NBA: 10 biggest things to look forward to this season

#4 Wear and Tear

With a more forgiving schedule, I’m keen on player longevity and health. No more rest days for LeBron James and Co. especially on road games. Teams should be in full gear all season and perform at a high level consistently.

A great degree of serious injuries that are tied to the highly taxing regular season schedule will be reduced. All there’ll be is situational injuries (God forbid like most recently - Gordon Hayward's horrific leg injury).

There’ll be no excuses for losses related to the absence of key players.