2024-2025 NBA Season Thread • Page 570

This is me 10 games into every Hornets season

 

It is funny that we simultaneously have “OKC dynasty coming” AND “will anyone even remember this team?” as conversation around these finals lol

 

i hate bill simmons

 

for real, straight up loser mentality

 

shots fired

 

official

 

Shit sucks

 

I was holding out some hope that it wasn't really that, but that really sucks.

 

ESPN broadcast made certain about 10 times in slow motion that it was definitely that

 

lmao, that's hilarious

 

How does Cowherd still have a job? Lol

 

when I was working at a BBQ place in college, one of my coworkers who opened with me a lot LOVED listening to Cowherd in the restaurant before we opened. Not great

 

Feel bad for Hali. Magical run and to be so close and can’t even run it back next year. Might not ever get back

 

Yeah, these calf/Achilles injuries are becoming super scary. It's like the new Tommy John in baseball. Both injuries have been on the rise in recent years - especially among younger players.

I'm a proponent of minimizing the schedule, but I don't think Silver will do it. At the very least, back to backs need to be eliminated.

I also think the newer generation of athletes playing round the clock/year-round travel/aau basketball/baseball starting at 9/10/11 years old is contributing to these injuries. I just feel like guys in their early 20s have so many more miles on their body these days than they did 20, 30, 40 years ago.

 

theyre not shortening the season

 

Have one of the big 4 American sports leagues ever shortened a season permanently

 

the NFL is actively trying to extend the season even more than they just did lol

 

they just need to figure out how to balance out the schedule better so guys aren't killing themselves playing 30 back to backs

 

Eleven teams are tied for most back-to-backs, 16: Hawks, Cavaliers, Nuggets, Rockets, Clippers, Bucks, Pelicans, Thunder, Suns, Kings and Wizards.

• Six teams are tied for the fewest back-to-backs with 13: Celtics, Bulls, Mavericks, Lakers, Magic, Trail Blazers.

• The league average for back-to-backs is 14.9.

• Again there are zero 4-in-5 night situations.

(per an article from nbc sports last august)

 

i think the season is too long and it makes a lot of games feel meaningless. idk if there's data that backs up more injuries. can't find anything doing a quick search

 

1. 2025 Thunder
2. 2024 Celtics
3. 2023 Nuggets
4. 2021 Bucks
5. 2019 Raptors
6. 2022 Warriors
7. 2020 Lakers

 

it kinda still blows my mind thinking about how long the playoffs are. the season is 6 months long for all intents and purposes, and the play-in began April 15th. if a play-in team went to game 7 of the NBA finals theyre playing almost an extra *half a season* not in terms of games but in terms of time still spent practicing, conditioning, sticking to your routines, and probably even harder so knowing its the playoffs. just insane how long they drag these series out playing like 2 games every 6 days in the beginning of each series.

 

this year felt longer. i don’t remember the 72 hours between games in the late rounds quite like this when the teams weren’t moving locations