KGdaBom wrote:In general I don't give a rat's ass about the in season tournament. However, it's frustrating to have the 2nd best record in the league, go 3-1 in our IST games and not qualify. We just need to win our 2 games from the non qualifiers group and all will be forgiven about not making it.
I do care. I kind of like Candace Parkers idea about standings playing role but I do think its wrong to totally disregard what teams are doing in the IST when it comes to progressing in the IST so I don't hate the point differential thing. I'm leaning towards keeping it as is or finding a different method that allows a little more wiggle rooms but still rewards teams for performing well in IST games. I think the real problems is how strong or weak your group is. Maybe that needs to be factored in.
A team with a really strong group can far more easily go 4-0 while a team with a tough group will have a loss or two. They aren't really on a level playing field. Perhaps the NBA needs to reworked the groups. Set them up like a week before the IST starts and base them on current standings/team play ratings.
There should be no obviously easy groups, they all should have roughly the same amount of contending and tanking teams or each team should be assigned a power rank of some kind that is worth points so you get more value by beating a stronger team than a lesser team. Just some way to even it out so a team who goes 3-1 against great competition doesn't get passed by a team going 4-0 against a bunch of scrubs and a good team.
I do think teams will approach the point thing much differently from now on.
When luck shuts the door skill comes in through the window.
