NBA schedule length and player injuries
Subject in Basketball
NBA schedule length and player injuries has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Bill Simmons Podcast. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Kirk GoldsberryBasketball analytics writer and visual analyst, contributor to The Ringer
Goldsberry favors a balanced schedule modeled on the English Premier League.
“I prefer a balanced schedule. The EPL has it perfectly. Everybody plays everybody home and away”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Luka’s MVP Run, Curry’s Revival, NBA Roster Regrets, and a Bears Super Bowl Run With Kirk Goldsberry and Tom Pelissero (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 27:43
Goldsberry says the league recorded 60 injuries in the season's first 14 days, the most in his 15-year database.
“We had 60 injuries. That's the biggest in our 15-year database. Only narrowly passing last year, which was 58”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Luka’s MVP Run, Curry’s Revival, NBA Roster Regrets, and a Bears Super Bowl Run With Kirk Goldsberry and Tom Pelissero (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 21:48
Bill SimmonsSportswriter and founder of The Ringer, host of The Bill Simmons Podcast
Simmons opposes shortening games to 40 minutes, arguing the problem is the number of games rather than their length.
“To me, it's not a length of the game. It's the amount of games”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Luka’s MVP Run, Curry’s Revival, NBA Roster Regrets, and a Bears Super Bowl Run With Kirk Goldsberry and Tom Pelissero (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 25:48
Simmons argues the NBA should play a 70-game season and that virtually all players want a shorter season.
“And this should be a 70 game season. And if you talk to literally everybody who plays basketball, all of them would say the season needs to be shorter”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Luka’s MVP Run, Curry’s Revival, NBA Roster Regrets, and a Bears Super Bowl Run With Kirk Goldsberry and Tom Pelissero (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 22:27
Podcasts
- The Bill Simmons Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
Luka’s MVP Run, Curry’s Revival, NBA Roster Regrets, and a Bears Super Bowl Run With Kirk Goldsberry and Tom PelisseroThe Bill Simmons Podcast · Nov 3, 2026 · 2 h 9 min
Bill Simmons and Kirk Goldsberry discuss the NBA's youth shift, injuries and early-season takes, then Tom Pelissero joins to break down the Bears and NFL trade-deadline questions.