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- Richard Jefferson sounds off on Adam Silver's recent comments of potentially shortening the NBA season in the future.
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That is by far Richard Jefferson’s finest moment as a commentator!
Facts
That carry on was spot on as well🙂
Big ole FACTS
He's completely missing the point. What leads to a better product on the court? It's irrelevant "how it used to be".
@@nathanlige2961 🏌🏾♂️🏌🏾♂️🏌🏾♂️🏌🏾♂️🏌🏾♂️🏌🏾♂️
KP with the "and,...and....carry on." Was just absolute gold!🤣
Perfect lmao
As a celts fan that was his best take of all time.. perks 😂😂
@@jdot3334 you mean this was better than his "escape from Alcatraz" inmate pinstripes on First Take?☠️
@@flexman70 no, he's a perk casual
My biggest issue with shortening the season (outside of getting less basketball) is that younger teams/players will have less of an advantage and it favors vets and stars. The less games played, the less opportunities young and/or overlooked players will get. Injuries are apart of the game unfortunately, but injuries also give rise to other players getting chances to shine. There would be no Jordan Poole if Klay didn’t go down. Tom Brady would have never have gotten the start that led to a Super Bowl… yes, we never want to see a star go down, or anybody for that matter, but that’s apart of the drama of LIFE, and it makes the stakes that much higher and ultimately more beautiful and rewarding.
😂😂😂
you could instead of lowering the amount of games played have players play a maximum amount of minutes per game. that shortens the stress on their bodies and allows more players getting gametime...
Good point
@@checkanr138 I like this idea. It would create more strategy in a game as well.
This doesn't necessarily only apply for injuries. A busy calendar by itself leads to starters getting tired and more players involved being involved in the rotation.
“And-and yeah, carry on” 😂😂 I love Perkins
I'm still tryna figure out how Wilt played all 82 games and averaged OVER 48 minutes a game while laced up in Chuck Taylors. Now we've got state of the art equipment and facilities, yet our best players get injured every season 🤔
Wilt is incredibly gifted?lol
It's because athletes nowadays have all the data on how to use their bodies to the fullest extent, they can now push their body to 99% (and higher) of its capabilities at all times. Because they put so much stress on it (due to them pushing it to 99%) all the time, they have less room for error and thus injuries are more likely and more severe.
White people
@@dennisddt1146 That is completely idiotic
Bro Running in Chucks takes its TOLL. So I could JUST IMAGINE Ballin is CRAAAAZY 😭
A.C Green played 1192 consecutive regular season games, Karl Malone & John Stockton were basically bulletproof. Conditioning matters, being professional matters.
RJ is 100% right here
🎯🎯🎯
Bingo
Where season more back to back games
Adam Silver: "We want a system where our players are incentiviced to be on the floor."
Me: Wait, getting paid millions isn't enough incentive to do your job?
They don't lose money if they don't play, right?
It's called privilege
@@edgesince84 That's the issue right there. I say give them 10 sick days and keep the 82 games, if they can't play due to injury or any other means they don't get paid past the 10 sick days allotted.
I was for shortening the season up until Jeffersons’s great explanation why the NBA should not. Thank you Richard!
he played 82 games for 4 seasons , 7 times more than 80+ games played.
Pretty sure that Silver mostly agrees with Jefferson, but his job is to try to please everyone. At the end of the day, the NBA season will never get shortened because of one reason - revenue.
Exactly!
then don’t entertain the idea, shut it down from jump
@@teebird529 People talking about the NBA is good for business. Also, it is better for the NBA to not alienate people who earnestly believe in fewer games - it is better to let them think they are being listened to. It is all about business, which is why revenue will ultimately win out.
That's a trash argument. The NFL has way less games than any other league and they make far more. If the games matter more, viewership will be better. It would all even out.
@@spencerj4677 your argument makes no sense. Basketball arenas house 20k+ ppl as oppose to Football stadiums that house 70k+. 50k difference at a much higher price point.
You know he got everything right, when the only thing perk can say is "carry on".😆
Right lol
Yeah, because we all know Perk is the bastion of good takes.
Facts. Not many can shut Big Perk down.
@@MW-hz4ix yes Perk is jesus christ
@@MW-hz4ix it ain’t about that. Perk usually has a big mouth, whether he speaks facts or nonsense he’s gonna talk. This time RJ spoke the gospel, nothing else Perk can say
Perk instigating “tell ‘em about the money” 😂!!! I love it
The money is the BIG reason this will never happen.
I honestly had no idea which direction Richard would be going on his opinion but bravo 👏🏼 on his list of reasons! I was already in that side of the argument but he solidified it for me!
RJ is lowkey a beast. lol
He went the opposite way than I thought he would. I love it! I've gained new love for this dude.
If you thought he was gonna react any other way then you haven't seen my guy's work, dude's basically an ESPN version of Chuck.
@@dw4867 yea but last time this was brung up their said the NBA likes too much money so their wouldn't shorten the season now when their wanna do it it's a problem
@@jamaloliver6940 its the players. They want to play less game but they don't want less money
Also didn't expect him to be a stud in that Cavs title run, man he played BIG for them.
Meh just because they did it a certain way before doesn’t mean they need to keep doing that. Ever notice how a lot of the retired players can barely walk now? I’m all for players resting and getting their money. Careers will last longer and we will get better games.
The true culprit is the salary cap. It is dumb and needs to go. Let teams build talented rosters actually 8-10 players deep. That can still put a solid product on the floor if one of their mega stars is resting or injured.
I'm with Richard on this one. He spoke the Gospel. Why on earth would Sliver do that. I have nothing else to add.
Yeah, I agree. The downside to the 82 game season is that every game is worth so little though. Thats one of the main reasons the NFL season is so great.
