To have the same reliability in terms of knowing the strength of a given team, you’d need a 32 game schedule in the NBA, a 28 game schedule in the NFL, an 82 game schedule in the NHL and a 162 game schedule in MLB.
The NBA's predictability is seen by many as a bad thing, but I sort of like sports to be more than random outcomes. Still, I think the NBA could use fewer games (60 should do it), shorter games (40 minutes?), just to keep things at a happy medium and away from being too predictable. If not, they should at least cut out the 1st round of the playoffs.
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Here here--start the playoffs now; SZ's getting deja vu watching the Blazers lose the same game over and over again to different teams. I don't think I can take 44 more nights of bad post play, lack of rebounding, and questionable sub-patterns.
And here I thought I was the only one questioning those sub-patterns!
If the NBA moves to 8 team playoff, they should also switch to the opposite draft order. Best team gets first pick. Free agency and the cap ensures trickle down talent pools. Empires falling are historic events. I'm not joking.
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