2026 NBA Season

[OgNasty]

How about the idea of the NBA commissioner himself reducing each quarter from 12 minutes to 10 minutes.

Do you agree on his points about this, you can watch it here: https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1884742335843754349

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It will be a huge change for the NBA itself, but being a fan since the Jordan era, I do not like what Adam is putting here, doesn't make sense just to be consistent with the TV habits?

It's debatable. On the one hand, reducing the time of quarters to 10 minutes has a positive effect in that it will noticeably reduce the stress on the players during a regular season, and, consequently, some players won't be so injury-prone as it is now. On the other hand, 12-minute quarters are what has always distinguished the NBA from other leagues. It also gives more opportunities for some players to showcase themselves on the court and for teams to score a lot of points per game.

I don’t like this idea at all. It will change basically all of the statistics and make it so that future players won’t be compared nearly the same as those that came before them. I say rather than try to shorten the games (if this is about player safety) they should shorten the season down to 75 games and get rid of back to backs. That way per game averages aren’t effected while players that have 20+ year careers aren’t blowing away all the old heads in career stats.

[Yaunfitda]

How about the idea of the NBA commissioner himself reducing each quarter from 12 minutes to 10 minutes.

Do you agree on his points about this, you can watch it here: https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1884742335843754349

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It will be a huge change for the NBA itself, but being a fan since the Jordan era, I do not like what Adam is putting here, doesn't make sense just to be consistent with the TV habits?

It's debatable. On the one hand, reducing the time of quarters to 10 minutes has a positive effect in that it will noticeably reduce the stress on the players during a regular season, and, consequently, some players won't be so injury-prone as it is now. On the other hand, 12-minute quarters are what has always distinguished the NBA from other leagues. It also gives more opportunities for some players to showcase themselves on the court and for teams to score a lot of points per game.

I don’t like this idea at all. It will change basically all of the statistics and make it so that future players won’t be compared nearly the same as those that came before them. I say rather than try to shorten the games (if this is about player safety) they should shorten the season down to 75 games and get rid of back to backs. That way per game averages aren’t effected while players that have 20+ year careers aren’t blowing away all the old heads in career stats.

The commissioner said it himself, that the records are not going to be the say and so for most fans I think this is not a good idea at all. Just like what he did during the All Star games, we are used to see East vs West and then he changes the format and they are a lot of fans who doesn't like it and some players too. And so just look at the attendance, the regulars games, the All Star games numbers are going down. If they can think of how they are going to lessen the games instead of having a 10 minute per quarter, then it might help the players to lessen injuries.

[btc_angela]

How about the idea of the NBA commissioner himself reducing each quarter from 12 minutes to 10 minutes.

Do you agree on his points about this, you can watch it here: https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1884742335843754349

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It will be a huge change for the NBA itself, but being a fan since the Jordan era, I do not like what Adam is putting here, doesn't make sense just to be consistent with the TV habits?

It's debatable. On the one hand, reducing the time of quarters to 10 minutes has a positive effect in that it will noticeably reduce the stress on the players during a regular season, and, consequently, some players won't be so injury-prone as it is now. On the other hand, 12-minute quarters are what has always distinguished the NBA from other leagues. It also gives more opportunities for some players to showcase themselves on the court and for teams to score a lot of points per game.

Lessen the grueling 82 regular season games, it's good that they have the all star as a break for those who are injured or healing their body and not involved in the game itself. But reducing the time quarters will not add anymore excitement in the games.

Right now the style is purely shooting and no more defense, and if so they reduce it, for sure coach are going to design picks that will benefit more of the shooter.

So I do not see that this should be debatable, Adam should not even mentioned it period and it should not be change, in my opinion.

[LogitechMouse]

How about the idea of the NBA commissioner himself reducing each quarter from 12 minutes to 10 minutes.

Do you agree on his points about this, you can watch it here: https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1884742335843754349

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It will be a huge change for the NBA itself, but being a fan since the Jordan era, I do not like what Adam is putting here, doesn't make sense just to be consistent with the TV habits?