It's sounding like Adam Silver doesn't wanna do it. And he shouldn't.
if I had to guess its to do with money. And giving the best possible product. If there was a correlation between less games and stars not being injured it's alot better for the league.
because he is a hostage to the players. he has given the players 2 much control and now they dont even want to play.
I think commissioners float ideas like this to the public to gauge the reaction and see if people like the idea. If they do maybe you roll with it and if they don’t at least you can tell the players that wanted the shorter season that you were considering it. Looks like good business to me
One thing he also didn’t mention is how massive of a negative impact it would have on the guys who aren’t stars in the league. The guys who are still trying to establish themselves would have less opportunities.
I feel like a majority of players wouldn’t want this, because it’s only beneficial for the minority of players in the league that the NBA already coddles (which RJ was spot on about).
RJ makes a lot of sense to me here, but I’m curious to hear more details about the reasoning behind all this.
He did mention they add a mid season tournament then that could add a lot of games to a refusals season of 82 games + a long playoffs run could be another 4-28 games.
The one thing I can empathize as a fan is that maybe less games, with scarcity there may be more value in watching a game, but then the whole record book gets messed up and everything. Will be keeping an eye on this storyline for sure.
Other sports have changed the numbers of games per season... It made stats weird... Oh well, now it's more fun...
Who cares if records get thrown off? They added a 3 point line even though it threw records off. If a change is meaningful it's worth it.
Records and rings don't define greatness anyways.
Hes right, theres too much history involved to change the season length. 82 games has been played since the 60s, the greats of each generation had no issue playing through it, so i don't understand why we have to change it for this generations. Especially when every aspect of their quality of life has been improved. Better trainers, medical treatments, schedule, travel, food, and not to mention salary.
Dude people don’t watch the regular season anymore
@@eamonmac2751 I do agree with you both. Was 100% in agreement with Michael but I have to say I haven't watched the regular season in 3-4 years now, heck I haven't even watched a full playoff game this year, just the highlights.
Everybody shooting 3s has turned me off my favorite sport completely
@@eamonmac2751 speak for yourself I watch every mavs game and try to watch most lakers nets bucks games
Players are getting injured more and more due to how much basketball they’re playing when young.
@@eamonmac2751 wrong
Imagine what the Celtics crazy season turnaround would've looked like in a 60-game season, such a change would have some major implications in play-off contention
Wouldn’t of been a turn around lol 50 games in I believe we were under .500 so in 60 games we would’ve been maybe 7 games over .500
@@jaydee2149 Yeah but that turnaround was quick💯
Not really because any changes result in unknown things. Just as making it 82 after being 70. I think it's a joke to even try shortening the season. Hockey beats you up more and it's the same 82 game season. I'd rather see 100 games than 81
FACTSSSSS
Bruh I rooted for the pels this year. We would have been dead to rights
And that is why MJ's flu game is epic! despite being sick he was on the court carrying his team to a win not wanting to rest
MJ was drunk
He didn't have the flu
Pretty sure that game he just had food poisoning. They said it in The Last Dance
Carrying? Lol? Watch the tape lol
Finals means a lot more
@@JXL21 he won all 6 though so your point?
RJ: “Part of the greatness is longevity.”
AD, KI, KL: (sweating profusely)
Richard is 100% right on this, everything is pretty much working in favor for the players while wanting to get paid so much money. One-and-done (or possibly eliminating this to let 18 year olds come into the league), load management, less physicality, and soft mental make-up, etc, it's f'n insane. The league and the team owners need to come down and let the players know that they can't have everything go their way.
So true
There are many reasons why old heads say this era was soft. Bruh, older era elite players like Hakeem, Wilt or MJ would dominate everyone considering how much softer NBA is and better technology players have now.
You mean the multi-billionaire owners who generate billions of dollars in revenue every year due to the players aren't being fairly treated and are getting the short end of the stick?
I get that what Kyrie and Simmons are doing is silly, but less games in a season makes perfect sense. Less games means more rest, less likely to have injuries, more meaningful games and players can play harder. Even though players make a ton of money and health science and technology has come a long way, we're seeing more injuries than ever before because the game is faster and requires more athleticism. If we can risk of season ending injuries that's a huge win.
@@JonnyLin7 it’ll mean less money generated for the teams and league in the long run. I’ll be shocked if they willfully shorten the season. It boils down to economics. Injuries are going to happen regardless of the amount of games played. The guarantee contracts give the players leverage to act like Kyrie, Simmons and Kawhi.
@@MistaP13 Sure that's a factor, but it could also lead to more revenue long-term.
Less injuries, less players requiring rest and a more meaningful competitive regular season could lead to higher ticket sales and better TV ratings. I'm not 100% certain this would happen, but more games does not always mean better business outcomes. NFL has a much much shorter season and still generates more revenue than the NBA right now.
Well said Rich!
What’s up Ivan!
Ivan!
The goat
100 percent agree with him not with the nonsense
No way!
That shortened season came literally less than two months after the bubble the teams in the bubble lowkey had no rest and rushed the season I wouldn’t say that was a good example/demonstration to really point too
I respect what Richard has said, but I also think players cruise through many regular season games, and were the season shortened, each of those games would be worth a bit more. I don't and haven't watched any of those games in years. It's obvious they do that because of a long season. I agree we live in a coddling society, but I think of this more in terms of the quality of the game.
None of them can play an entire season.
It’s a BiG DEAL if You have a Star Player that plays 70 games.
Making $100’s of Millions and can’t even go to work everyday .
Suckers
Can’t even be examples for the kids
and represent for the every Man that has to go work everyday to eat & pay bills
But these dudes take their $100m contracts and don’t even show up to work %75 of the time and still get paid
While most people can barely afford gas to get to work now days.
