NBA Cup 2024 (Congratulations NBA Cup Champion Bucks)

Post #161 » by **Clav** » Tue Dec 17, 2024 9:59 pm

AussieBuck wrote:Nice little finals preview.

Whoever wins tonight, is up 1-0 in the Finals if they matchup again. lol

I jest, I jest, should be a fun one tonight as the only game on, lots of eyes on two teams from smaller markets.

Bucks4005 · Post #162 » by **Bucks4005** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 3:45 am

In terms of incentive, one I can clearly think of is a tiebreaker incentive.

Tiebreakers work like normal except for the winner, the winner basically gets the tiebreaker over every other team with the same record regardless of the other tiebreakers.

Won’t be every year, but if you see it where an NBA Cup winner is tied with a team in terms of seeding, could make all the difference. Like, if a 6 and 7 seed are tied record wise and the 7 had won the NBA cup, the 7 seed ends up move up one spot because their NBA Cup tiebreaker trumps the others. That way, there isn’t a drastic change to the current playoff format, like a year where maybe a team that doesn’t make the playoffs wins the NBA cup, but still has playoff implications to encourage teams to try and win the games.

Effigy · Post #163 » by **Effigy** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 3:57 am

How about this? If you win the cup you get to pick the team you play in the first round (out of any qualifying teams in your conference). Second round and on goes by standings.

TheHartBreakKid · Post #164 » by **TheHartBreakKid** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 3:58 am

I’m surprised no one has bumped the laker fans owe Ham an apology thread yet

CIN-C-STAR · Post #165 » by **CIN-C-STAR** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:01 am

Damn Giannis w a crazy stat line: 28, 19, 10 & 5 ()_()
It’s a shame this is just an exhibition game and not a real regular season game and it won’t go in the record books.
Great game though.

BlzMwt · Post #166 » by **BlzMwt** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:07 am

Effigy wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but this game doesn't matter, right? It doesn't count in the standings?

I'll be honest, if I'm the Bucks I'd sit Dame and Giannis and Middleton. Why make them play a game that doesn't matter at all? With the history of those 3 guys, I feel like the odds of one of them getting hurt tonight are really high.

You actually think the NBA would allow that? Or that the players would be down for it?

Both OKC and the Bucks went hard tonight and clearly
wanted to win.

Half the time we have fans screaming that today's players are soft and entitled and then the other half the time we have fans saying to sit dudes because the games don't matter.

Which one is it lol

OutsidetheNBA · Post #167 » by **OutsidetheNBA** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:11 am

As a Blazer fan, awesome to see Dame play well and win the Cup. Hope the Bucks make some serious noise in the playoffs this year.

Dominator83 · Post #168 » by **Dominator83** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:14 am

Dame trade pays off

Effigy · Post #169 » by **Effigy** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:15 am

BlzMwt wrote:
Effigy wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but this game doesn't matter, right? It doesn't count in the standings?

I'll be honest, if I'm the Bucks I'd sit Dame and Giannis and Middleton. Why make them play a game that doesn't matter at all? With the history of those 3 guys, I feel like the odds of one of them getting hurt tonight are really high.

You actually think the NBA would allow that? Or that the players would be down for it?

Both OKC and the Bucks went hard tonight and clearly
wanted to win.

Half the time we have fans screaming that today's players are soft and entitled and then the other half the time we have fans saying to sit dudes because the games don't matter.

Which one is it lol

Well it’s not contradictory because I am saying what I would do if I’m the Bucks, not what I want as a fan.

CIN-C-STAR · Post #170 » by **CIN-C-STAR** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:15 am

BlzMwt wrote:
Effigy wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but this game doesn't matter, right? It doesn't count in the standings?

I'll be honest, if I'm the Bucks I'd sit Dame and Giannis and Middleton. Why make them play a game that doesn't matter at all? With the history of those 3 guys, I feel like the odds of one of them getting hurt tonight are really high.

You actually think the NBA would allow that? Or that the players would be down for it?

Both OKC and the Bucks went hard tonight and clearly
wanted to win.

