This is just getting ridiculous come on now...

[Marv_Albert]

Every day now there is somebody going down with an injury, reduce the number of games to 55 60 immediately this is stupid

[Marv_Albert]

Players dont even get a chance to cool their body down constantly working

[PieceOfFelt]

Yeah, it's not like the NBA has had an 82 game season for a while...

[boozehound]

Yeah, it's not like the NBA has had an 82 game season for a while...

nope, its brand new. they havent been playing 82 games since the late 60's

[longtime lurker]

2 suggestions less back to back games and more coaches should take a note from Pop and Spo and rest their players.

[Ken_Masters]

Injuries are going to occur regardless because lets face it, the human body is not meant to run, jump, and cut like these guys do on a daily basis. My knee is pretty much shot from all the years of playing pickup basketball, let alone the kind of basketball these guys are playing.

[buddha]

Injuries are going to occur regardless because lets face it, the human body is not meant to run, jump, and cut like these guys do on a daily basis. My knee is pretty much shot from all the years of playing pickup basketball, let alone the kind of basketball these guys are playing.

actually it is.

[Ken_Masters]

actually it is.

You believe the human body was created to withstand the kind of running, jumping, and cutting involved in a sport like this?

[moe94]

You believe the human body was created to withstand the kind of running, jumping, and cutting involved in a sport like this?

You could say that about any major sport.

[Ken_Masters]

You could say that about any major sport.

Right, that's pretty much my point. In any sport that involves hard cuts, hard landings, and tons of pressure on the knees, you are going to have injuries. I have a bad knee now because of how much pressure i put on it simply playing pickup basketball. So i can imagine the guys in the pros are putting even more pressure on their joints, which to me is going to result in injuries of some kind or another. I don't think changing from 82 to 50 games is going to change that.

[Fresh Kid]

Its obvious that these injuries are set up for Lebron

[Vancouver-Grizz]

U think players are willing to cut some salary if they reduce the games?

Probably not even though Lebron suggested a shorter season, I highly doubt he is willing to to take a 30% pay cut.

[gts]

Every day now there is somebody going down with an injury, reduce the number of games to 55 60 immediately this is stupid

Nah leave it as is. I like the 82 games, I like the frequency of play. They've been playing 82 games for close to 50 years now... It's part of what makes the NBA what it is

[andremiller07]

Some people are built for it some ain't that's all it is

[gts]

U think players are willing to cut some salary if they reduce the games?

Probably not even though Lebron suggested a shorter season, I highly doubt he is willing to to take a 30% pay cut.

This.. Players won't want to give salary back or support something that would cause owners to justify smaller rosters. Owners would look at how many minutes they get out of players now and adjust the roster size.
Owners also won't want to lose TV the money and TV won't want to lose sponsors who sign on for a long season. Arena owners won't want to see less ticket sales.. etc etc etc...