The NBA's shortened, but tougher on players regular season began yesterday with five games on Christmas day. While the NBA got three great games out of it, one turned into a massacre while the other was just uninteresting. While I'm sure some teams aren't going to be up for playing all 66 games this season due to the strenuous schedule, you can only hope they'll be more prepared for the games ahead.
Due to the fact that the NBA likes money, and that they don't want to delay the Playoffs, or can't for contractual reasons, some teams will have harsh playing conditions. Some teams will end up playing 9 games in 12 days in an almost cartoon-like situation that reeks somewhat of greed and ill-will towards the players by the owners. I'm not against the NBA trying to make up as many games as possible, but when you do it by decreasing the quality of play in these situations, you're going to cost yourself more money in the future by doing so. An example: A family of four buys tickets to a Miami Heat v. Golden State Warriors game. Because the Heat were playing their fifth game in eight days, their big players, Wade, James and Bosh took the night off to recover from exhaustion. Because that family of four didn't get to see those three play, they'll decide going to sporting events is a waste of time since they're not guaranteed to see the players they wanted to see.
You might say it's a bad argument, but people don't go to sporting events for those reasons. People lose trust in a product for a multitude of reasons, and not being able to see superstars when you pay to see them is one of them. The NBA's schedule is a brutal one for most teams, and it still would've been tough if six more games were cut off of the season's length. However, you'd at least avoid situations where a schedule harms the quality of your product.
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