It's debatable. On the one hand, reducing the time of quarters to 10 minutes has a positive effect in that it will noticeably reduce the stress on the players during a regular season, and, consequently, some players won't be so injury-prone as it is now. On the other hand, 12-minute quarters are what has always distinguished the NBA from other leagues. It also gives more opportunities for some players to showcase themselves on the court and for teams to score a lot of points per game.

Lessen the grueling 82 regular season games, it's good that they have the all star as a break for those who are injured or healing their body and not involved in the game itself. But reducing the time quarters will not add anymore excitement in the games.

Right now the style is purely shooting and no more defense, and if so they reduce it, for sure coach are going to design picks that will benefit more of the shooter.

So I do not see that this should be debatable, Adam should not even mentioned it period and it should not be change, in my opinion.

Speaking of defense, I really missed the time where everybody is focusing more on defense rather than offense.
I missed the 2004 Pistons where they excel on defense and their opponents rarely reaches a hundred points. Those Pistons are the Pistons where they will lock in on their opponent and will defend them as hard as possible.

I agree with what you said that the league right now focuses more on offense rather than defense. Where is the quote "offense wins games, defense wins championships" is now? I don't know who to blame on the current situation of NBA right now (or is there anybody to blame TBH), but they need to make some changes... and I mean drastic changes so that the league will be as popular as that of other sports.

As for what the Commissioner said, I would rather reduce the number of total games rather than changing the minutes per quarter like what others said here. That would give players time to condition themselves therefore, lesser the chances of injury, and that will eradicate back-to-back games for teams which is very tiring if you will ask me.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

How about the idea of the NBA commissioner himself reducing each quarter from 12 minutes to 10 minutes.

Do you agree on his points about this, you can watch it here: https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1884742335843754349

~

It will be a huge change for the NBA itself, but being a fan since the Jordan era, I do not like what Adam is putting here, doesn't make sense just to be consistent with the TV habits?

It's debatable. On the one hand, reducing the time of quarters to 10 minutes has a positive effect in that it will noticeably reduce the stress on the players during a regular season, and, consequently, some players won't be so injury-prone as it is now. On the other hand, 12-minute quarters are what has always distinguished the NBA from other leagues. It also gives more opportunities for some players to showcase themselves on the court and for teams to score a lot of points per game.

Lessen the grueling 82 regular season games, it's good that they have the all star as a break for those who are injured or healing their body and not involved in the game itself. But reducing the time quarters will not add anymore excitement in the games.

Right now the style is purely shooting and no more defense, and if so they reduce it, for sure coach are going to design picks that will benefit more of the shooter.

So I do not see that this should be debatable, Adam should not even mentioned it period and it should not be change, in my opinion.

Speaking of defense, I really missed the time where everybody is focusing more on defense rather than offense.
I missed the 2004 Pistons where they excel on defense and their opponents rarely reaches a hundred points. Those Pistons are the Pistons where they will lock in on their opponent and will defend them as hard as possible.

I agree with what you said that the league right now focuses more on offense rather than defense. Where is the quote "offense wins games, defense wins championships" is now? I don't know who to blame on the current situation of NBA right now (or is there anybody to blame TBH), but they need to make some changes... and I mean drastic changes so that the league will be as popular as that of other sports.

As for what the Commissioner said, I would rather reduce the number of total games rather than changing the minutes per quarter like what others said here. That would give players time to condition themselves therefore, lesser the chances of injury, and that will eradicate back-to-back games for teams which is very tiring if you will ask me.

Yeah, those era are long gone, the games have change, there's no team that play defense now and everyone was a high scoring team. Like you said, Detroit even beat the Lakers with their defense and it was the first time the Shaq was able to be guarded by 6'10 monster in Ben Wallace.

But I will agree and for sure OG NBA fans will agree on that, that they should lessen the games, and don't schedule back to back games as obviously tired legs are not going to win games for any team. Even most of the great basketball teams suffered from that pacing.

[arwin100]

How about the idea of the NBA commissioner himself reducing each quarter from 12 minutes to 10 minutes.

Do you agree on his points about this, you can watch it here: https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1884742335843754349

~

It will be a huge change for the NBA itself, but being a fan since the Jordan era, I do not like what Adam is putting here, doesn't make sense just to be consistent with the TV habits?

