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NBA Summer League - 40 minute games

They intentionally want to keep summer league as a B-grade product, so they give it a B-grade game length

Maybe when they finally allow unlimited imports the players will be fit enough to run out a 48 minute game

^ Exhibit A

I don't get it either. Who doesn't want 8 minutes of bonus basketball? Yet those same people probably get all excited about overtime.

There is a strangely fervent group of 48 minute haters which makes them say and argue stupid things. It's baffling.

Haha #875 apparently everything was backwards until the magical 40 minutes came about.

"Improvement was well underway before any of those things happened."

No way. Was only going backwards before those things happened.

But not at the pace once those things listed above happened.

The conundrum is 48minute games are so much better value live where you can offer a better product albeit crowd may be tired earlier in games (more game time left when their enthusiasm is beginning to drop) whilst NBA games are proof that 48 minutes can drag on.

Nah stuff it I want 48 minute games so we can showcase our superstars for longer

That isn't due to 40 mins though.

It was NBL going from BA back to private, Wildcats moving to Perth Arena, NZ and Melb Utd to larger arenas and finally LK coming board.

It just took a few seasons for the fans to adjust. Once they did they came flocking back because the compact 40 minute format is much better because fewer bench minutes are needed. Plus it works better for tv. It is better in every way other than for the dumbarses who think a higher total score means a better game. Those idiots would probably prefer 80 minute games so that someone can crack 200.

No, they didn't. NBL wasn't watched when 48 became 40. It was actually the low point of the league as BA had taken control - hence 40. The clubs soon found out it's better to be a private league. You're mis remembering the timeline.

"NBL has gone through the roof since it went to 40 minutes, shame it took them so long to realise what a successful change it would be ;-)"

That's due to LK.

Imagine LK era plus 48, would be perfect combo. NBL 48 minute game didn't have crazy amount of timeouts like NBA so it was perfect. Sigh.

""Those 48 minutes stretch longer than ever now, [with] approximately 967 timeouts that interrupt any given nationally televised game.""

That part is especially true for me. It changes an otherwise average NBA game to be extremely tedious to watch.

So there's that, for the NBL haters who say "the scoring is so low compared to NBA".

The NBA is 48 minutes though. I mean comparing NBL to summer league is probably still being nice to the NBL, but you can’t ckmpare the scores of two leagues with different timing.

Nnanna Egwu is playing for Detroit!

NBL was so entertaining in the 48 minute era.

The worst thing are people on here who don't admit it.

Ewww 40. LK get onto reversing this please. It ruined stats too.

Yes, and the nbl play defence.

Tell it to the people who don't think it's bad NBL went from 48 to 40mins.