The grueling 82-game regular season schedule of all NBA teams is something that has taken a lot of criticism from both players and coaches alike. Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton is the latest to take a shot at the calendar with his latest tirade.

The 36-year-old rookie head coach is not at all pleased with how the schedule requires his team to travel considerable distances for a single game. This is in contrast to the common practice of playing several opposing teams during a single extended road trip. Take for instance the dreaded “Texas Triangle” which requires teams to face the Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs, and Houston Rockets, all located in the state of Texas, consecutively on their respective home floors.

As detailed by Tania Ganguli in her write-up for the LA Times, this revision has not proven to be beneficial for the Lakers this season. In their one-game trips to Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston, the team has lost all three games by considerable margins.

With yet another one-game trip scheduled on March 30 against the Minnesota Timberwolves, which will require the Lakers to fly over 3,000 miles back-and-forth, Walton questioned the logic behind the scheduling.

“A one-day trip to Minnesota is, I don’t get it,” said the head coach. “It doesn’t make sense. We’ve flown over Minnesota probably nine times already this season. One of those times let’s stop and play there and not sacrifice that much travel for one game.”

To be fair Walton did give some credit to the NBA for addressing the demanding schedule that undeniably takes its toll on all teams.

“All road games are tough in the league,” he added. “You prefer not to have to fly two times zones in three hours to do it for one game. They’re trying it out hopefully this year. I’ve talked to other coaches. They’re not happy with them either. Obviously the NBA’s not trying to do anything that’s bad for the players. It’s something new they tried.”

It is clear that Walton is not a supporter of this new initiative and it seems that a few other coaches in the league are in the same boat.