They’re a bunch suckers people are supporting.
I don't watch any games unless my team makes it to the 2nd round of the playoffs when the real season begins. Start the season NYE midnight tip off East Coast and West Coast. There are no PEDs can't build up skeleton & connective tissue enough to handle muscle and organ growth from current PEDs used. Doesn't matter how much RJ whines, most of regular season is trash.
@@redlionplumbing so you pretty much bandwagon the teams in the conference finals. Gotcha. Lame
@@redlionplumbing Youre not a true fan gtfo
@@TheTHEKILA there may be some ESL classes to assist with your reading comprehension. Get well soon!
From what doctors have said, the problem is not the amount of games but it's that the athletes don't really practice anymore so their bodies don't get used to the all out pace of an NBA game
You talkin’ bout practice ?
@@yobench not a game. NOT a game
I'm supposed to be a the franchise player and we sittin here talkin about practice
@@Alfredo-lol not the game I go out there and die 4 and play every game like its my last. you see me play don't you???
Don’t really practice anymore? What kind of bs is that?😂 The game’s just gotten more physical as the years went on.
It’s incredibly nice to hear someone say exactly what I would like to say, and to the people that need to hear it.
I've always known while watching him play back in the day, that he's a real one. And he's still proving it while a commentator. Sad thing to say one of the best things for basketball right now is a retired player. Lol
like half the teams have a starting five member injured tho
@@iliketurtles7782 That is an offseason training issue, not a scheduling problem. Offseason training NEEDS to be rigorous and tough so the players’ bodies will be able to adapt during the season. These days, players will sit on the couch for 3 months and show up to camp out of shape. That’s how injuries occur.
@@gunkanjima3408 exactly less games and more training = less injuries the nfl has 17 games only and it’s literally hitting people as hard as you can and less we’ll known superstars are hurt during playoff time over there so clearly they’re doing something right
Well*
I understand where RJ is coming from but I also think the injuries are getting out of hand. Maybe the players today are softer, that's one take, but we have actual facts to support that more players are getting injured. There's more to this than just the players being soft. The game is faster. Players are running more now and less fouls and timeouts are called so the players rarely ever rest during an actual game. The game is played at halfcourt with players fighting through screens trying to find and open 3 point shot all the time. All could be factors, but the game itself has changed enough to explain the injuries with that. Maybe the game that the NBA has become is not as suited to 82 game seasons as it used to be. Again, because it's so different than before.
Charles Barkley couldn't play because of the lotion getting in his eye, so I guess that made him tough lmao
but yes, nothing to do with softness, everything to do with maintaining the health and safety the players
None of them can play an entire season.
It’s a BiG DEAL if You have a Star Player that plays 70 games.
Making $100’s of Millions and can’t even go to work everyday .
Suckers
Can’t even be examples for the kids
and represent for the every Man that has to go work everyday to eat & pay bills
But these dudes take their $100m contracts and don’t even show up to work %75 of the time and still get paid
While most people can barely afford gas to get to work now days.
They’re a bunch suckers people are supporting.
@@sillygoose635 The health and safety of the players, has a lot to do with the players being professionals and always being in shape. You can talk about Charles all you want. He played way more than he sat. And he was almost never in tip top shape. So technology is better, weight training and diet is better but injuries are up? No they're softer.. just like every other aspect of society. Its the player responsibility to stay healthy, that's part of being a professional. Maintaining the health and safety of the players, should be a players responsibility first.
@@Dbo_Sports 😂 Thank u bro. They're making excuses for this soft gen. The game was way more physical back then and guys played every game bar injury. Technology was not as advanced as today's game also so no excuses.
On the point about running more and not having enough rest. That should be something that falls on the team to manage. If teams built a stronger bench and played a deeper rotation, that would cut down on your stars minutes. I also don’t think running to the 3 point line is tougher assignment than banging in the post.
Everybody’s face at 3:15, they was like, “Oh he’s getting deep, he’s getting real deep.” 😂😂😂 RJ was preaching
The fact that he has to say that is the issue with the soft, player entitled, victimhood, political nba.
Rj and cj the only black guys who don't do thug life but go to school instead
@@st4r444 what???????? Ignorant it's comical 😂🤣😂
They *were* like
@@st4r444 what does that even mean ?
Kobe played 20 years as a shooting guard throughout some of the most physical and advanced defenses ever, and wasn’t just shooting 3 but driving in and dunking on bigs. Dude never wanted to take a day off unless he was forced to. But let’s be honest, very few have that level dedication. New generation is DEFINITELY soft
And what sucks is the league is giving them every reason and formula to be more soft. Gotta give it up for guys like Giannis and Butler who play the old school way
Jokic is the epitome of tough
Booker is the epitome of soft
And that's why he kept getting injured during the latter part of his career. Wouldn't you have loved to see Kobe go out with a bang, instead of constantly being injured?
@@hoopmania9912 he did go out with a bang. 60 points dawg! no I get what you're saying. I think Kobe's injuries weren't due to games though, I think his body just isn't built the same way as Lebron or MJ.
@@Warren_Flatt fs but it was a meaningless game. I would have loved to see him do something in the playoffs. He lost all that momentum due to injuries.
I had no problem about shortening the season until RJ spoke. He made excellent points. Shortening the season would mean a lot of season and career records will become untouchable, and as RJ said, so much is already being done to prevent player injuries.
Nobody is talking about the fact that the majority of basketball players now play in low-top sneakers which= Achilles injuries, high & low ankle spraines, less stability when you come down on someone else's foot, ect............
I actually expected him to go the other way with the argument. That he wanted them to shorten the season to preserve the best product, but that Silver is just posturing. He would never do it because of the money. He surprised me on that one.
