I was watching the game between the Thunder and Grizzlies on Wednesday night, and I heard a player in an interview make a reference to the playoffs as their "second season."
Just struck me, because for the longest time, since maybe the mid to late nineties, I've felt that the NBA playoffs were entirely too long. It seems every year that David Stern is adding an extra day of rest in each playoff series. I don't get it. Why is it that the NHL can play the same 82 game season, finish around the same time, and start their playoffs days before the NBA?
When I was younger, and paid a lot closer attention to the NBA playoffs, they wouldn't rest nearly as much. During each series, they would play the two games, rest, travel, play three games, travel and play two games. There was no day of rest between every game, and it didn't seem like the playoffs went all the way into June.
The current format has made some series unappealing and takes some of the drama out of the playoffs. The rating seem to keep dropping every year, and who could blame viewers? When you have to wait days to see consecutive games from one series, where is the appeal?
Link to Playoff Schedule
I consider myself to be a below average television watcher. I watch shows I'm very adamant about and sports; other than that I could really care less. With that said, I can't sit through a commercial break of The Simpsons without losing so much interest that I forget what I'm watching, and the NBA expects me to pan through a 2 day lay off for back to back games in Orlando...
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