{"id":48290,"date":"2022-08-17T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=48290"},"modified":"2022-08-17T01:58:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T05:58:10","slug":"what-happened-to-the-nba-schedule-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2022\/08\/17\/what-happened-to-the-nba-schedule-release\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened to the NBA Schedule Release?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time of writing, the NBA&#8217;s schedule for the 2022-23 season is about to be released\u2026well, the rest of it, anyway.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As opposed to having the entire schedule release at once, Shams Charania and other prominent NBA reporters revealed when notable matchups are slated to take place, from the rematch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2022\/06\/02\/nba-finals-preview-2\/\" target=\"_self\">most recent Finals<\/a> to&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrade01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Dejounte Murray<\/strong><\/a> vs.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/banchpa01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Paolo Banchero<\/strong><\/a> (if you know, you know).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lakers writer Donny McHenry even revealed a staggering schedule stat:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We now know the exact date and opponent of 11 of the 82 regular season games for the Lakers<\/p>\n<p>What a foolish day <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/alLixD4af0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/alLixD4af0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Juca Johnson (@donny_mchenry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donny_mchenry\/status\/1559663211145740291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, what happened to all the fanfare regarding the NBA schedule release?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t have a concrete answer, but I can tell you this.\u00a0 This year, the league\u2019s reporters did not handle it well at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my view, leaking parts of the schedule was a terrible move by NBA media, because it took away the suspense of the marquee matchups to watch this year.\u00a0 Not to mention, the videos released by each team have become a fan-favorite trend and something I look forward to during the offseason.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though all of that is somewhat intact with this year\u2019s NBA calendar drop, it simply does not feel the same.\u00a0 I would have preferred that the journalists keep the information to themselves and release it after the teams announce it.\u00a0 In this case, we already know around 25% of the dates, leaving us all in anticipation of\u2026random matchups in the middle of February.\u00a0 Woohoo, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Next?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If this is a precedent set by NBA reporters, what is stopping other leagues from following suit?\u00a0 Could Adam Schefter leak the dates for the Rams vs. Bengals?\u00a0 Next year, is Ken Rosenthal going to pull the cat out of the bag and give us every date for Dodgers vs. Giants or Padres vs. Nationals?\u00a0 The aforementioned scenarios seem unlikely now, but soon, they could become the norm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019m sure the NBA reporters have their reasons for the leaks.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2022\/07\/27\/nba-offseason-questions\/\" target=\"_self\">The offseason<\/a> has been relatively dry for a while as the world waits for major trades to go through.\u00a0 However, it was not the best idea to go ahead and reveal the NBA calendar to the world.\u00a0 We want to find out about the games, but I\u2019m sure we\u2019d all rather a traditional schedule release instead of having leaks and replacing it with a negative precedent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the time of writing, the NBA&#8217;s schedule for the 2022-23 season is about to be released\u2026well, the rest of it, anyway.\u00a0As opposed to having the entire schedule release at once, Shams Charania and other prominent NBA reporters revealed when notable matchups are slated to take place, from the rematch of the 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