They could extend the season, but not the number of games to give more time to rest. They could schedule smarter

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Mar 23, 2017
10:25:22am

DapperDan All-American

so teams aren't playing back to back so often.

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Can the NBA really do anything about this whole resting controversy?

eddog

3/23/17 10:14am

especially considering it's a good idea. as Popovich has said, would you

smokymountainrain

3/23/17 10:16am

You really think sitting a few games will add 3 years to a career?

Broda

3/23/17 10:26am

one of the greatest coaches in NBA history said it, not me.

smokymountainrain

3/23/17 10:53am

RE: You really think sitting a few games will add 3 years to a career?

messi

3/23/17 11:01am

That's usually when they sit them. Second game of a back-to-back, on the road.

messi

3/23/17 11:03am

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jensen46

3/23/17 11:57am

82 games is ridiculous amount. Only way to fix this is to reduce# of games but

Mayor of Cougartown

3/23/17 10:16am

Makes sense. The argument would be that they have played 82 games for a long

HingleMcCringleberry

3/23/17 10:18am

they're getting smarter.

smokymountainrain

3/23/17 10:18am

~~The steroids have side-effects~~ They're getting smarter.

fredgarvin

3/23/17 10:22am

They can, but they won't. Because the answer is to shorten the season

southernfriedcougar

3/23/17 10:17am

The greed is on both sides

TrackCoug

3/23/17 10:21am

I think they'd come around to settling for 80 million instead of 100.

southernfriedcougar

3/23/17 10:34am

History shows that is not the case

TrackCoug

3/23/17 10:42am

They could, but then teams would just lie and say something like "knee soreness"

ballen

3/23/17 10:20am

There's really no way to fine them, they would just start saying they're injured

fredgarvin

3/23/17 10:21am

There are things that can be done. Lots of things.

Lance71

3/23/17 10:21am

Then you just play a guy for 2 minutes and rest him the rest of the game

fredgarvin

3/23/17 10:23am

That defeats the point of rest. Even warming up defeats the "rest" the body

Lance71

3/23/17 10:25am

Not if they just stand around for 1 minute, call timeout, and take them out.

fredgarvin

3/23/17 10:27am

So you add a minutes played. Under certain number of minutes counts as a rest

Lance71

3/23/17 10:54am

LOL. It clearly is difficult, or there wouldn't be all these reasons why it

fredgarvin

3/23/17 11:17am

Didn't they fine the Spurs/Popovich a few years ago for resting people?

ponys

3/23/17 10:24am

Let fewer teams in the playoffs. Create incentives to play more games. Create

Baron

3/23/17 10:25am

then you'd have tanking starting at christmas.

Mayor of Cougartown

3/23/17 10:27am

Tanking is easier to fix. Just rotate the lottery. No incentive to tank.

Baron

3/23/17 10:28am

They could extend the season, but not the number of games to give more time to rest. They could schedule smarter

DapperDan

3/23/17 10:25am

They already are doing this. The season is a full 7 days longer this year than

jreid191

3/23/17 11:13am

I liked an idea that Nick Wright had on the Herd yesterday. Would help stop

MwangoleCoug9

3/23/17 10:26am

I would like that idea more if head-to-head during the season was balanced

fredgarvin

3/23/17 10:28am

I don't think that can happen. Isn't the schedule balanced?

Baron

3/23/17 10:29am

No, it's not. Just looking at the Lakers schedule this year as an example:

fredgarvin

3/23/17 10:37am

That's terribly unfair. The Heat would have home court

messi

3/23/17 11:29am

Oh I agree, I don't like all his takes, but this one with a few tweaks

MwangoleCoug9

3/23/17 12:03pm

Making it so you can only rest players for home games, so away fans who can only

Cabadapeste

3/23/17 10:26am

Eliminate back to backs

Hypnotoad

3/23/17 10:30am

at least late in the season

BW84

3/23/17 10:44am

Only way to realistically do this, though, is to shorten the season

jreid191

3/23/17 11:09am

You could implement a 10-day disable rule.

OPINIONS

3/23/17 10:36am

Season should be 60 games long. Start first week of December and end in April.

cougarfuzz

3/23/17 10:40am

It's not always the player's decision to rest, sometimes it's the coaches.

jreid191

3/23/17 11:09am

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