44 minute games and NBA shortened season speculation

ChettheJet said:

Instead of shortening the quarters, shorten the length of timeouts and get teams out of the huddle faster. Cut the number of timeouts down by 2 and replace those 2 with clock stops, no huddle, no discussion but the clock stops and they take the ball out of bounds. There are plenty of times when even a 20 second timeout is just to stop the clock and wastes way more than those 20 seconds.

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This would be tremendous

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...watch-shorthanded-spurs--video-155232969.html


This is a problem for me. The Spurs should be praised for what they're doing IMO. They know the key members of their team are up their in years, and Pop does the right thing by spacing out his player usage, including games off. That is their risk to take. When you buy tickets, nothing guarantees you will be seeing an all-out playoff matchup, especially in preseason. If anything, common sense should kick in.

No wonder some players want shortened seasons. While coaches are allowed to rest players, the stigma of some fans and owners makes them obligated to think otherwise.