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The bombshell changes NBA players would make if they were in Adam Silver’s shoes
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Scroll through social media on any given day and you might see fans and media members all suggesting what changes they would make to improve the NBA. But what do NBA players think about? If it was left up to the players themselves, what kind of changes would they implement? Well that was revealed this week during The Athletic’s annual anonymous poll of NBA players .
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And following the results of the poll, the number one change that NBA players would make is to eliminate back-to-backs. Out of a survey of over 150 players, 10.5 percent said they would get rid of consecutive games if they were in commissioner Adam Silver ’s shoes.
That was tied with having fewer games and changing the current rules to favor defense more, both of which also polled at 10.5 percent. Rounding out the top five in terms of changes NBA players would make were expansion (9.8 percent) and penalties for referees (7.2 percent).
The issue of shortening the schedule has long been a topic of contention amongst the NBA world and on social media. The NBA currently has an 82-game regular season schedule. The 82-game schedule has been in place since the 1967-68 season. The format of back-to-back games has been around for about as long as well. In fact, teams used to play three consecutive games at times, and even had back-to-backs in the playoffs.
One of the pressing concerns that people seem to bring up in favor of shortening the schedule or reducing back-to-backs is injuries. But it’s a tough leg to stand on when past eras were playing the same amount of games with a more rigorous schedule than today’s league.
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