NBA considering week-long All-Star break

[Stress Fracture]

Per the AFP

The NBA is considering extending its annual all-star game break from three days to a full week so players have a longer mid-season rest, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Saturday.

Citing an unnamed NBA source, the newspaper reported that the plan would give players seven days off in mid-February but increase the number of back-to-back games played during the rest of the season by one or two per club.

The newspaper said the league is using the week-long gap model when planning its schedule, which will be released next month after a delay so television partners can adjust to changes such as the blockbuster move of LeBron James from Miami to Cleveland and plan accordingly.

[Andrew]

The extra back-to-backs kind of defeat the purpose, but the NBA season being the marathon that it is, it seems like a good idea for their welfare nevertheless.

[shadowgrin]

More games for Pop to sit out his key players then.

[Patr1ck]

I think the vacation is a good idea. So teams play one or two extra back to back games. I think it's worth it. It gets all players and coaches some R&R, assuming they aren't going to fill up All Star Week with events every day.

[Sauru]

i think its a good idea if the extra back to back games happen before the all star break.