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LivingLegend wrote:Karate Diop wrote:The play-in sucks. This would be next level awful. Might actually lose me as fan...
You dont like the idea of fringe playoff teams battling it out to see who is going to get stomped into oblivion by the #1 seed superteam?
cpower wrote:LivingLegend wrote:Karate Diop wrote:The play-in sucks. This would be next level awful. Might actually lose me as fan...
You dont like the idea of fringe playoff teams battling it out to see who is going to get stomped into oblivion by the #1 seed superteam?
its terrible. team deserved to be in the playoffs at 8th seed after battling for that spot all year long. Now they lose the spot after losing one game...makes zero sense to me.
Rapcity_11 wrote:cpower wrote:LivingLegend wrote:
You dont like the idea of fringe playoff teams battling it out to see who is going to get stomped into oblivion by the #1 seed superteam?
its terrible. team deserved to be in the playoffs at 8th seed after battling for that spot all year long. Now they lose the spot after losing one game...makes zero sense to me.
Yeah, watching LeBron vs Steph last year was terrible. I hate basketball too.
cpower wrote:Rapcity_11 wrote:cpower wrote:its terrible. team deserved to be in the playoffs at 8th seed after battling for that spot all year long. Now they lose the spot after losing one game...makes zero sense to me.
Yeah, watching LeBron vs Steph last year was terrible. I hate basketball too.
you have not watched enough Lebron vs steph? like either would won anything last year
Rapcity_11 wrote:cpower wrote:Rapcity_11 wrote:
Yeah, watching LeBron vs Steph last year was terrible. I hate basketball too.
you have not watched enough Lebron vs steph? like either would won anything last year
I don't think there's any amount that's too much in terms of Steph vs. LeBron in elimination games.
cpower wrote:Rapcity_11 wrote:cpower wrote:you have not watched enough Lebron vs steph? like either would won anything last year
I don't think there's any amount that's too much in terms of Steph vs. LeBron in elimination games.
except you could have a 7 games of lebron vs steph but now you only got one lol
Rapcity_11 wrote:cpower wrote:Rapcity_11 wrote:
I don't think there's any amount that's too much in terms of Steph vs. LeBron in elimination games.
except you could have a 7 games of lebron vs steph but now you only got one lol
The odds are that happening are unchanged. 8 teams still make the playoffs...
cpower wrote:Rapcity_11 wrote:cpower wrote:except you could have a 7 games of lebron vs steph but now you only got one lol
The odds are that happening are unchanged. 8 teams still make the playoffs...
you cant be serious.
Jimmit79 wrote:Yea RJ played well he was definitely the x factor
life_saver wrote:simonbampfield wrote:life_saver wrote:This will receive mostly negative reaction on realgm but imo it will be one of the best decisions Silver has taken if this is implemented. As time goes on, the importance of the mid-season trophy will increase. It will probably never match the allure of winning NBA title but it's still a good piece silverware to win...there are ton of fans who have never seen their fav team win any piece of Silverware in their entire lifetime .Every season, there will be lot of teams who have no chance of winning title and sometimes this can last more than a decade. A chance at winning silverwear can also help in keeping the fanbase engaged.
Just have a straight knockout tournament (no conferences) and give byes to both the top seeds. Will be lot of fun and any team can beat any team in a one-off knockout game. Lot of casuals who barely pay any attention during regular season will also be attracted towards this. People love single knockout game tournaments. If they can publicize it well, the Bracket Challenge can also become pretty popular. Unlike the NCAA bracket challenge, getting this one right is atleast somewhat realistic as there will only be 30 teams. Have good prize money (and maybe some draft compensation for the winners like SRP?). Really hope Silver can get this right. It has lot of potential
Excellent point regarding silverware. I think this is a great reason Silver wants to do this too (obviously the first is to make money).
I don't know how a knockout tournament works with scheduling though? What happens to the team that gets knocked out first? Do they just have a week or so off?
Not sure how much a tournament of say, 12 games during Nov/Dec (or would Jan/Feb be better)
People get keen at the start of the season and then fade in the middle, then come back around PO time.
I was thinking the
Perhaps the NBA moves towards a points based standings. There are plenty of models around the world in different sports. The tournament would be included in the RS standings, but be worth more points per win.
Just spitballing.
yes..you can organize this over a span of 2 weekends. Start on a Friday..Friday-Saturday for first round matches. Sunday-Monday for 2nd round matches, Tue-Wed for QF, Friday for SF and then have the final on Sunday. My preference would be to cut down the regular season games to 60-65, scrap All Star weekend and have a 2 week mid-season break (having the mid-season tournament and then an additional week break) instead of current break which is around 7 days.
Nemesis21 wrote:It is absolutely hilarious hearing people still say Embiid has superstar potential.The guy is one injury away from being Greg Oden.Except Oden manged to play over 100 games in the NBA, I don't think Embiid will play more.
dakomish23 wrote:They’re trying to capture the buzz of March madness but don’t have anything worth watching for. Lottery odds? Idk
BallinBug wrote:I'm against it. MJ, Shaq and Kobe never got to play in this tournament, and in the future lack of these tournament MVP's might hurt them on paper when comparing them to current or future greats. Don't create award or trophy's for things MJ didnt have a chance to compete for.
