Recently, Pelicans player Trey Murphy talked about 82 regular season games in the "The Young Man And The Three" podcast.

Murphy said: "First of all, no NBA players would say they want to reduce the game because it's about money, and we don't want to lose our money. But I would say it's too hard back-to-back, especially from one city to another. I clearly remember that in the third year of my career, we played in New York, then we played the Pacers, and we arrived in Indiana the next morning, but we were going to play at 7pm."