LeBron James supports contraction of some NBA teams

[DeronMillsap]

Ok why stop at 6 teams? Wouldn't the league be better if there were only 20? How bout 15? You see how that works?

15-20 would just be too small for a full 82 game season.

24 would be perfect. Make it a 15-man active roster(16-18 total for injury and development purposes) to expand the roster a bit.

[Kurosawa0]

Im curious as to how you arrive at 24-26?

You need the same amount of teams in each conference. 12 or 13 would be about right.

[yeaaaman]

15-20 would just be too small for a full 82 game season.

24 would be perfect. Make it a 15-man active roster(16-18 total for injury and development purposes) to expand the roster a bit.

So why not shorten the season, less games, more rest, more practice time, less injuries, less meaningless regular season games, better quality ball.

Why expand the roster when there are guys who don't even leave the bench every game, no need to pay for extra cheer leaders.

[97 bulls]

15-20 would just be too small for a full 82 game season.

24 would be perfect. Make it a 15-man active roster(16-18 total for injury and development purposes) to expand the roster a bit.

What does the season being 82 games have to do with your feeling that there's a lack of talent? Bad basketball players at game 1 are gonna be bad basketball players after game 82.

[Force]

LOL @ anybody who thinks contraction is a bad idea...this is a no brainer. very few teams even try to win these days...the league is NOT competitive as it is now...too many teams and too much salary. too many players are just collecting checks

[97 bulls]

You need the same amount of teams in each conference. 12 or 13 would be about right.

But you can make it even all the way down to two teams. So why stop at 24-26?

[97 bulls]

LOL @ anybody who thinks contraction is a bad idea...this is a no brainer. very few teams even try to win these days...the league is NOT competitive as it is now...too many teams and too much salary. too many players are just collecting checks

Come on force this isn't being genuine. All these teams try to win. Why do you think this?

[Sarcastic]

So why not shorten the season, less games, more rest, more practice time, less injuries, less meaningless regular season games, better quality ball.

Why expand the roster when there are guys who don't even leave the bench every game, no need to pay for extra cheer leaders.

Because the fans want to see more games. Do you want a 40 game season?

[DeronMillsap]

What does the season being 82 games have to do with your feeling that there's a lack of talent? Bad basketball players at game 1 are gonna be bad basketball players after game 82.

NBA still has to make money. 15-20 will just be falling back too much. 30 as it is right now is just too much as well with so many crappy teams and glorified regular season superstars.

24 would be enough to make(and save) money, have enough talents, and most importantly it'll add better competition.

We won't see bad basketball players in the league anymore so that wouldn't matter.

[DeronMillsap]

But you can make it even all the way down to two teams. So why stop at 24-26?

Are you trolling or just stupid?

[Sarcastic]

But you can make it even all the way down to two teams. So why stop at 24-26?

Look at the All Star game. It is the best collection of talent the league can produce. If the game meant anything, and the players played hard, it would be better than any regular season game.

People want to see good basketball, not the watered down crap we are given.

[DeronMillsap]

So why not shorten the season, less games, more rest, more practice time, less injuries, less meaningless regular season games, better quality ball.

Why expand the roster when there are guys who don't even leave the bench every game, no need to pay for extra cheer leaders.

You expand the roster slightly to keep the teams competitive in case your superstar player(s) goes down. The reserves won't be D-league quality players either. They'll at least be above average players who can help out the team.

[yeaaaman]

Because the fans want to see more games. Do you want a 40 game season?

Well I'm not asserting that's what I want I'm just throwing it out there given the stance of some people. I mean, like you said the fans want to see more games so wouldn't they be against contraction? Or they want higher quality ball, but if they do why not just shorten the season?

Or is this just an in theory argument, as in, contraction would be better for the competition but it isn't necessarily what all the fans would want?

[97 bulls]

Are you trolling or just stupid?

Im just trying to show how rediculous your reasoning is. Whys stop at 24-26 teams when you can have an all-star game every night. Or every other night with 2 teams. The talent is fine.

[DeronMillsap]

Well I'm not asserting that's what I want I'm just throwing it out there given the stance of some people. I mean, like you said the fans want to see more games so wouldn't they be against contraction? Or they want higher quality ball, but if they do why not just shorten the season?

Or is this just an in theory argument, as in, contraction would be better for the competition but it isn't necessarily what all the fans would want?

Why do you have to shorten the season for quality basketball?