I covered Jason Kidd when he played for the Nets. I know one of his childhood friends. I've been to his house, met his kids, then-wife, and Pilates Instructor. And I have insight from many people who worked with him in his coaching years. This is a great firing.
Jimmy Haslam says they are going to make a decision on Giannis' future before the NBA Draft and stresses that communication has been good between them despite what some "ESPN" writers say.
This is the first time Giannis Antetokounmpo's team has missed the playoffs since the 2015-16 season. Milwaukee's run of consecutive playoff appearances is snapped at nine.
The length of games isn’t the problem. The problem is the Wizards, Nets, Pacers, Mavs, Jazz, Kings each play 82 game seasons and most of those games are unwatchable. If you have season tickets, you can’t give those games away.
We just want fewer awful games.
Make the games 40 minutes.
8 x 82 / 48 =13.667 That’s the equivalent number of games you would reduce the schedule by. Without breaking arena leases.
Works for college. Works for international. Works for the WNBA.
AND.
If you looking at tv and streaming ratings, the less the actual playing time for a televised game, the bigger the ratings.
Ie, the less time fans have to focus on a game, the more they enjoy watching it on tv
@andrewsharp I’m always happy to find someone else who hates the play-in. Too many teams already made the playoffs. The playoffs are too long (at the very least, no play-in and go back to 5 game 1st round) bad teams shouldn’t make it.
@fmaddenNBA Ajax is the new Beauchamp. Irrational hype from fans despite not showing he’s an NBA rotation player. Dude has fun moments and last year his athleticism helped on a team that could/would not run…
But he’s just not that good. It’s okay.