It's debatable. On the one hand, reducing the time of quarters to 10 minutes has a positive effect in that it will noticeably reduce the stress on the players during a regular season, and, consequently, some players won't be so injury-prone as it is now. On the other hand, 12-minute quarters are what has always distinguished the NBA from other leagues. It also gives more opportunities for some players to showcase themselves on the court and for teams to score a lot of points per game.

I don’t like this idea at all. It will change basically all of the statistics and make it so that future players won’t be compared nearly the same as those that came before them. I say rather than try to shorten the games (if this is about player safety) they should shorten the season down to 75 games and get rid of back to backs. That way per game averages aren’t effected while players that have 20+ year careers aren’t blowing away all the old heads in career stats.

Knowing the players chasing to have good numbers to put up each game and maybe this give certain pressure for them to double up their efforts since there's less time for them to provide their usual performance contributed to their teams.

So maybe its really more better if they eliminate those back to back games and make sure that teams are well rested before they play their next game.

Also I don't think the league alone should find the solution since the teams itself need to make sure that they are following the strength and conditioning of their players also monitor their diets so that they can possibly avoid those horrific injuries then can make sure that their players can possibly available on each games they play.

[Baofeng]

Vintage Warriors performance against the best team in the West. In the first half, I thought that it was over as OKC has built a good lead and then no one can stop SGA. He just go on a rampage and if I'm not mistaken, scored 30+ points in the first two quarter. But the Warrior is not done yet, as Curry tries to lead the team, without Green and Kuminga.

And in the last 2 minutes of the game, Curry hits a dagger 3 and then Wiggins added another one.

But that GP2 posterized dunks really seals the win for the Warriors 116-109.

[fullhdpixel]

Your thoughts ?

The San Antonio Spurs are the “preferred destination” for De'Aaron Fox who could possibly be traded by the Feb 6 deadline (via ESPN)

this is a big addition to the Spurs nation if they will acquire FOX! but who will be the sacrifice? Dearon is a superstar, they need to send some big pieces to complete the puzzle on this trade!

--- Kings is in good roster now, they should keep Fox!

Well, we all know Wemby is untouchable, as long as Wemby is ok with staying at Spurs, nobody else will be getting him, Spurs will keep him, and they will offer him max contract at all times and will want him to retire on their team, unless he declines contract and leaves one day, but until then, Spurs will never trade him.

Aside from him, Spurs doesn't really have any player that isn't tradeable, everyone else is on the table and I am pretty sure that if Fox is on the play, then Spurs would trade anyone else they want, they are willing to discuss all the players they have except Wemby, and Kings could figure out a way.

Plus, I am pretty sure Spurs hold some good picks as well, which means Kings could get picks and start rebuilding too.

[danherbias07]

How about the idea of the NBA commissioner himself reducing each quarter from 12 minutes to 10 minutes.

Do you agree on his points about this, you can watch it here: https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1884742335843754349



It will be a huge change for the NBA itself, but being a fan since the Jordan era, I do not like what Adam is putting here, doesn't make sense just to be consistent with the TV habits?

I do not like it either. The game is already faster thanks to the new rule of "running time". It's just that more teams are relying on offense which is why the scores are still high.
Now if he changes the time limit of each quarter, I bet it will be harder to break records because they will now lack the time to do so, and let's face it, the popularity of the NBA has become interesting in today's era because of many players breaking records after records. They want to see their superstar achieving greatness and comparing it to old superstars. Even now, the comparison of Lebron and Jordan has never ended. The talk about the GOAT is still there.
He will just ruin the sport. He should focus on finding ways to make the All-Star promising again. Not the regular games. It's fixed, no need for more fixing.

[wheelz1200]

Knicks rolling lately.  Just cleaned up the kings, grizzlies by 40 and denver last night.  Pretty convincingly each game too.  I know not a lot of people are talking about them in terms of championship contenders but i know no team wants to match up against them in a 7 game series.  They will be a tough out.

