Comments on: Winderman: The lesson is the regular season is overrated

By: hater

hater — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:26:57 +0000

Jordan played in ’95.

By: Arp

Arp — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:43:44 +0000

Isn’t this the end result of a season which ends in playoffs which seem like the “best of 247″ games? The playoffs seem longer than the season. Jeez!

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:37:49 +0000

@bostonsportsfan
Baseball and basketball are such different sports that you can’t lump their regular seasons in the same type of category. Baseball is a roster of 25 guys that all contribute and often the lesser skilled team can win any given game, which is why a lengthy season is needed to distinguish the 8 best teams. Basketball is a team sport with what 14 guys? Of which only about 8 contribute in a league where half the teams make the playoffs. That is the reason why the NBA season doesn’t mean much. How much harder do you think they would play if only 8 teams made the playoffs?

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:47:46 +0000

This is one of the many reasons for my Love/Hate relationship with the NBA. Teams are only as good as their best 1-3 players. During the regular season, coaches routinely sit their best players to keep them fresh and to avoid injury. Once the postseason comes around (which is pretty difficult to miss), you see teams that were so-so playing like champions. I never doubted the Celtics. Injuries aside, they have 3 (probably 4) Hall of Famers in their starting 5. There’s never been a team like that in NBA history that HASN’T at least one a ring or two.

By: BostonSportsFan

BostonSportsFan — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:46:29 +0000

isn’t this true of all sports. I don’t think that 181 games of MLB really proves anything. Could cut it in half and be at the same place. In hockey everyone has always known that playoff hockey is a completely different game then the regular season, they even have different rules for overtime playoff hockey. As a celtics fan it is pretty discouraging that the regular season meant nothing, and wasn’t always played with 100% effort. I don’t see me paying for a regular season celtics game again (and I paid for 24 games this season). That will be the only thing to change this trend, fans stop paying for tickets to games where the players don’t try. The whole culture is disgraceful.