tsherkin wrote:sp6r=underrated wrote:[
1. Want players/teams to take RS seriously. A Nets win says that is stupid. Teams will start considering resting their stars for a majority of games.
2. Want teams to take coaching seriously. A Nets win says that is stupid.
3. Want teams to take teambuilding seriously beyond spamming superstars. A Nets win says that is stupid.
As opposed to how teams already rest their stars? Remember Pops?
I think this take is perhaps a shade hyperbolic, though I see the concern. In the end, though, teams do this in one fashion or another already. The regular season is a long grind and there is a point after which you receive diminishing returns on RS record, so why go that hard as long as you secure the seed you're after?
Differences of degree matter just as much as difference of kind.
The Nets are a new rubicon. They didn't treat the RS seriously at all. A deep playoff run will result in other teams adopting this attitude just as Pop made the 75+ games played basically obselete.
I genuinelly think if the Nets won a title the NBA would be forced to move to a 40 game schedule within 10 years because stars just won't play games at all.
In math terms, I think a deep Nets playoff run will result in a significant number of stars who want 30 game work schedules. Since the Nets gave Kyrie everything he wanted and it resulted in a title it will spread through the league
