NBA Scheduling News. The NBA schedule is typically released in August and Zach Lowe has a little news on the subject:
Draft of NBA schedule circulating among teams. Sources say 4-games-in-5-nights nearly eliminated in that draft version.
— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) August 3, 2015
Several important things come of this. First, more rest typically correlates to fewer injuries, which is good for everybody.
Second, less game intensive stretches mean that teams that are prone to resting healthy players (like San Antonio and Miami), may have their aging stars missing fewer games.