[OgNasty]

Knicks rolling lately.  Just cleaned up the kings, grizzlies by 40 and denver last night.  Pretty convincingly each game too.  I know not a lot of people are talking about them in terms of championship contenders but i know no team wants to match up against them in a 7 game series.  They will be a tough out.

Their trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves could end up going down as one of the biggest fleeces in NBA history.  Minnesota thought that Karl Anthony Towns lacked the fire that Anthony Edwards had and that was holding Ant back.  In reality, KAT was opening the floor for Ant and keeping him from being doubled.  Julius Randle isn't doing those things and it is resulting in the Timberwolves struggling when they should be next up for a championship.  Meanwhile, the Knicks took advantage and got themselves one of the best big men in the game without giving up all that much.

[xLays]

Knicks rolling lately.  Just cleaned up the kings, grizzlies by 40 and denver last night.  Pretty convincingly each game too.  I know not a lot of people are talking about them in terms of championship contenders but i know no team wants to match up against them in a 7 game series.  They will be a tough out.

But whenever I bet on them they always lose. That’s why I don’t bet on the Knicks anymore—they’re not consistent. Even against weak teams they can unexpectedly lose. But it looks like they’re sure bet to make the playoffs again this year, and hopefully, their roster stays healthy for the whole season. However, I have my doubts because when it comes to the playoffs, their players are always dealing with injuries due to their playing time.

[Dave1]

Thanks, pretty much the majority didn't like what the commissioner is proposing, and I do hope that they are not going to do that while he was still in the office. Probably he could be the most dislike NBA commissioner ever if this comes true.

As for the Knicks, yeah, they have been cooking lately, and even without KAT in their lineup, they are blowing off their opponents with a huge margin. And partly though it might attributed to them getting rid of Randle as I didn't see him fit or have a chemistry with Jalen Bronson when he arrived in the Knicks. And it's a good move for the Knicks to get rid of the problem early.

[dwyane36]

Knicks rolling lately.  Just cleaned up the kings, grizzlies by 40 and denver last night.  Pretty convincingly each game too.  I know not a lot of people are talking about them in terms of championship contenders but i know no team wants to match up against them in a 7 game series.  They will be a tough out.

Their trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves could end up going down as one of the biggest fleeces in NBA history.  Minnesota thought that Karl Anthony Towns lacked the fire that Anthony Edwards had and that was holding Ant back.  In reality, KAT was opening the floor for Ant and keeping him from being doubled.  Julius Randle isn't doing those things and it is resulting in the Timberwolves struggling when they should be next up for a championship.  Meanwhile, the Knicks took advantage and got themselves one of the best big men in the game without giving up all that much.

Yeah, the Wolves management screwed up badly when they decided to trade KAT. And it looks like this trade has motivated KAT quite well, considering that he's performing better in a Knicks uniform compared to how he performed in a Wolves uniform for the last 2 seasons. But in the case of Randle, the opposite is true. His stats after the trade are worse than it was before.

[xzone]

Finally the allstar squads have been announced. Damian Lillard, Darius Garland, Jaylen Brown, Cade Cunningham, Tyler Herro, Evan Mobley, Pascal Siakam, Anthony Edwards, Anthony Davis, James Harden, Jaren Jackson Jr., Alperen Şengün, Jalen Williams and Victor Wembanyama are the names of the allstar squad as reserve players.

I am very happy that Alperen Şengün, who had a great season this year, was selected as an all star. I am sure that he will add great color to the match and play a very good game with the assists he will provide. It will be a match to be watched with pleasure after a long time, let's see if we can enjoy it as in previous years in the new format

[btc_angela]

Knicks rolling lately.  Just cleaned up the kings, grizzlies by 40 and denver last night.  Pretty convincingly each game too.  I know not a lot of people are talking about them in terms of championship contenders but i know no team wants to match up against them in a 7 game series.  They will be a tough out.

Their trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves could end up going down as one of the biggest fleeces in NBA history.  Minnesota thought that Karl Anthony Towns lacked the fire that Anthony Edwards had and that was holding Ant back.  In reality, KAT was opening the floor for Ant and keeping him from being doubled.  Julius Randle isn't doing those things and it is resulting in the Timberwolves struggling when they should be next up for a championship.  Meanwhile, the Knicks took advantage and got themselves one of the best big men in the game without giving up all that much.