Essentially had no impact yet viewership is down big time.
Shortening season has no impact on Injury the real problem is these players today eating too much KFC and popeyes. It's bad for your bones and tendon
@@st4r444 It's not cuz of KFC and Popeyes. It's because athletes nowadays have all the data on how to use their bodies to the fullest extent, they can now push their body to 99% (and higher) of its capabilities at all times. Because they put so much stress on it (due to them pushing it to 99%) all the time, they have less room for error and thus injuries are more likely and more severe.
Why would you expect that out of a OG vet? He’s not no youngin bruh… I swear this generation is SOFT!!! The adults today were the kids back then and it’s shameful to be a part of. NO ONE supports shortening NBA seasons because like Rich said… it’ll mess with records and numbers. LEAVE IT AS IS!!!
What’s laughable is the notion that players have to be “incentivized” to play games. As if their current salaries, incentives and bonuses aren’t enough. That’s absurd…..
This
It’s not absurd. There are no incentives for Star players to rest during the regular season and stay fresh for the playoffs at the moment.
@@tamiasrodentia21 I respectfully disagree. Star players have regular season incentives and playoff incentives. Not to mention they sign and agree to contracts based on an 82 game season. If the season is shortened, my belief is that there are going to be more injuries due to more back to back games, travel, etc. Not to mention shortened seasons won’t mean players sit out games as well
They have a guaranteed contract, so there is 0 incentive to play anything once pen is put to paper. It should be guaranteed only for games played, with perhaps some sort of allowance in case of season ending injury.
Bro almost every team does load management. That’s lame af
He’s absolutely right. Modern athletes have all the amenities and resources to optimize their health and longevity. Now they’re trying to take away from the fans and the owners because some players couldn’t be bothered to play the game they’re being paid millions for.
Rather somebody play 40 games a year and not get hurt than 82 and get hurt. Only boomers care.
@@garrettwilson9664 Soft
@@Gamingdoc ok boomer
Owners?
@@Gamingdoc Yes you are.
They need to restructure the schedule to take account for travel distance, rare back to backs. With that many games it won't matter to reduce games in terms of making the regular season more attractive.
Dont forget they get 3 months off in off season....
RJ IS 10000% RIGHT. it just discredits the work the great players did to actually play day by day for years.
True
With MUCH LESS
so you want to watch bench players in the playoffs got it. I'm sure fans that pay thousands of dollars for tickets want to see that as well. Bozos
It's a slap in the face
This generation doesn't care about the pass.
what an absolute thing of beauty from Richard. He has every right to be upset as a former player and athlete. And he made completely understandable arguments. AS an athlete , it is literarily your JOB to endure things that other people cannot do. Otherwise, every NBA 2k player could probably play in some form or way. People truly need to toughen up here. And it's kind of absurd to say this, but : if other people were able to do it for what now is multiple generations WITHOUT the amount of data and information about mental health, nutrition etc, then those players should seriously consider to stop complaining. And I applaude Richard Jefferson for standing up to this!
Nah total b.s. The amount of injuries due to these insanely long schedules are ruining so many franchises chances at winning. Every round is determined by an injury or two. This should be about basketball, not who can last the longest without getting injured.
@@johnhachey9239 true. It is kinda annoying how no matter what there’s an asterisk in every playoff series cause a star player is ALWAYS injured
@Gibran Camus what?
@@johnhachey9239 i’m lost on his response too lol
@@johnhachey9239 look at it from a broader perspective. These are PROFESSIONAL athletes being paid money that will set up their family for generations. As RJ said, professional sports are not good for your body but they seperate those who can from those who can’t. If we had a 60 game season, what would your exucse be for a KD or a LBJ or a Curry who gets injured in round 2?
I think with over the last 3 years there is less breaks over the last offseasons maybe one long off season and start it like 1 and a half month later
Mad Dogg: "Bob Cousey could've played 100 games a season!"
RJ is right on for this take. His response is absolute fire and honest. Love it.
Facts
He took it as an insult. I would've too
Pen is in my rump goes pop
Richard hit the nail on the head. Injuries will always be a part of the game no matter what, that's just what it is. The league can exhaust every measure to mitigate them, but that will not completely eliminate injuries, especially for injury-prone players (Embiid, AD, and Kyrie). Players have more access to nutritional resources than ever before and more power than ever, namely when it comes to their own bodies. If they're injured, they should not play. If they try to play through it, that's on them. I'm cool with players resting, but if they're doing that more than playing or simply not taking care of themselves, they have no excuse to complain. Great add-on by Perk. Lmao
I'm saying!!! They need to learn from LBJ book of conditioning. How tf do they have more injuries now in a wayyy less physical game more nutritional and technological advances and just basic knowledge from trial and error of past stars.
you say you're cool with players resting, but the reality is, that when players rest when they dont feel 100%, like kevin durant and kawhi, they get pressured into coming back too soon and injure themselves further. people ARENT cool with players resting
How about make a season break for 2 months look at 2020 no injuries really happen in the bubble we saw some in the finals tho but that’s really it
2021 injuries happen for all teams same for 2022
The only problem is that we've had condensed seasons for the past 2 years due to covid.
Once we get back to the regular schedule next season, we'll see a lot less injuries and players out with covid.
RICHARDDDDDD ✊🏾💪🏾🤣 Like Perk said “CARRY ON” 🔥🔥🔥
I want a shorter season... But not because it has anything to do with health of the players... If anything, I want a compressed season that could be worse for their health (also not *why* I want it shorter)...
I want it shorter because then the games mean more in the regular season... 82 games has always been too much... Each team should play every other team twice... 1 extra match for intra division play... Then these regular season games mean more...
