After the disappointing news of Steven Adams season-ending knee surgery, it got me thinking about how we would see less injuries if the season were made shorter, and players had more time to recover and rest.
So in this extreme hypothetical example, would you rather see a usual 82 game season, or a 41 game season spread over the same 6 months, where players are physically incapable of being injured? Less basketball, but potentially more games played by injury-prone players who usually sit out a large chunk of the season.
I would take the invincible route and when it’s established that nothing hurts these players I yearly increase until they play 260.
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As controversial as this may sound I believe that less is more.
Less games means every game has more ramifications added to it so load managing would not be a wise choice.
Plus the NBA product is at its best when it’s main characters are playing so I’ll chose the latter.
If they’re still healthy for the Playoffs, definitely invincible. Much more exciting and no asterisks that way.
bro if every player is guaranteed to be healthy i’ll take a 30 game season imagine every game being so important. that’s good basketball.
41 is too low but if they were invincible i would take that over what we have now
Invincibility. Zion and Wemby knowing they can’t get injured would be terrifying to watch.
I’m not convinced that less games leads to significantly longer longevity.
NBA players are pussies. I say match the 162 that the MLB has, no signing new players once it starts. Whoever can still field a complete team by the end of the playoffs wins.
Explain to me again why 82-games is so much harder on players now than it used to be? I say shorten the playoffs, instead.
Injuries are part of the game, any sport. Can’t stay healthy? Then it’s unfortunate for you, your team, and fans. But it is what it is. Give me 82 games so I have something to watch.
No, because we would have the same 2-3 superteams win all the time. drafts and trades wouldn’t matter anymoer b/c your superstars are invincible, so why would you need anyone else.
SInce it a fantasy. Why discuss it. Human beings get hurt.
41
An invincible D. Rose would’ve given the Bulls a very different past decade, so that.
41 games. Then the nba will franchise every person on earth onto a team and make everyone invincible forever
41 game season would be better even if they weren’t literally invincible, it would be more exciting and there would be no need for back to backs etc. And basketball is really deterministic, it’s barely less deterministic than the NFL, there’s no need to play almost 5x more games.