2022 NBA Offseason Thread: Preseason kicks off; Things are fine in Los Angeles, Draymond beats the charges

[HIM]

What rule changes would yall like to see in the NBA. For me players should only get half their game check if they lose by more than 20 (the debacled rule). Players should be allowed to forego one(1) post game media session per week without penalty (westbrook rule)

Get rid of trades but every player is a free agent at the end of each season. Give these guys control over their careers.

 

[witnesskb24]

Anyone with sense should see how ridiculous it is that we're just deeming people as extra special cause they were someone's relative. So she can sit around an be a terrorist while wearing a fancy hat that's worth 400 million dollars that she stole.

Europe legit going through a crisis but nah... Watch these goofies spend like 5 Billion dollars on this bs. No one with sense supports this. Idc.

The worst part about it is so many clowns are gonna stay up till 3-5am to watch her funeral on TV like they do all them funky a*s weddings


But then won’t go to someone’s funeral that they actually knew

 

[antidope]

What rule changes would yall like to see in the NBA. For me players should only get half their game check if they lose by more than 20 (the debacled rule). Players should be allowed to forego one(1) post game media session per week without penalty (westbrook rule)

100% the Elam ending. End the intentional foul stuff

 

[ill steelo]

I do skill work. Never bored watching the most skilled guys in the world play. Giannis plays hard af and his trying to hurt everyone. Luka what he wants in slow motion. Jokic is a great of a passer as we’ve ever seen. Kawhi Leonard gets to his spots and is deadly from mid range. CP3 is 38 and short and is surgical in the pick and roll. Steph curry is an alien. Kevin Durant is an alien. Kyrie is a magician who doesn’t want to pass but I understand why. Bradley Beal has brakes on his shoes. SGA is basically unstoppable unless presti tells him to sit down. De’Aaron Fox has Olympic speed. Lebron at 38 is still fun to watch. Embiid has the ability to mimic guard moves. Devin Booker puts on a shot making show.

If you’re bored that’s on you. Maybe you’re aging out of basketball.

Yea there’s still immense entertainment value in every game regardless of the margin of victory.

Goes for any sport.

1on1s in football are extremely entertaining regardless of the score because your top flight receivers are giving max effort on every snap.

Last night Diggs running right by Ramsey & letting him know about it immediately afterwards was HILARIOUS.

Stafford successfully manipulating the safety & linebacker with his eyes but the actual pass is inaccurate because he never put his eyes back on his target. HILARIOUS.

 

[addict4sneakers]

I know, and I agreed with you.

But it felt like you were more upset at Trae for “Making the League look bad”…

Because you cape so hard for the regular season.

I don’t say dumb stuff like making the league look bad. Trae was talking like he was a made man and he wasn’t. I understand everyone doesn’t play hard enough every night. I also understand it’s never been that way too.

I don’t cape. I like what I like. Y’all can make snarky comments but like tell y’all every time, change the channel if you don’t like something.

 

[Coupé It]

First things first….


GET RID OF THE SALARY CAP

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

NBA is extremely FAR from perfect.

Things are not all peachy and perfect up there.

This is why they’re coming out with this UEFA League/NIT basketball tournament.

League pass been a scam for years. Good thing they lowered the price because the quality of games didn't justify it

 

[ill steelo]

What rule changes would yall like to see in the NBA. For me players should only get half their game check if they lose by more than 20 (the debacled rule).

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Yea there’s still immense entertainment value in every game regardless of the margin of victory.

Goes for any sport.

1on1s in football are extremely entertaining regardless of the score because your top flight receivers are giving max effort on every snap.

Last night Diggs running right by Ramsey & letting him know about it immediately afterwards was HILARIOUS.

Stafford successfully manipulating the safety & linebacker with his eyes but the actual pass is inaccurate because he never put his eyes back on his target. HILARIOUS.