Lol the way perk said “ tell them about the money”
Reminded me of when i would tell my older brother to tell mom we dont want to eat at home
Your mom would charge you?
I think it comes down to playstyle not nutrition or games played with players getting hurt so much. Look at Nikola Jokic. The guy has played most games & high minutes for the last 4-5 seasons without any injuries. Know why? Because he doesn't attempt or try to do things outside of what he knows his body can handle. The guys played a 4 OT game overweight & still didn't look at worn as others. Playstyle matters and being smart on the court matters.
Being Smart? So you’re telling me that you have to be Marcus Smart to play in the NBA.
Although that maybe true players like him have a build genetically which aids in that some players are shorter and less bigger thus making them have to exert more effort same with lebron that’s why he’s played this much without injury
He's relatively young... when we all younger we could play ball everyday from sun up to sun down...
Jokic, overweight? Lmao. Dude is one of the better conditioned players in the NBA, not to mention MVP x2.
That's very true. Jokic isn't jumping out of the gym so his game is much easier on his joints than someone like a Westbrook or a derrick rose.
Since the regular season has become irrelevant, how about including all the teams in the post season.
Here's my suggestion: shorten the regular season.
Then, seed all 30 teams 1-15 in each conference. Then, do a round robin style play off. 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc. When you lose 2 games, you are out of playoffs until we have 8 teams in each conference. Then, you reseed based on round robin playoffs. It there is a tie, use regular season records. This will lessen the incentive to tank.
Also why is it taking 6 DAYS to PLAY 2 GAMES?
Not a bad idea.
Definitely needs some tweaking
But it’s an idea that’s got potential
@@CSDonohue11 Thank you. It's a rough draft of an idea.
Thankyou for showing us this sending prayers to you and your family and everyone God bless you and your family and everyone
RJ is absolutely on point ! Thank you to have a former player say it as it needed to be said !!
I rather hear from current players on the matter. Former players are always salty and the current players being treated better than them
@@realspitter2727 so do Salaries get reduced by 10-15% if that many games get reduced but those games are the revenue for those teams to pay those salaries! Ask the current players that question????
Facts
@@realspitter2727 current players are divas if they support this. Man up!
Richard is a thousand percent correct. This generation of NBA players are not only soft but they want to be paid the most while playing the least.
And dressing the worst💅😭
Don't you
Yall old heads really think the players have control of what the commissioner change in the nba, the players have no control of the rules. So its not the players thats soft maybe its the league that protecting the players careers
@@jjthraud0811 Old heads! We have made better things before you youngster came!
@@mymagicisntgivingup5908 i dont understand what your talking about
He’s right. The league has bent over backwards to appease the players, and some of them still find excuses not to lace up. All contracts should somehow work out that the get paid by game. Idk.
Yeah these players aren't even human beings like us anymore. It's more like if us regular humans are wolves, these spoiled NBA players are dogs.
None of them can play an entire season.
It’s a BiG DEAL if You have a Star Player that plays 70 games.
Making $100’s of Millions and can’t even go to work everyday .
Suckers
Can’t even be examples for the kids
and represent for the every Man that has to go work everyday to eat & pay bills
But these dudes take their $100m contracts and don’t even show up to work %75 of the time and still get paid
While most people can barely afford gas to get to work now days.
They’re a bunch suckers people are supporting.
Yup
Wow I'm pleasantly surprised by this answer. Good stuff man, definitely appreciate this insight.
I love Perk with the “carry on” mic drop for RJ. Athletes are great as they’ve ever been. But the game is supposed to separate the men from the boys. If you can’t hang, that’s ok. But it’s a grown man’s game. You can’t play, fine. But if others can, get out the way.
I can’t think of a time when I actually agreed with RJ but man this dude spoke nothing but facts. The league keeps catering to these divas
He's just worried he won't get as much money if they have less games to cover.
@@nk-dw2hm Or maybe he's an ex player who went through the fire and knows what he's talking about
@@nk-dw2hm lemme guess you're one of the divas asking for more drive thrus cuz mfs today are lazy af
@@nk-dw2hm he knows that shortening the season will impact the television deals that (in no small part) are a major reason that the NBA players get paid as much as they do. cuz make NO mistake ... shortening the number of regular-season games will eventually come out of the PLAYERS' pockets.
@@nk-dw2hmude is already rich asf so money is definitely not the issue. Most nba players make like 30-50 mill in their careers dude
Man, if Kareem could play 80 games at age 40 in 1987 wearing the equivalent of bowling shoes than these players today can manage.
You don’t shorten the season for the athletes. You shorten the season to make every regular season game mean more. The regular season is way too long and you loose the beginning of the season media coverage due to all the college football and NFL games. Christmas Day should be the official start date
You're weak. Real sports fans disagree
I think the NBA needs to keep the season length the same and remember that because of COVID and the way it affected the timing of seasons that that would have a ripple affect for about 3 or so years going forward on guys bodies based on how they stopped mid season, then finished the season late, started the next season quickly with the schedule being crammed, and then having to start the next season at the proper timing to get back on track. All that change is hard on the athlete body so I think that contributes a lot to the amount of injuries we’ve seen. Give it another 1-2 seasons and I feel we should be back to normal. My suggestion would be to shorten the first two rounds of the playoffs to best of 5 series instead of 7 but I imagine the NBA doesn’t want to give up any playoff money so they probably aren’t going for that.
