I love this idea, can I be the one to do it! I think you would fit all the games, probably go mad. I reckon whoever did this though should get to select all the award winners, MVP ROY MIP as they have seen all the footage!

That sounds like a question for spreahsheet man.

For ease of calculation I've excluded finals from my calculation in order to get a ball park picture on feasibility and to determine whether a finals calc is required or whether a conclusion can be drawn without one.

Assumptions:
Teams 28

Games 72

Total games per season 1008 (each game has 2 teams so the total games played is 28 x 72 / 2)

Average Watching Time: 1 hour 20 mins (perhaps a little generous but I'm assuming after that many straight hours you might not be too alert with the remote control - and this leaves a little wiggle room for OT games)

Total Time (in hours): 1345 (approx)

Number of 18 hours days required to view: 75 (approx)

Conclusion: As the NBA season runs for considerably longer than 75 days it is therefore concluded that this stunt can be done.



Now the debate begins of whether it should be done.

Ah, yes, good spot, I thought 72 didn't seem quite right.

This works out to about 86 days required, still very do-able.

Billo, well done for taking the time on such a frivolous question.

I reckon you've got to watch those live games each day: one of the main reasons we love watching sport, and live sport in particular, is that they are soap operas where the outcome isn't known or guaranteed.

So that's 2 x 3 hours a day = 6 hours on live games. Add that to 6 hours sleep, and half the day is gone.

Is 12 hours a day to watch all the taped games going to be enough? Should toilet breaks/food breaks/any other type of break be factored in?

The answer to the question of 'Should it be done?' is undoubtedly 'yes', and I smell a reality show or maybe even Supersize Me-style doco film:

- Man embarks on mission to watch every single game in NBA season before season concludes

- Funniest scene comes early on as man breaks the news to significant other and then lamely attempts to defend importance of task at hand

- Immediate cut to comatose-looking man staring vacantly at telly as TV announcer bellows: 'TONIGHT'S BIG GAME: GRIZZLIES V KINGS!' followed by immediate cut to wife a) having affair with man's best mate b) dumping that night's untouched meal in rubbish c) falling from roof while attempting to sever cable/antennae connection d) all of the above.

Bo, I obviously missed the significance of the live game requirement first time round (I was just too eager to lauch into the spreadsheet apparently). So, assuming no breaks (realistically I think these can be factored in to the 90 allocated minutes per taped game, it doesn't take that long when you fast forward through everything) in an 18 hour day the keen viewer can fit in:

- 2 x 3 hour live games (again, a very generous time allocation but I'm assuming pre-game is required to add to the soap opera drama) totalling 6 hours

- plus 8 x 90 minute recorded games totalling 12 hours

- resulting in a grand total of 10 games per day

There are occassions when they play 10 NBA games in a day, but more often than not they play fewer than this. By these calcuations it would take 114 days to watch at entire regular season. Reasonably comfortable.


By far a more interesting prospect is whether a worker could achieve this amazing feat. Let's assume based on the numbers given they manage 8 hours a day during the week and 15 per day on the weekend, this equates to 70 hours per week, or an average of 10 hours per day. Assuming the 2 live game requirement still exists this means the viewer needs 243 days to complete a regular season. The current season lasts for 169 days so this suggests this option is not viable.

HOWEVER, should the live game requirement be lifted the spreadsheet suggests it will take 170 days to watch each and every game. In a 169 game season. Very tight indeed. I think there's only 1 way to settle this, any one got Morgan Spurlock's number?

(Mod: Nice, re Spurlock. Isn't he off looking for bin Laden?)

Hi all!

I have found in the past a graph/picture which illustrated the allocation of time per NBA game but I do not remember in which site.

For example the fan spends 3.5 hours in the stadium.

pre-game 30 minutes
the real-time of the game 2 hours
and 1 hour for shopping in the stadium ect

Has anyone seen this pic? Or knows where I can find this picture/data?

Thanks