Cuban: NBA games should be shortened from 48 to 40 minutes
Mark Cuban · Mark Cuban: AI Hype vs. Reality, OpenAI's Wasting $1 Trillion, Lebron vs. Jordan · Apr 29, 2026 · at 49:49
Mark Cuban argues in favor of shortening NBA games to 40 minutes to protect player physical health and improve game competitiveness.
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“By cutting back to 40 minutes from 48, it's equivalent of shaving about 14 games off the season, which I think will help The players' bodies, and I think it would make the games better, because, you know, we all kind of pitter-patter till the fourth quarter, and now the fourth quarter comes quicker, and every possession impacts more.”
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