Na players are gonna be fine dude they're just overreacting cause everyone getting hurt but it is because the nba got hit with covid I'd have to say watching these past 3 years this has to be the weirdest stretch in the nba I've seen with how frequently people are hurt once they get everything on track longer summers resting all of that I believe teams are gonna be back fine players will be ok
ideally 77 games, with no back to backs, playoffs 1st round best of 3, 2nd round best of 5, conf finals best of 7 and finals best of 9.
this way not only will upsets happen more often, which makes the game more interesting to fans, increasing viewer ship despite the decrease of potentailly of 9 games in total (reg season + playoffs), giving players more time to rest it will generate more money due to added excitement
@@vincentvega9747 game is played at higher pace, fatigue causes injuries.
yeah in 2020 they shouldve cancelled that season. They had no business doing that short offseason this year either.
Nahhh the old timers did it!!! They didn’t complain, especially when they merged!!! These nba players today, are soft!
Perfectly put by Rich. Funny how pre 70’s players are called unathletic plumbers by casuals yet they didn’t have 1/10th the amenities and pay players today get and they played full seasons in Chuck Taylors *with no ankle support* for crying out loud Wilt Chamberlain *averaged 48* minutes for a career and barely missed ballgames 🤣🤣
Society in general was tougher due to what the standards of living and technology was pre 70s versus now, so no one’s arguing that pre 70s players weren’t tough.
However, by comparison of play, there were indeed players back then who were appropriately characterized as “unathletic plumbers” regardless of how tougher their circumstances in life back then made them over today’s players.
People are still going to disagree with you. I’m guessing they’re bronsexuals and mad that AD wasn’t health lmao
@@POKEFAN023 Lol to the generation of the 2060's, AD will probably be considered an overpaid injury plagued plumber to them I guess but overall that aspect the culture is so weird being that I personally never heard young nba fans talk down on the older eras until recently
Bro we talking about skills not toughness 🛑 with the casual take, all y’all non hoopers will never understand
Casuals, players, JJ Reddick, it’s all relative
Spread the season on more. No B2Bs, better scheduling, and no more than 3 games a week should be enough.
as a european guy, it bothers Me that a single game has no meaning at all. I understand RJs perspective and shorten by just 10 games, as Silver said, had no impact. But the NBA needs fewer games, to increase the impact of a single game. Thats the reason why People dont watch a game, dont attend a game and so on. Simple is that.
I agree with Richard. Adam Silver shortening the season just shows how soft this generation of players are. Making the season shorter is a stupid idea. Players already taking games off when they're not even injured. No need to reduce the season when players are already taking at least 10 games w/o being injured bc they need "rest". Plus they cry when the media criticizes them for playing bad, resting, etc.
Here’s a crazy fact
In the 2001-02 season 44 players recorded 2700+ minutes
In the 2021-22 season 5 players recorded 2700+ minutes
He's SPOT ON
Idk how they need to miss so many games.... Back then players rarely missed games, the game was more phisycal, traveling was worse, nutrition was worse.... Now they have everything and still miss 15-20 games every year... Don't say Pace because in the 60s the Pace was higher and this didn't happen.... They just soft now ..
@@Terror832 baseball 162 game and 82 games for nhl and nfl 16 game now a 17 game regual season
Players want to have a longevity of Lebron James but they're acting like kawhi. I'm not sure why NBA players are this cautious, the only way I see is to have longer season, less games played per week. Most sports have a long season they play once or twice a week depending on the tournament besides MLB.
Rich is 💯 percent right. You could make the season 50 games. Unless you make a rule that they have to play. Players are going to sit out if they don't feel like playing.
Facts
Doing that makes more games mean more.
@@theman9048games only mean more if the playoffs are clinched 40 games if there were only 50 games this season The suns would have clinched 35 games into the season. And would have to play the other half
During the upcoming bargain agreements, when it comes to player contracts, I can see owners be more strict when it comes to players playing x amount of games if they want that max deal in full
@@mezzbl
KP: Tell them about the money.
Man knew he wasn’t getting a word in but knew Richard would cover his point precisely
You're the man Rich. Need you doing Cavs games this upcoming season! We miss ya!
Couldn't agree more what RJ said. How can you justify your greatness to be the GOAT which every player's dream when you only played 60 games per regular season? It's hard to justify you to the other past players who did it with more games and with less maintenance and rest. The grit & grind is part of each player's legacy.
I'm just talking about it from a viewer. The viewer I really don't need to see 82 regular season games. I mean the first 40 barely matter to the really good teams. Look at boston, they were 16 and 19.
@@michaelcorcoran8768 bad take
@@griffinconaway732 nope.
Screw legacy. The league is already different than it was when players could be more physical, and before that to when there were no 3 point shots or it was all white. League changes and new legacies are born from it. Curry wouldn't have even been drafted if there was no 3 point shot. Guys like Ray Allen or Reggie Miller would've been below pedestrian.
Legacy comes from being head and shoulders above your peers, not some distant memory. Lighter bicycles, swim suits, basketball sneakers, sports move forward. Imagine the stress fractures if basketball still only allowed Converse 😂
What? Y’all have made it all about rings, so why would regular season game totals matter?
I think the problem is that we've watered down the standard for what as an acceptable reason to not play. Shortening the season won't change that. You have teams running 9 man rotations down the stretch and wondering why dudes are getting injured too
yup they are spoiling these million dollar players too much !! what the point in having 15 players on a team when some of them don’t even get to play !! just like this last series u have Dallas getting out rebounded by the warriors !!!! and u have a 7 foot player in boban ready to play but yet Dallas done play him just plain stuuuuppidddd
Because you know you're bottom roster is insurance if you're fighting for seeding you know who's not going to get it done who's not ready and as a coach to save your job you don't play em you play your best everyone else is insurance an actual last resort
Why not just play two quarters every 3rd night that way KD and LeBron get their rest and can play the whole game. That will make ESPN happy right?
toronto letting kwahi rest, and them winning the chip in his first, and only year, changed the minds of many on how to win. that copy cat stuff wears off after 5 or so years, if it remains unsuccessful
I really love listening to Richard talk about basketball. Not many former players transition to the analyst world as well.
