The Sun's Clippers match up, had the potential to be an all-time great first round series, that was worthy of the conference finals.

You forgot about Paul George too. BTW, I don't believe Embiid is injured. I think the Nets were so bad, that Doc thought he could close the series without Embiid and allow him more rest.

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Quote from: johnnygreen on April 24, 2023, 04:26:24 PM

The Sun's Clippers match up, had the potential to be an all-time great first round series, that was worthy of the conference finals.

You forgot about Paul George too. BTW, I don't believe Embiid is injured. I think the Nets were so bad, that Doc thought he could close the series without Embiid and allow him more rest.

Embid is definitely injured (or 76ers would be risking a significant fine). 50% at best for game 1 one next series https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/joel-embiid-injury-update-doc-rivers-says-hes-not-sure-if-76ers-star-could-return-in-first-round/amp/

“There is optimism that [Joel Embiid will] be able to play in Game 1 of their next series… He had a sprained knee and I think they believed this is about a 1 week injury”
- @ShamsCharania

Way too many games and not enough rest days. Cause and effect.
The NBA should modernize. Playing 82 games plus (best-of-7)-playoff-series is nuts.
Lots of players are already exhausted when the regular season is over.

First of all there's hardly any merit with a best-of-7 series in comparison with a best-of-5.
That's just a statistical fact. When a series goes 3-0 or 3-1 up, it's basically done.
Easy fix.

Regular season should never have back-to-backs. Don't have to be a exercise physiologist to realize that's not a viable rest period between games. The NBA seems to plan on a small expansion. Well if they add two teams (Vegas and Seattle?), then just play every team twice and the new number of regular season games would be 62.

Almost every playoffs have been diminished by injuries. It's nothing new. On top of that the average level of players is higher than ever and so is the pressure thus star players can't just "coast" games.

Quote from: RodyTur10 on April 24, 2023, 04:58:27 PM

Way too many games and not enough rest days. Cause and effect.
The NBA should modernize. Playing 82 games plus (best-of-7)-playoff-series is nuts.
Lots of players are already exhausted when the regular season is over.

First of all there's hardly any merit with a best-of-7 series in comparison with a best-of-5.
That's just a statistical fact. When a series goes 3-0 or 3-1 up, it's basically done.
Easy fix.

Regular season should never have back-to-backs. Don't have to be a exercise physiologist to realize that's not a viable rest period between games. The NBA seems to plan on a small expansion. Well if they add two teams (Vegas and Seattle?), then just play every team twice and the new number of regular season games would be 62.

Almost every playoffs have been diminished by injuries. It's nothing new. On top of that the average level of players is higher than ever and so is the pressure thus star players can't just "coast" games.

Maybe the players shouldn't be flopping and hitting the floor multiple times a game. Over the course of 82 games, that has to take an effect on your body.