute, he had a dire warning for NBA teams. Hewett had studied the impact that the NFL’s offseason lockout that year was having on injuries in the league and, with the NBA rushing back to action faster than the NFL after its lockout dragged into Thanksgiving weekend, he predicted ligament troubles ahead.

“I could see in the NBA in the range of 2, 3, 4 times higher rates of injury,” Hewett said at the time. “This could be a historic event.”

He was right. In the season-and-a-half that followed, the NBA saw 11 players go down with serious knee ligament injuries. The league had never experienced a two-year span that difficult for ACL injuries—in the previous year, the total number of ACL injuries was three.

Nine years later, the NBA is in a similar situation, rushing back to action in the so-called bubble atmosphere in Orlando at the end of next month. There will be 22 teams returning to finish the season and more than 300 players, all putting their bodies through an unfamiliar grind after three months away from organized NBA training.

Pistons coach Dwane Casey said he took an informal poll among the coaches who are not in Orlando, and he says the majority of them prefer holding their own mini-camps.

"We'd rather do that than go to the bubble," Casey said, "because unlike those teams in Orlando, we wouldn't be playing for the same reason.

"The reason we want these mini-camps is to get our team together, to have that camaraderie, to improve and enjoy some competition. We feel we can do that safely in our own environment. We can't let these guys sit around from March 11 to December without something. It's going to hurt their careers. It's too long of a layoff."

Dan Z wrote:

Pistons coach Dwane Casey said he took an informal poll among the coaches who are not in Orlando, and he says the majority of them prefer holding their own mini-camps.

"We'd rather do that than go to the bubble," Casey said, "because unlike those teams in Orlando, we wouldn't be playing for the same reason.

"The reason we want these mini-camps is to get our team together, to have that camaraderie, to improve and enjoy some competition. We feel we can do that safely in our own environment. We can't let these guys sit around from March 11 to December without something. It's going to hurt their careers. It's too long of a layoff."

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29401150/sources-nba-discussing-second-bubble-non-playoff-teams-chicago

Little Nathan wrote:

MrFortune3 wrote:

Eddy_JukeZ wrote:Why is this being considered?

Why would players even agree to this?

Who came up with this stupid idea in the 1st place?

If players don't play competitive basketball, NBA style for months upon months and then come back next season...it's gonna be ugly and a lot of injuries will happen.

Is it going to be competitive, though?

DASMACKDOWN wrote:

d boy gentleman wrote:

dumbell78 wrote:This is dumb and 2 months from start of next season. Why? This feels like a crappy version of summer league, if that was even possible.

If they don't do it, those teams wouldn't have played in almost 9 months. If anything, this is needed for team and player development.

While I do agree this is strictly a selfish act of the league trying to get money, the part about the players not playing for 9 months also is a big deal.

Its different if you choose not to play and will accept not playing for 9 months, that's ok. But when the league hinders a whole team preventing them from playing for 9 months, its a little different.

Generally the longest a non playoff team is offline is 5 months.

Honestly I have no idea how this will work. If its in September the "real" Bubble would be in their playoff conference finals.

I cant see people not watching the conference finals to watch their scrub teams playing in games that dont even count. So not sure how this is being handled.

terry wrote:I'm surprised people are talking about it being meaningless and nobody cares. I care! I love it! It's more NBA and Bulls basketball! When we haven't had sports in months.

Yeah, NBA summer league is pointless too. But it's still entertaining and I think very fun to watch.

I think it would be kind of cool if the Bulls could win the "championship" of it in their home city. Would be a nice little boost for a young team.

And I'm not really worried about injuries. The bulls are always injured all the time a anyway. So who cares! Lol

Very excited for this!

Jcool0 wrote:

Little Nathan wrote:

MrFortune3 wrote:
If players don't play competitive basketball, NBA style for months upon months and then come back next season...it's gonna be ugly and a lot of injuries will happen.

Is it going to be competitive, though?

Why wouldnt it be?

sco wrote:Give the winner the 31st pick

HomoSapien wrote:I feel like when push comes to shove the players on this 8-team league will treat this seriously and compete hard on the floor. They’ve been sitting forever and it’s a chance to bust loose. There’s pride involved.

I think winning a “title” in this weird second league could help carry over some momentum into next season