For me Adam has a point, the physical and health of each player here is a bit advance compared to 90s tho naturally the 90s have the most endured body but since tech helps out as a factor it affects todays health physically too. So 82 games to shorten games is i. guess 15% reasonable
Additionaly why this is 15% only is that compressing the season into shorter games would reduce also rest days as i can see. What a rebut by Rj
Then stats and record would be pointless and harder to break. Less money too
@@jrmerks Thats why i said 15% only dude.
I agree with RJ but Silver is basically saying "it ain't happening" without saying it. I think they should add a player or two to the rosters and keep it moving and make some efforts to get better (or more) trainers.
Pat Beverly just recently spoke publicly about needing better medical staffs around the league basically calling them mediocre. If that’s true there’s the problem, cuz you can’t have a mediocre medical staff for the best athletes in the world. And I like the idea of allowing teams a bigger roster
@@davidriley6843 Pat Beverly is also a clown, and shouldn't even be in the NBA
@@FlashesSoccer011 Pat Beverly is a troll, not a clown
@@tyronevaldez-kruger5313 I like half of your comment. I'll say he is both, actually
@@FlashesSoccer011 probably 70 : 30. I really believe that he antagonizes way more. We say clown to describe stupid ppl but Pat is very smart who's unfortunately often a pain in the azz
I’m very much a “power to the players” type of guy but Richard is pretty much spot on. Covid definitely messed with scheduling and the league is still recovering from that but in the long term there are more solutions that shortening the season.
COVID didn't mess with anything, the government did.
@@keithjoseph128 best comment of the day
Cameron: I never got the "power to the players" thing NBA fans obsess about. They're 1 percenters as well. Meanwhile, the typical American votes no to minimum wage increases
@@vulcanraven9701 *dumbest comment of the day
@@vulcanraven9701 Because the players are the employees of the owners. These players make the owners and the league billions from merch , ticket sales, tv deals, etc so they are a valuable commodity which wield more power collectively. That's why the players union in the NBA is much stronger then other sports. That and the roster size is much smaller in the NBA making each player more valuable. Collective bargaining and unions should be every employees priority regardless of their employment field.
Perk's response was just as EPIC, maybe even more so 😂
I wouldn't mind seeing a shortened season, but the players will need to understand that means their contracts won't be as big. However, I think we would ultimately see more competitive basketball again because players will have a sense of urgency if they want to make the playoffs.
For a year or two. Then they will just load manage and miss games as per usual.
If they want the season shortened then make the paychecks shortened as well I'm sure they'll want to keep the season the same
Agreed
Agreed. If they want to play 72 games instead of 82, then their income should be 88% (72/82 = 88%) of what they're earning right now. Less games played means less profit for the league, which should in turn results in less income for the players themselves.
3:15 Gotta appreciate how Malika and Chiney were in sync there 😄
I was staring at Kendrick Perkins and his “ no he didn’t” Vibe. And missed the amazing sync 😂
Why are viewer numbers down? Because people don’t tune in when the best player or players on a team is resting.
I agree , the season is too long , players r giving in more than needed, absolutely correct , making it much more sensible in terms of playing also giving relax period for players for teams for management makes sense ❤️
Decrease their pay then
@@victoriaclarke come on y decrease their pay , i play 🏀 but that's jus local around my place so I can't imagine the level of game that happens in NBA the trainings diet al the efforts money put in sponsors management that's a huge money circulating in that sport , if little more space made for them 2 relax also as said avoid injuries , it's fair ya , it's a very fast game n also a very tiring game but it's full entertainment given , i miss all the matches cos my cable doesnt provide n am not getting a proper app 2 watch it ✌️
An award winning rant. Well said Richard!
Exactly RJ! Going any less than 82 games per season will screw any young phenomenal players from entering the GOAT conversation, because it will always go back to how Jordan and Lebron got the same numbers in more games. Very unfair.
I see what you did there. Keeping LeGM's name in the GOAT convo huh? Don't deny it, cause you just did it
Shorten the season & add more teams to the playoffs.. the casual fan only pays attention to the playoffs anyway. And most ppl rather watch meaningful basketball.
This is RJ's greatest moment as a commentator and it's gonna be tough for him to top this. To say he went off doesn't even come close to how badly he really wanted to go off on them.
Perkin's bit at the end cracked me up 😂😂
I fell off my chair🤣🤣
It's the equivalent of "I'll have the same as him"
RJ took the words out his mouth 😆🤣
Nuff said!!
The NBA does SO MUCH for their players, and players get paid millions to play. They even made the game softer. No disrespect, but the fact that there's even a consideration for a shorter season in the NBA is ludicrous. I'm gonna leave it at that because Jefferson articulated the aforementioned better than anyone I've heard. It sounds to me however that Silver is indirectly saying no if I'm going to read between the lines.
The Game isn't Softer.. The Game is faster.. but I do agree with the rest of what you saying..
Millions and hundreds of millions. They get to call a game their career, they are great at no question. Money is there incentive!
NBA has become Mr sensitive.
We live in a Hustle Culture. It is encouraged for people to make money by gaming the system through non traditional means. Players recognize this and I commend the players for being great businessmen taking advantage of the situation.
@@kenrickeason game is definitely softer LOL
@@kenrickeason faster in what sense?? games take longer because they are dragged out with play reviews, timeouts, arguing with refs, ads, etc.
The NBA season is way too long just from a saturation point of view, too many games. Injuries aside, the regular season is just insignificant. .
Use your bench and G League players, if you can't develop players its your fault keep wearing out your stars
@@itsfootballnotsoccer732 yea but the league doesn't like that either. 'load management' and all that. It's an absurd amount of games regardless
Commissioner Silver, Respectfully asking, since WHEN do we work COLLECTIVELY with the 30 teams together?
