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Title: NBA Shortened Schedule - Who does it help? Post by: Dave Gray on December 08, 2011, 03:29:05 pm Analysts are saying that NBA strategy might be more like the NHL this year, than it usually is. With so many double headers and even back-to-back-to-back games, the new format favors teams that are young and deep. It sounds like certain teams are going to focus on getting in the playoffs HEALTHY AND RESTED, over the traditional focus of getting a higher seed and home court.
Where a guy like Pat Riley likes to have a small rotation, teams that have large rosters with lots of substitutions (like 11 deep) may have more longevity. I follow the Heat (and pay pretty close attention to the Celtics). This will hurt the Celtics, so they may choose to just get in and save their stars, since they're aging. For the HEAT, I'm not concerned about the health of the stars...it's the lack of depth that scares me. Title: Re: NBA Shortened Schedule - Who does it help? Post by: suck for luck on January 13, 2012, 11:11:11 am Thunder up! ;D
Title: Re: NBA Shortened Schedule - Who does it help? Post by: Phishfan on January 13, 2012, 11:14:45 am I'm not even paying attention. The NBA has pissed me off and David Stern is an ass.
Title: Re: NBA Shortened Schedule - Who does it help? Post by: Dave Gray on January 13, 2012, 01:13:26 pm I watch every single game. I actually prefer the shortened season, I think. More games, more often.
Title: Re: NBA Shortened Schedule - Who does it help? Post by: EKnight on January 13, 2012, 01:23:26 pm What I've seen so far in this shortened season:
1. Kobe is still the best scorer in the league. He's a beast. 2. Even though he can't shoot free throws, Dwight Howard may be from another planet. It's unfair to anyone trying to guard him. He's no longer a dunking machine but has added some nice moves to his arsenal. 3. The Heat are really deep and have a lot more talent on their bench than I realized, but LBJ still collapses in the fourth. I'm amazed that he is so dominant for most of the game and then commits TO's, misses free throws, or just seems nanchalant in the closing minutes. -EK Title: Re: NBA Shortened Schedule - Who does it help? Post by: tubba marxxx on January 17, 2012, 08:48:16 pm ^^
4. The Celtics are old :-( Title: Re: NBA Shortened Schedule - Who does it help? Post by: Landshark on January 17, 2012, 10:09:04 pm 3. The Heat are really deep and have a lot more talent on their bench than I realized, but LBJ still collapses in the fourth. I'm amazed that he is so dominant for most of the game and then commits TO's, misses free throws, or just seems nanchalant in the closing minutes. -EK One of my colleagues put it this way: If you give Lebron a buck, you only get three quarters. Title: Re: NBA Shortened Schedule - Who does it help? Post by: EKnight on January 19, 2012, 09:12:44 am What is it about playing in Miami that seems to make players disappear in the fourth? Phins might have won ten games this year if they only played three quarters! On topic, Howard went 20-20 again last night. -EK
Title: Re: NBA Shortened Schedule - Who does it help? Post by: Sunstroke on January 19, 2012, 01:13:58 pm One of my colleagues put it this way: If you give Lebron a buck, you only get three quarters. Put it this way: One of your colleagues listened to sports radio/TV during last year's playoffs and regurgitated the most popular joke. ;) Title: Re: NBA Shortened Schedule - Who does it help? Post by: Landshark on January 19, 2012, 09:44:00 pm Put it this way: One of your colleagues listened to sports radio/TV during last year's playoffs and regurgitated the most popular joke. ;) He regurgitated it during last year's playoffs, then re-regurgitated it over coffee the other day. And I'm re-re-regurgitating it on here. ;) Title: Re: NBA Shortened Schedule - Who does it help? Post by: el diablo on January 25, 2012, 12:10:47 pm Who does it help? Magic fans. The sooner the season is over, the sooner we can onto life without D12. However dreadful & long that may be.
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