I don't care about none of that if the game isn't close. And YALL are just gonna have to accept that

 

[pmatic]

Best idea to get rid of tanking besides getting rid of the draft entirely was the wheel idea. It wouldn't be implemented until 2030 because of current draft obligations.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Ok bro . I Do sKiLl wOrK

I didn’t say it to be snobby. I look to take things to help the people I help.

But we’ve established years ago you don’t hoop. So I wouldn’t expect for us to be entertained by the same things, Stanley

 

[Coupé It]

I don’t cape. I like what I like. Y’all can make snarky comments but like tell y’all every time, change the channel if you don’t like something.

But here lies the problem….

They (the people) are changing the channel.

I love basketball as much as you. Love it so much I’ve been watching bad basketball my whole god damn life (as a Knicks fan).

I’m an expert at it, I’m tuning in regardless.

But we’re not the ones the league is worried about.

 

[datznasty]

I might actually watch Detroit get blown out by 30 every night. Interested to see how Isiah Stewart's screen setting is coming along

I get to pick my partial season tickets for the Oklahoma City Thunder Wembanyama Sweepstakes. They used to let you walk on the court and your ticket reps were like at midcourt with a laptop and theyd show you your options and youl could run up the bleachers and go find that exact seat and see what the view was like but thats not necessary for me right now. Gonna get whatever the most i can get for like 200 is. And all early season because we know how the Thunder get late when they need to manipulate the ping pong balls

 

[Coupé It]

They did that 4 years ago, man.

Was a positive change IMO.

tay1 talking about all these rule changes the MLB should make….

Then finding out all his wishes were granted…

Some 4 years ago…

No EXCUSES now tay

 

[elpablo21]

Is this like the basketball fan version of Hoopers vs bball players?

 

[2163O1baller90]

 

[HIM]

Is this like the basketball fan version of Hoopers vs bball players?

Anyone can see a game on tv. But are you watching?

 

[datznasty]

 

[lawdog1]

NBA in-season tournament framework begins to take shape

Spoiler

The framework of an NBA in-season tournament is taking shape and could be implemented as soon as the 2023-24 season, sources with knowledge of the discussion told The Athletic on Friday.



The tournament games would run through November, and eight teams would advance to a single-elimination round in December. The other 22 teams in the league would continue with regular-season play.

All of the games would be part of the normal 82-game schedule with one extra game for the two final teams.

The NBA and NBPA are still working to finalize the in-season tournament concept, which includes to-be-determined prizes for the eight teams that advance to the single-elimination round, sources said.

The in-season tournament was discussed on a Competition Committee call in September 2021 with the potential of $1 million per player in prize money.

In February, Adam Silver pointed to the success of the league’s Play-In Tournament and said, “Related to that, to me, in terms of trying new things, then does it make sense to look at some other concepts we’ve talked about, like an in-season tournament.”

Silver added that “in some ways, the players have been more receptive to the possibility of an in-season tournament, because the Play-In has been a bit more successful.”

Eh, still feel like it’s this kind of energy -

 

[kingjay718]

Why can’t they just play 82 games? If it’s too much for you then go flip burgers.

 

[pmatic]

 

[akajae]

Flipping burgers takes skills tho

 

[akajae]

I still cant wrap my head around the in season tournament. I guess I have to see it done first.

They always reference soccer but soccer does in season tournaments against other leagues right? like the champions league.

 

[P C H]

-1M a player is…not nothing. Incentivizing it in such a way is a step in the right direction.

- no matter how we feel about the nba regular season, it’s appeal to casual fans is in danger. Maybe not now, but 15 years from now? You can’t wait until the NBA goes code blue to try and change things. We’ll see how it goes, and it could go badly but working title games, elimination games, and championships and an extra M for players into the reg season does not sound all that bad to me.

- I kind of dig baseball now shoutout Justin Turner and one of the most exciting players in the world to watch, mookie betts. Been to about 10 games this year too.

 

[antidope]

Why can’t they just play 82 games? If it’s too much for you then go flip burgers.

I hope you apply this same logic to whatever job you have. Just blindly work cause other people said.