After the disappointing news of Steven Adams season-ending knee surgery, it got me thinking about how we would see less injuries if the season were made shorter, and players had more time to recover and rest.
So in this extreme hypothetical example, would you rather see a usual 82 game season, or a 41 game season spread over the same 6 months, where players are physically incapable of being injured? Less basketball, but potentially more games played by injury-prone players who usually sit out a large chunk of the season.
As controversial as this may sound I believe that less is more.
Less games means every game has more ramifications added to it so load managing would not be a wise choice.
Plus the NBA product is at its best when it’s main characters are playing so I’ll chose the latter.