J. Kyle Mann

I think everyone even knows that those are the only reasons we're clinging to that.

Leave aside the wear and tear on players, travel, all of that.

If a team like Utah starts a 65 game season, 12 and nine, you're a third of the way through it.

Your fans are not going to allow you to parachute out of a season like that.

You might say, well, what happens if a good team starts five and 10?

Are they more likely to actually pull the ripcord and tank in a shorter season?

I actually think that's less common than the first version of a bad team that starts well.

Good teams that are built to win are not giving up because they start five and 10.

Look at the Clippers this year.

They've saved their whole entire season.

I think, I think a shorter schedule has got to be part of this discussion.

And the last thing I do, go ahead.

Sorry.

It's literally every night.

Yeah.

It's almost every night.

Um, and obviously the, the other thing that makes the NBA unique and uniquely susceptible to this is that one player makes so much of a difference compared to other sports.

My last thing is my favorite fun proposal I've gotten from someone in the league is the NBA's version of the papal conclave.

And I'm just going to, I'm just going to read it out because I think it's so good.

Yeah.