dfwabel Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Kevin Durant (and Bradley Beal with a wrist injury) will be out for 6-8 weeks. Westbrook might put up MVP numbers in KD's absence. Downside is Scott Brooks and Sam Presti just got passes for this season by ownership and the VBS fanbase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS729 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I would normally be pretty concerned about Beal's injury, but considering how bad the East is, the Wizards can probably tread water for the first month of the season. I just hope this doesn't turn into a John Wall situation from 2 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAWeaver Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 The NBA will test a 44-minute game during an Oct. 19 preseason matchup between the Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets, the league announced in a press release. Standard NBA games are 48 minutes, but the league said it wants to compare the "flow" of a 44-minute game to a 48-minute contest. Quarters, typically 12 minutes each, will be 11 minutes.From the NBA's press release: “At our recent coaches’ meeting, we had a discussion about the length of our games, and it was suggested that we consider experimenting with a shorter format,” said NBA President, Basketball Operations Rod Thorn. “After consulting with our Competition Committee, we agreed to allow the Nets and Celtics to play a 44-minute preseason game in order to give us some preliminary data that will help us to further analyze game-time lengths.”NBA games have been 48 minutes since the inception of the league in 1946http://www.si.com/nba/2014/10/14/nba-preseason-44-minute-game @loganaweaver - Twitter / @loganaweaver - Instagram / Nike Vapor Untouchable Football Template / Logan's Logos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterchaoss Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 If they want to improve the flow lose a few time outs the teams really dont need that meny it ends up making last five minutes go 15. Kershaw is GOD! Kershaw is LIFE! Kershaw is ALL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJKiddsHead Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 What could the NBA possibly gain from "experimenting" with such a small sample size of ONE preseason game shortened by 4 minutes as compared to the thousands of games played at 48 or more? why would a quarter being shortened by a minute change the "flow?" Most people, when talking about the flow of a basketball game, are talking about fouls and commercial breaks. Neither of which will change with shorter games (commercials won't be lessened at all if/when they put ads on jerseys, which is also the biggest reason i don't wanna see them). If the Nets go through the whole season with minimal injuries, is that evidence that the "experiment" worked and helped prevent injury? Of course not! If both teams still manage to score 100+ points with 4 less minutes, is that evidence that the 4 minutes won't affect stats? How could it be!?This is just a clever way of the owners proposing to cut "7 games" of playing time from the schedule while not actually missing any actual game revenue when the next CBA is being negotiated. All while painting it as "these lazy players have the audacity to want MORE money while playing LESS?!?!? UNGRATEFUL! SELFISH!!"Hats off to the owners. This is how billionaires become billionaires, with slick :censored: like this. It'll probably work, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I've started to get back into following basketball and with my recent trip and looking back when I was younger, I've decided to take my fan talents to the Valley and join the Phoenix Suns.They've prepared for your joining them by giving themselves the worst branding in their franchise's history.That was one thing that was holding me back honestly.At least they've got good retro items (which is what I picked up in Phoenix a month or so ago).I decided I changed my mind. The Suns have some ugly jerseys and logo and I wasn't all that sold on them.Since I'm (sort of, essentially) getting started with basketball, I'm going to start at the bottom with the 76ers. Can't get much worse from they are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockstar Matt Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I know it's just the pre-season, but Kobe is puting on a vintage Kobe performance in the final 2:00 minutes. Cowboys - Lakers - LAFC - USMNT - LA Rams - LA Kings - NUFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterchaoss Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Well it shows he's healthy and can put up decent numbers. I'd like to think that maybe if he can keeps up the production and the team can win some games that he is sitting, they could make the playoffs. It's unlikely but at least seems possible. Kershaw is GOD! Kershaw is LIFE! Kershaw is ALL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I was a big fan of his at Syracuse, but no team giving Wes Johnson 40 minutes in an NBA game is going to win much of anything. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLEstones Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 What could the NBA possibly gain from "experimenting" with such a small sample size of ONE preseason game shortened by 4 minutes as compared to the thousands of games played at 48 or more? why would a quarter being shortened by a minute change the "flow?" Most people, when talking about the flow of a basketball game, are talking about fouls and commercial breaks. Neither of which will change with shorter games (commercials won't be lessened at all if/when they put ads on jerseys, which is also the biggest reason i don't wanna see them). If the Nets go through the whole season with minimal injuries, is that evidence that the "experiment" worked and helped prevent injury? Of course not! If both teams still manage to score 100+ points with 4 less minutes, is that evidence that the 4 minutes won't affect stats? How could it be!?I think this is more of the NFL model where they throw rule changes out there to get people talking. To garner interest in otherwise uninteresting games. The NFL always has these press releases about changing extra points or this or that. While some rules do get implemented, I think a lot of it is to keep the league in the front of peoples' minds. Its the NBA preseason... not many fans are terribly interested unless you have a monumental off season, like the '10 Heat, '14 Bulls, and '14 Cavs, or teams that have real championship aspirations and added 1 or 2 key pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 The NBA tanking policy lives on. What a dumb panicky decision. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 The Sixers ownership will be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 The NBA tanking policy lives on. What a dumb panicky decision.The idea on the table was horrible, and the real dumb panicky decision would have been changing the draft format now while teams still owe picks.Tanking has to be the most overblown "problem" in sports. The NBA seems to think fans don't like tanking, when in reality, it's rooting for a futile treadmill team that fans actually don't like. The fact is, there will always be bad teams, and they will always need a franchise-changing superstar to become relevant. And for most markets, the only way they're getting one is in the draft. POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unocal Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 The NBA team I'm most curious about this season are the Suns. While they defied the odds last year, are they one of those statistical outliers ala, say, last year's Colorado Avalanche? Is this gonna be one of those unsustainabile hot shooting things or is more believable they can have a above .500 season again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbadefense1990 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 The NBA tanking policy lives on. What a dumb panicky decision.But had the referendum passed, teams would then semi-tank games because the 4-worst teams would get the same odds. What else is there to propose to eliminate full-blown tanking in basketball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappital92 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 The NBA team I'm most curious about this season are the Suns.While they defied the odds last year, are they one of those statistical outliers ala, say, last year's Colorado Avalanche?Is this gonna be one of those unsustainabile hot shooting things or is more believable they can have a above .500 season again?They're most likely going to be where they were last season; a winning team who gets crowded out of a playoff spot. I can't see any of the eight Western playoff teams from last season declining enough to where Phoenix can slip in. That being said, the Suns' three guard attack with Dragic, Bledsoe, and Thomas is gonna be really fun to watch. http://www.wizardsxtra.com Is it the shoes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germanshepherd Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 The NBA tanking policy lives on. What a dumb panicky decision.They probably just want to cover up the lottery being rigged for more years. i have unquantifiable corpses on my conscience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truepg Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 The Southeast Division will be very interesting this year. There are four teams that made the playoffs last season in Wizards, Heat, Hawks and Hornets, and with Al Horford coming back for Atlanta, any of the first-mentioned three can win the division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbadefense1990 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 So the 40-year-old Steve Nash is out for the entire season for pulling his back lifting luggage.http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/11752407/steve-nash-los-angeles-lakers-miss-entire-season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Steve Nash needs to retire www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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