I haven't been a NBA fan for many years. It probably ended when Magic's Lakers and Larry's Celtics stopped being relevant. Yes, I realize in recent years that has changed with Kobe and the Big 3, but they didn't draw me back. Also didn't help that the hapless Wizards (forever and always Les Boulez) suck so bad. Call me a fairweather fan, bandwagoner, whatever, I don't care.
My morning commute always involves listening to the radio. During a news segment, I heard an NBA update. Celtics tie the series up with the Cavaliers 1-1. Great, I'm happy for them. Then I heard "Game 3 will be Friday in Boston." If I cared enough, I may have stopped the car. Yes, Cavs-Celts is taking a 3 day break between games 2 & 3. I guess they are traveling by horse drawn carriage back to Boston?
I apparently cared just enough to think this through. Wait, the Boston Bruins are still in the Stanley Cup hunt. They must be using TD Garden. OK maybe not Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, but one of those nights, right? No, the Bruins will be in Philly on the Flyers' ice.
Maybe I'm overanalyzing it, because it's only a 3 day break, but that seems too long for teams that are only a couple of hours away from each other by plane. What happens if it's a Celtics-Lakers rematch in the Finals? A week between games? This is why I don't care. After the regular season essentially became irrelevant, I settled on watching the playoffs only. Then it became the Conference Finals. A couple of years ago, just the Finals. Now, nothing. I have no need for the NBA. If you want to draw in fans, give them something to watch on a regular basis. Play every other night, except put in a travel day in between when moving from city to city. Otherwise, you'll never get me back. Especially now that there may be an extra 4 games in March Madness.
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There are other reasons to hate the NBA - like how the players don't really put any effort into the games... Especially during most of the regular season. I went to a 76ers game once as part of a company outing and it was like watching paint dry. Why watched overpaid millionaires not care when we can watch college kids who play every game with passion since each game means something? In fact lots of sports have seasons that are too long.
Absolutely agree with you. MLB should cut off a few games.
Last NBA game I saw in person was the late 90's when my employer at the time got tickets to the Wizards for club level. And I wasn't interested then.
Big Money Tony, take it from someone who is a fan of the NBA, it is LUDACRIS that they have anytime off. I heard someone say on tv say "Now the Celtics will take the momentum of winning game two back to Boston." Ha! Momentum doesnt stay for that long. I will break it down for you, the NBA playoffs are so long for one reason....MONEY!!!
Isn't everything about money?
I enjoy the skills of NBA players. Far superior than NCAA's, no doubt. But the game and scheduling has much to be desired. March Madness begins with the conference tournaments where teams play 1-4 games in straight days if they make it to their conference finals. Then the Big Dance gets them to play 2 games in 3 days, followed by a week off for another 2 in 3. Granted there is a week off, but that is for supposed class time. I guess for a good number of those players, it is.
I don't mind a day off between games. The playoffs should be about fans seeing the best players shine at their best pace. But 3 days is terrible.