Goes on Way! Too! Long!

That is all.

IMO teams under .500 should not make the playoffs.

The NBA has a way of choosing the worst branch at each point in the strategic decision tree.

This may all be true, but Blazermania is back. Go Deni!

Agree with most of what’s in this thread, BUT, in almost every professional sports league, a sub .500 team can make the playoffs.

The NBA game has morphed over the years, but I am still a fan.

Just like most sports, it is a lot more entertaining to be at games. Had Blazer season tickets for almost 30 years, and it can be raucous, intense, and provide plenty of drama. Playoff basketball magnifies that experience.

On TV…not so much.

I have not watched an NBA game in years, but follow from a far distance. I will not watch until home teams wear white uniforms again and these sissy's quit sitting out games and tanking. What a rip-off for the fans! The play-in for the last two playoff spots in each conference (usually with sub .500 teams) is absolutely ridiculous and the first round should have stayed at best of five. The Trailblazers will never lure a star to Portland to win a title. And the tattoos...it's all just unwatchable. Yes, I'm fun at parties 🤣

The NBA made a rule, if you didn't play 66 games, you weren't eligible for awards. This can be a huge difference in salary. This was supposed to entice star players to play more games.

The NBA allowed for extraordinary circumstances to allow Luka Doncic and Cade Cunningham to be eligible, even though they didn't reach the required 66 games.

Reduce the number of games from 82 to 72(?), this would eliminate back to back games and would reduce the workload for players, to hopefully get them to play more games. Of course, TV money says no. Less supply.

4 hours ago, Drake said:

The NBA game has morphed over the years, but I am still a fan

And that is what it’s all about, and the reason why sub500 teams make the playoffs - fans in the stands for as long as they can keep them there help pay those obscene contracts.