Rejoice NBA fans, as the new 2017-18 season will tip off 10 days sooner than the last, slated to start on Oct. 17, according to commissioner Adam Silver, via Tim Bontemps of the Washington Post.
This is the latest of the changes made by The Association along with tan earlier NBA trade deadline and the shave in total timeouts in a game, both announced earlier today as team representatives met on Tuesday to discuss these issues.
Silver has been aggressive at making these changes and getting the regular season to start earlier will only help ease the burden of back-to-back games and potential four games in five nights for all teams — one that can have a direct result in how and when teams choose to sit out their main players throughout the season.
These 10 days would allow the league to better space out scheduled matchups and reduce fatigue for all the players, making road trips, especially, less strenuous for athletes competing in a near-nightly basis.
Silver has nailed issues of immediate importance, but reportedly has not considered giving the top 16 teams in the NBA a playoff spot, according to Howard Beck of Bleacher Report — a proposal that has been long put up for grabs to make the postseason a more just proposition to those teams that could merit a spot.
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