RookieStar wrote:Skybox wrote:AdamTheGreek wrote:
That was a cowardly interview from Silver.
There’s 2 main problems to why injuries are up.
1. AAU is a big problem for American players.
2. Players are taking bigger and longer steps as part of their offensive arsenal than in any prior NBA era, and the human body still can’t handle that.
Mo is a perfect example. He took a big step, slipped on a wet spot, and there went his ACL.
From a product perspective, the regular season is too long. Silver refuses to admit it and thus won’t fix that.
Franz already said he’s playing at EuroBasket. We’ll see for certain when Germany releases their training camp roster. I would assume Tristan is on there, but either way I don’t expect him to play more than 2 Summer League games. He doesn’t need Summer League, he’s too good. Just needs to strengthen his body like all rookies do.
How much rest is needed?
We haven’t played since the end of April.
EuroBasket training camps open up mid-late July. EuroBasket is final week of August and ends second week of September. There’s 2-3 weeks to rest for NBA training camps.
Again, there’s no better way to improve yourself than FIBA ball.
I expect to see Goga shooting more 3s with Georgia.
There is no FIBA tournament next year (2026). That’s when guys can rest.
It’s probably killing Mo that he’s missing out on another EuroBasket.
I agree about Silver's targeting of Eurobasket...I would add that the extended playoffs is incredibly intense play for way too many games. There's no good reason for 7-game series from the first round on...obviously, there's a lot of money to be made with added sellouts and TV time, but that's a LOT of games at that level of intensity vs other playoff-caliber teams. I also miss the potential for upsets with the shorter initial series...it's why the NCAA tourney is the most thrilling thing to follow. "Win or go home" is way too extreme for the NBA, where an 82 game war SHOULD guarantee you serious seeding and home court advantage, but winning 4 is excessive in the first round (maybe even second).
Yeah... but no. A 7 game series shows who the better team is. I mean NCAA shows a 16seed who just happens to get hot for 3 games beat #1 seeds who had bad days when they met. As exciting as it is fpr casuals, i kinda feel for the #1 team who probably had 3 senior starters , hustled and sacrificed, just to et bounced because ot was one of those days that the rim seemed to be nailed shot even on layups
There is big drama over nothing about summer tournaments. NBA is one that causes all the injuries. They just refuse to accept reality because it would make such a financial disaster for a league if so many games aren't played ( case and point, all the crying during COVID and how screwed nba is when they don't play million games a year).
Eurobasket , for team that goes to finals, is 360 min of basketball total ( assuming no OTs played).
So average player, at most, collects around 250 min of actual basketball over span of 18 days.
In nba, over span of
two weeks , average nba starter plays 7 and collects 231 min.
Regular season simply doesn't fit modern era. There is no need for 82 games. There is no fanbase nor fan interest for it.
Attention span of modern audience is several min. Games last near 3 hours and are played three times a week, sometimes four. And even teams treat back to back games as schedule losses.
Problem with such a long season isn't that it's just LONG, problem is that it's pointless. 67% of teams entering playin or playoffs. It's laughable rate to consider just making play in or playoff success. It's such a dumb system. Like, if you are cycling competitor, and averge race has 90 racers, you can't proclaim 61 of them as "winners" just to arrange new race
Soccer has way more success ( so does NFL ) because their regular season is meaningful. Soccer does not have playoffs, that means every regular season game counts the same. Zero points, one point or three points.
NFL has only what, 17 regular season games? That makes every game playoff game before playoffs even happen.
NBA just has burning desire to play as many meaningless games as possible so now teams even play CUP. Again, i have no freaking clue who won cup this year, nor last year. Why should i care? What winner gains from it? Throphy? Parade? Place in history? That crap will be cut out in moment Silver steps down.
And once playoffs FINALLY start, after 82 games where effort of players is like 15% higher than it is during practice, you finally get playoffs. By that point 80% of players are already washed up, tired, have several nagging injuries and now you ask them to play x10 times harder, games turn into way more physical sport, and running goes up.
Just some nuggat from tracking.
Aaron Nesmith & Aaron Gordon running in regular season vs playoffs
Playoffs- distance ran per game - Aaron Gordon 13728.7 feet, 2,60 miles , Aaron Nesmith - 11971.0 feet, 2,27 miles
Regular - distance ran per game - AG -10697.8 feet , 2,03 miles, Aaron Nesmith - 10558.4, 2,04 miles.
Because they simply play way more and have to run more because basketball gets serious.
Basically NBA has two options: pay players less to play less games or keep system going. Every year/ every new CBA, players are greedy and decide money over health.
I expect massive decline in popularity and viewership in 2-3 years after Lebron, Durant, Curry retire. Maybe that forces changes.
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. -John Lennon
