UPDATE 11/5 - NBA players approve Dec. 22 start and playing 72-game season

[DaBadGuy7]

 

[DaBadGuy7]

 

[Big Z Man 1990]

To limit travel from city to city, a temporary realignment and schedule format should be in place:

The 30 teams would be divided into 5 6-team conferences as follows:

Boston, Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto (playing in Buffalo), Washington
Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indiana, Milwaukee, Minnesota
Atlanta, Charlotte, Memphis, Miami, New Orleans, Orlando
Dallas, Denver, Houston, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Utah
Golden State, LA Clippers, LA Lakers, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento

All 72 games for each team would be played within their conference (2 * 15 + 3 * 14 = 72).

Five first place teams and 11 best runners up qualify for a 16-team playoff seeded by record. To reduce travel, all series would be 2-3-2 for home court format just for this season only (though it should be a permanent change).

 

[Big Z Man 1990]

I've been saying for years the NBA should play more division games. 16 against your own division is not enough if you're playing 36 against the rest of your conference.

 

[Big Z Man 1990]

To break ties in playoff seeding between teams from different conferences, strength of schedule would be utilized.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

Interesting if NBA can have that many fans in stands, may bode well for NHL as well

 

[The Crypto Guy]

That's peanuts for them.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

That's peanuts for them.

No, it's not.

2018-19 revenue was $8.76 billion. Players get about half of that, so $4.38bn.

A loss of $1.6bn would cut player salaries by 36.5%.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

No, it's not.

2018-19 revenue was $8.76 billion. Players get about half of that, so $4.38bn.

A loss of $1.6bn would cut player salaries by 36.5%.

Well they wouldnt even be playing 1/3 of the normal amount of games so that seems fair.

edit - math correction

 

[DaBadGuy7]

 

[Golden_Jet]

Or January 18, 60 games, and overlaps Olympics a bit, is being reported, also negotiating how much escrow NBA will have.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

Or January 18, 60 games, and overlaps Olympics a bit, is being reported, also negotiating how much escrow NBA will have.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Report: 'Substantial Faction' of NBA Players Pushing for January 18 Season Opener | SLAM

Lots of these articles.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

Report: 'Substantial Faction' of NBA Players Pushing for January 18 Season Opener | SLAM

Lots of these articles.

Look at previous posts I made, NBAPA already approved the 72 game season starting on Dec 22

 

[Golden_Jet]

Look at previous posts I made, NBAPA already approved the 72 game season starting on Dec 22

Numerous players pushing for January.

It’s not approved, players reps approved, still not voted on by full player membership and league.
Just look up a couple of posts, a proposed agreement.
So ya we still don’t know start date.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

Numerous players pushing for January.

It’s not approved, players reps approved, still not voted on by full player membership and league.
Just look up a couple of posts, a proposed agreement.
So ya we still don’t know start date.

It’s going to happen on Dec 22nd unless COVID situations gets worse

 

[Golden_Jet]

It’s going to happen on Dec 22nd unless COVID situations gets worse

Yep basically a wait and see like I said, until it’s approved. NHL has a tentative start date ,again, doesn’t mean it happens, it could.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

According to Marc Berman of NY Post, NBA and Raptors still trying to convince Canadian government to allow other teams to travel to and from Toronto

 

[Golden_Jet]

According to Marc Berman of NY Post, NBA and Raptors still trying to convince Canadian government to allow other teams to travel to and from Toronto

Ya they can try, but not happening now GTA is at its worst for cases, and the States is at its worst.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

 

[DaBadGuy7]

 

[Golden_Jet]

Where do the Raptors play.

 

[LadyStanley]

$100+ for test; plus ticket.

I can imagine some insurance companies won't be covering "daily" tests (or perhaps even weekly tests).

 

[DaBadGuy7]

Where do the Raptors play.

Probably will know sometime in a few weeks

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Tampa emerging as a frontrunner for a temporary Raptors home:



(I wonder, if this pans out, would the NBA have the Raptors and Wizards temporarily swap divisions for travel/geography purposes?)