Should the NBA eliminate back-to-back games entirely from the schedule even if it means beginning season in September?

[RealGM Polls]

1. Yes
2. No

[Jabroni Lames]

Turn the schedule upside down because of one player? No.

[Dan33185]

At what point did players become so soft? It's getting ridiculous.

[Barcs]

I really don't understand why this is an issue today, when they have had back to back games for several decades and it didn't pose a problem.

The truth is, it's not a problem for anybody except corporate executives trying to milk it for ratings. It's never been about health or the game itself. It's pure greed and it's ruining many sports.

[kenwood3333]

Just reduce the number of games from 80+ to around 60, problem solved.

[Beam Me Up Foxy]

I really don't understand why this is an issue today, when they have had back to back games for several decades and it didn't pose a problem.

The truth is, it's not a problem for anybody except corporate executives trying to milk it for ratings. It's never been about health or the game itself. It's pure greed and it's ruining many sports.

The problem is spelt "M-I-L-L-E-N-N-I-A-L"

Thank you Baby Boomers for creating and parenting such a self-absorbed, thin-skinned and non-nonsensical generation. All those participation trophies and hurt feelings from not keeping score sure fixed all the world's problems, case in point, the Millennial generation

[Beam Me Up Foxy]

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[Bball_Truth]

Eliminate back to back for road teams; not for teams playing both games at home.

[Lockdown504090]

Starting the season in septmember means even less time to recover from the previous season. Less time for training camp to get in shape. not being in shape =more fatigue early season. Fatigue leads to injuries. its either less game and less money, or stop training so hard from 4 years old.

[Vibranium]

I really don't understand why this is an issue today, when they have had back to back games for several decades and it didn't pose a problem.

The truth is, it's not a problem for anybody except corporate executives trying to milk it for ratings. It's never been about health or the game itself. It's pure greed and it's ruining many sports.

The problem is spelt "M-I-L-L-E-N-N-I-A-L"

Thank you Baby Boomers for creating and parenting such a self-absorbed, thin-skinned and non-nonsensical generation. All those participation trophies and hurt feelings from not keeping score sure fixed all the world's problems, case in point, the Millennial generation

Ok boomer

[Beam Me Up Foxy]

I really don't understand why this is an issue today, when they have had back to back games for several decades and it didn't pose a problem.

The truth is, it's not a problem for anybody except corporate executives trying to milk it for ratings. It's never been about health or the game itself. It's pure greed and it's ruining many sports.

The problem is spelt "M-I-L-L-E-N-N-I-A-L"

Thank you Baby Boomers for creating and parenting such a self-absorbed, thin-skinned and non-nonsensical generation. All those participation trophies and hurt feelings from not keeping score sure fixed all the world's problems, case in point, the Millennial generation

Ok boomer

Well, considering both my parents are boomers. I wouldn't categorize myself as a boomer. I also blame the boomers for creating and parenting millenials into the thin skinned sensitive sallies that they generally are.

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[Chi Dynasty12]

Don't need to start the games in September; then you're taking away an extra month of preparation time for players / teams.

Just shorten the schedule by ~10 games, and make up for it by adding a play-in tournament for the post-season. Those games will get a ton more viewers than regular season games too.

Nobody likes back-to-backs; we're tired of the injuries and stars sitting out because of it.

[3ptLion]

Facts!

Starting the season in septmember means even less time to recover from the previous season. Less time for training camp to get in shape. not being in shape =more fatigue early season. Fatigue leads to injuries. its either less game and less money, or stop training so hard from 4 years old.

[DarthDiggler69]

Id love an early season but let the players decided

[Biff Cooper]

I voted no. I'm fine with back to backs if no travel between games (i.e. - two home games, two road games in same arena or two road games in arenas within 30 miles of each other). Have never liked back to backs with a lot of travel between games.

I also don't think eliminating b-2-b will prevent teams from resting players. They have proven that giving some key players a little rest helps the team play better in the playoffs. Back to backs seems more like a convenient place to give rest than anything else. If NBA wants to force teams to play their top players every game, they need to try something else (shortening schedule to make games worth more, reducing the number of playoff spots to make games worth more, or fining teams who rest players). To me, reducing the playoff field seems to make the most sense, but that may give more teams reason to tank and not help that problem.

[Diggr14]

What type of Nancy nonsense is this.


Im sure some of these guys have played 4-6 games a day before probably many times over in their lives. They are in condition and can handle a simple back-to-back with 18-24 hours between games. To imply they cant is ridiculous.

The NBA season is long enough. If anything it should be condensed by a month to 45 days. If they cant play due to injury this is why your squad has 16 guys. If they are just being pussies and want to sit out for "load management" well.. that's on them to explain to their fans and ultimately take the long term repricussions of the load management farce. Eventually fans will get fed up with showing up if their favorite players are gonna sit out because they simply want a day off- because that is exactly what it is.