Yeah, the Wolves management screwed up badly when they decided to trade KAT. And it looks like this trade has motivated KAT quite well, considering that he's performing better in a Knicks uniform compared to how he performed in a Wolves uniform for the last 2 seasons. But in the case of Randle, the opposite is true. His stats after the trade are worse than it was before.

It's really a one sided trade to be honest, Randle just came from injury as well, perhaps what the Wolves expect is that he might be a total compliment with ANT, but it was the opposite. KAT was also producing great numbers with them, but they finally decided to keep Naz Reid instead of KAT and now, it's haunting them.

KAT is averaging close to 25 points, so that is huge enough for the Knicks as they have Jalen Brunson and other relative unknown player but they know their roles that's why the Knicks is really on a roll lately.

[TravelMug]

Knicks rolling lately.  Just cleaned up the kings, grizzlies by 40 and denver last night.  Pretty convincingly each game too.  I know not a lot of people are talking about them in terms of championship contenders but i know no team wants to match up against them in a 7 game series.  They will be a tough out.

Their trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves could end up going down as one of the biggest fleeces in NBA history.  Minnesota thought that Karl Anthony Towns lacked the fire that Anthony Edwards had and that was holding Ant back.  In reality, KAT was opening the floor for Ant and keeping him from being doubled.  Julius Randle isn't doing those things and it is resulting in the Timberwolves struggling when they should be next up for a championship.  Meanwhile, the Knicks took advantage and got themselves one of the best big men in the game without giving up all that much.

Yeah, the Wolves management screwed up badly when they decided to trade KAT. And it looks like this trade has motivated KAT quite well, considering that he's performing better in a Knicks uniform compared to how he performed in a Wolves uniform for the last 2 seasons. But in the case of Randle, the opposite is true. His stats after the trade are worse than it was before.

And to top it all up, they have two starters in the All Star, Jalen Brown and then you guess it, Karl Anthony Towns. So after being traded, he is enjoying his career best and now become a All Star starter.

For sure if you are a fan of the T'Wolves and seeing your former star having a great career after he moves out, you might really think that it's unfair and obviously you will have to blame the management for letting him go and then becoming a great player on the other team.

[OgNasty]

Bronny James got himself a nice bucket and an and 1 today. His defender thought they were switching on the screen but his teammate didn’t switch and Bronny got a wide open layup but another defender decided to reach and sent him to the line. That’s where Bronny, while shooting free throws to MVP chants (for real) became tied for the highest free throw shooting percentage in NBA history.

[Yaunfitda]

Bronny James got himself a nice bucket and an and 1 today. His defender thought they were switching on the screen but his teammate didn’t switch and Bronny got a wide open layup but another defender decided to reach and sent him to the line. That’s where Bronny, while shooting free throws to MVP chants (for real) became tied for the highest free throw shooting percentage in NBA history.

It's obvious that the fans are trolling Bronny,

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e33lCV3JIxs

But in any case this might inspire Bronny though to play even harder. To think that fans are cheering for him because of his "talent", and not just the son of a legend. But still a long way to go for him though and we can only hope that he can live up to the hype and improve his skills as he mature in the NBA.

Lakers still holding strong at that 5th spot before the All star Break and it could be a good sign that Reddick is a better coach that Ham at this point.

[Webetcoins]

The reducing of time is a big deal, because it is taking everything that we have seen as records into play as well. I mean if you are a person who had the most rebounds in a game, you did it with 8 more minutes, if you are the guy with most threes in a game, you did it with 8 more minutes, if you had a 20-20-20 triple double, you did that with 8 minutes.

Any statistic that you look at, it would be 8 more minutes in the past, and 8 less minutes on the future. This is why I am not sure if I agree with that move, it looks like it would be bad for statistic reasons. I get that NBA is getting a lot less minutes, but the way to get more viewers is not dropping the minutes, it would be maybe keeping the game more fun, no idea how, but that is what they should be doing.