04-01-2020, 02:38 PM
(03-29-2020, 07:33 AM)DanSchwartzman Wrote: Thinking about BBall for the first time in a while. Hollinger article below seems well thought out to me. Every team finishes the season with five games (Dallas would finish the season with 72 games played. LAL would only get in 69). Doesn't really matter as these five games are simply there to get teams back in basketball shape. Next up playoff play-in. This gives teams 9-15 some reason to show up. Top six in each conference are safe. 7 & 8 would essentially play the winner of a single elimination tournament among everyone else. 8 & 9 would line up in the same bracket as would 7 (Dallas) and 10 (New Orleans). It would be frightening to have to put a season's worth of accomplishment on the line in a single game. But, if you don't do something like that, what reason to teams 9-15 have to show up for the final five regular season games. Single elimination would make for some compelling TV.If this was well thought out, every team would finish with the same amount of games. You simply cannot determine anything with a different amount of games played. Least amount a play-off team has played is 64 (Lakers), most is 67 (Mavs). So it´s an even 70 games. 10 day regular season. Then straight into the post season. Best of 5, best of 5, best of 5, best of 7. Play every other day. Next rounds starts immediately, when all games of the previous round have concluded. That means it will take a maximum of 43 days to complete the play-offs. That means it will take two months to complete all the games.
https://theathletic.com/1696891/2020/03/...ould-work/
Expiring contracts are extended until the completion of the 2019/2020 season. All the salaries are guaranteed. If a player suffers a long-term injury during that extended timeframe, the NBA covers his salary for the 2020/2021 season, too.
Realistic timeframe:
NBA draft + season build up (August)
NBA season (September/October)
Free agency (November)
Training camp (December)
Season start (Christmas)