PREACH THIS MAN RICHARD JEFFERSON SPEAKING FACTS HE KNOW ESPECIALLY WHEN HE PLAYED WITH THE CAVS
why with the cavs specifically? is that when you started watching basketball? hes been on a couple other teams too...where he was a lot better and the olympic team too
@@user-vl4cf3wv3r "especially when he played with the Cavs", I think he refers to the fact that with the Cavs he reached the finals pretty much every single year. With that said, the amount of games were a lot.
Perk’s take was spot on: “Carry On”
Hahahaha
Instead of shortening the Season. How about we extended the Season while keeping the games played the same. It eliminates back to back games and makes it easier for players.
And don't play in the playoffs immediately after finishing the season
cant do that because of TV deals with other professional sports. Professional sports seasons happen when they do for a reason. It stops cities from having too much conjunction and traffic in a given area or part of cities due to amount of people attending events, along with stops overlapping TV deals so all teams in a city or state can be televised without overlapping for their fan base
“we don’t have time to see our families cause the season is too long”
The season is only 174 days long OCT 24th - April 3. 82 games/ 174 days there playing a game 47% of the days they almost have a game every other day.
Keep the 82-game season. Make the First Round of the Playoffs a Best-of-Five again. A lot of key players tend to get injured on the 1st Round. 1st Round of the Playoffs should not last that long.
No take away the play in. It's retarded and the playoffs should be you're in or you're out. Make the players want to actually play for something
No reason to have a 7 game series with a number 8 seed vs 1 seed !
I’ve been saying this forever!
The heck, it's just 2 more games. If you can't handle 2 extra games then you're just soft.
@@freedomstar3814 Well if the 1st seed team is really better than the 8th they should win in 4 or 5 games anyway.
if they shorten the season, it’ll officially be impossible to beat the 73-9 record
who has it? bulls?
@@sooparticular get out
@@sooparticular bulls used to be 72-10. Warriors beat it in 2016 73-9
True but ya could just look at win %
@@genet23 OF WHERE BULLS ARE THE GREATEST ALL TIME WARRIORS CANT EVEN BEAT BOSTON SON
What people like Richard aren’t understanding, is that it’s about ratings. More games = less attention to the regular season. The playoffs are a season unto their own. I stopped watching the regular seasons because most relevant teams make it to the postseason, and it’s so long itself. The NFL has 17 games and everybody is tuned into every game. Baseball has 160 and it’s absurd. Shorten the seasons to 45 games and watch how intense and insane every game becomes.
"No impact" I mean the finals, Conference Finals, and most of the playoffs had massive injuries in them as I recall.
Thank you Richard. That’s why these guys get paid millions of dollars and this is what separates you’re physical abilities from the rest of the us normal people.
I love how they were fanning him with the paper. And he is right, it's the current group that wants to be coddled. I think teams should try to add some depth and although it will lead to a slightly diminished product, I think it will still benefit more than detract.
I think the Lebron, KD, Kyrie generation is the worst about it. You rarely see Giannis, Luka or Tatum ever complain
Khawi Leonard literally doesn't pay a full season
Like ever
Honestly couldn’t care less about what the players want, no popular NBA player has actually asked for a shortened season to be fair. I think it should be shortened to make the NBA exciting again. It’s so predictable, most regular season games don’t mean anything, it gets repetitive and boring watching your team play 3-4 times a week. Give the fans a chance to miss the sport a little!
This is exactly why the NFL blows the NBA out in ratings and views, because even regular season games are intense and exciting because they mean more. With less games I also feel like there is a much higher chance of upsets and unpredictability. With the NBA you can guess one of 3 teams to win the championship right now and be fairly accurate, with the NFL it’s genuinely anyone’s game.
This isn’t the nhl where you don’t have adequate staff or the mlb where you’re forced to play back 2 back. I think the league has done a good job of eliminating all potential barriers that derail a basketball player. Well said RJ
You ever heard of a SEGABABA or FIGASENI?
Say what you want about the NHL, but at least their players are not made of glass
NHL are tough and harder to win a Stanley cup then NBA Title
@@MW-hz4ix Yeah what a weird comment when this very season had any number of back to backs. The only thing they got rid of was the nightmare 3 games in a row like they had following the 1999 work stoppage.
@@Brunostegmann574 Thats not even up for debate, players play through all types of injuries to get their hands on the Stanley cup
Kobe Bryant played the rest of the 2010 Playoffs after suffering a bone fragment injury in his foot. Kevin McHale had a broken foot from January of 1987 season and played through to the rest of the season, including the NBA Finals. Joel freaking Embiid, a player TODAY plays through torn thumb ligament and broken face.
Injuries have been and always will be a part of the game. It's only an issue now because most (not all) of the players today take rest off on minor injuries instead of playing through it which is what older players did, and players who actually care about winning, does.
I thought that kobe injury was year or 2 later. I'm probably thinking of his Achilles injury
The game is harder now. Harder on the body. More quick paced. And it is actually good that these players take rest on injuries. You are not supposed to play with injuries. Plus statistically, more and more people are getting more and more injured all over the world.
@@kalindisharma1632 meanwhile, the NFL added an extra regular season game last year
@@sdmurphy20 the NFL is terrible for players lmao. NBA definitely shouldn't try and follow them
@@bruj2444 yeah, the last thing they need is more games smh lol
Truest part was, if the season is 70 games *for everyone* then players will still sit out the same PERCENTAGE of those games to be "fresh for the playoffs", or tanking for draft picks.
The NBA lost me at giving players incentives to play the game of basketball. Gonna have hard time selling that to a public who pays large sums of money to watch you.