According to a report from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel's Ira Winderman, the NBA is ready to extend the league's All-Star break from a extra-long weekend to a full-week break. It also appears the league's schedule manipulations are already underway.
"That's the model they're using right now while they're filling in the schedule," an NBA source told Winderman on Friday. "Could they go back and use some of those dates if needed? That's possible. But the week off looks like what's going to happen."
This potential midseason change falls in line with the talks that NBA commissioner Adam Silver had with stars during the last All-Star break.
According to Silver, LeBron James was very interested in an extended break, as ESPN.com's Marc Stein wrote in February:
One of the issues LeBron raised is a break during All-Star [Weekend]. A guy like LeBron, All-Star Weekend is not a break for him in any way. He's going around the clock with a combination of things the league is asking him to do, personal commitments, and I think it makes sense if we can work in the schedule a few days so the All-Stars can get a break as well ...
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NBA Reportedly Considering Extending Length of All-Star Break
July 26th, 2014 by Nate Loop Leave a reply »
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