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[QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 3402991, member: 652"]
They aren’t going to just 16 teams. When they come back.
The NBA wants to save as much revenue as they can.
NBA teams local contracts require 70 games be made available to each local market to satisfy for those contracts.
Because the 16 playoff teams first round playoff games would be included in those numbers those 16 teams would be fine.

The other 14 teams need to play whatever gets them to 70 games so the salary cap and revenues don’t drop as much as it’s already going too.
This is why the negotiations are taking time unlike the NHL.

The NHL just ended it’s season and didn’t need these games.
NBA teams and players need to renegotiate an agreement for all 30 teams to fulfill their local contracts.
It’s why the biggest obstacle right now is the Golden State Warriors who don’t want to come back and the NBA determining how to create whatever structure they are going to for the playoffs.

The Warriors have a large local TV agreement but they don’t want to come back and other teams like Portland want a fair process.
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