J. Kyle Mann

I think this is where, again, the intent is impossible to legislate.

And there are no clear bright lines other than, JV, like you're saying, if you want to institute some kind of rule about multiple years, I think that makes sense.

But what does that even mean?

Well, let me ask you this, Justin.

You're a human being living in the world in 2026, ostensibly.

I was going to say, let's quibble.

Do you think there is any company at all making any kind of consumer product that is actually trying to make it better for us right now?

That's not what they do.

The NBA cares, by my eye, by their action, so much more about, like, can we start a splinter league in Europe as opposed to fixing the ways that the NBA itself is flawed?

Like...

It's just a money-making endeavor at the end of the day.

And like 82 games is a way to make more money than 66 games, at least guaranteed money based on the models that they understand.

Justin, we have a job covering the league.

What are you doing right now?

I'm open to any option, really.

I just think, as Kyle talked about, every action you take has a million splinter resulting actions that could be a real problem for the league in one way or another.

And I'm open to experimentation in this way.

I don't think you need to be beholden.

You can try something for a couple of years, and if it doesn't work, revert or change the system again.

This is sports.