Half the time we have fans screaming that today's players are soft and entitled and then the other half the time we have fans saying to sit dudes because the games don't matter.

Which one is it lol

It’s both.
The players (mostly) are soft and entitled, and the games (mostly) don’t matter.
Those things are not mutually exclusive in any way.
Simple fix of the latter would be to make the games matter more by shortening the regular season.
A fix for the former that the NBA Cup highlights would be to end guaranteed contracts. If players only play hard every game if cash is on the line, then ending guaranteed contracts gets us closer to that.
All basketball revenue is already split between owners and players, so it wouldn’t cost the players collectively any money. It would just mean more players share in the pie, and fans get a more competitive product as well.

DusterBuster · Post #171 » by **DusterBuster** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:16 am

Shocked OKC was such a noshow here

fallguy · Post #172 » by **fallguy** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:26 am

What a dopey celebration.

HangTime · Post #173 » by **HangTime** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 5:00 am

The next nba in-season Tournament commercial will be everyone trying to steal the cup from Prince and Ham.

old skool · Post #174 » by **old skool** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 8:19 am

DirtybirdGA wrote:Nothing wrong with a standalone game tonight, but I don't get not having games Wednesday. is this a mini All-star break? I wonder if teams will be out of rhythm with this thing so stretched out.

Having games Wednesday would be the dumbest thing ever.

So a team has a great cup tournament, wins the whole thing in Las Vegas, and then has a game the next night - an extra back-to-back - in Orlando or wherever?

The only way to insure something like that does not happen is to have a blank slate on Wednesday.

Wargreymon · Post #175 » by **Wargreymon** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 8:28 am

OKC didn't have Chet but then again no Midds for Bucks so...yeah seemed like a fair handicap for both teams.

God Squad · Post #176 » by **God Squad** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 1:07 pm

I'm on board bucks fans. Milwaukee Bucks are gonna be the next world champs.

First the Cup, then the Ship.

firedavidkahn · Post #177 » by **firedavidkahn** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 1:54 pm

When NBA Centel becomes reality :lol:

Read on Twitter

Karate Diop · Post #178 » by **Karate Diop** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 3:12 pm

Such an incredible accomplishment. Sad I missed the entire game...

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #179 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 5:32 pm

I really think the NBA needs to push having a large portion of the players pie (say 20%) be dedicated to the cup, regular season awards and playoffs. Players as a whole will still get the same amount of money, but it will go to those who earn it during the regular season. Imagine the cup winners getting $1.5m a piece, First team All-Cup team getting $5m bonus, $10m for Cup Mvp, etc. You telling the Tatum's and Luka's of the world not being motivated for a chance at $15m, or Dame getting an extra $5m for key performances, or the whole roster getting $25m if they win. You could really see the last couple years where guys were motivated to get the low-end roster $500k and this would intensify it more. I would tune in to see the best players in the world fighting for $50m of awards in a 2-game playoff.

phanman · Post #180 » by **phanman** » Wed Dec 18, 2024 7:34 pm

Effigy wrote:
BlzMwt wrote:
Effigy wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but this game doesn't matter, right? It doesn't count in the standings?

I'll be honest, if I'm the Bucks I'd sit Dame and Giannis and Middleton. Why make them play a game that doesn't matter at all? With the history of those 3 guys, I feel like the odds of one of them getting hurt tonight are really high.

You actually think the NBA would allow that? Or that the players would be down for it?

Both OKC and the Bucks went hard tonight and clearly
wanted to win.

Half the time we have fans screaming that today's players are soft and entitled and then the other half the time we have fans saying to sit dudes because the games don't matter.

Which one is it lol

Well it’s not contradictory because I am saying what I would do if I’m the Bucks, not what I want as a fan.

I can't believe you honestly went with that take pre-game and defended it after. You wanted the Bucks to go undefeated in every Cup game, make it to the finals and then just sit out their stars because the game doesn't count in the record books? :lol:

Even if they didn't get a chance to add a W to their record, winning the Cup has significance to most organizations even if fans don't think so. You can read/watch countless videos of how disappointed players were once their team got eliminated. It's never going to have the same significance as the actual championship but it's still a title to win. Athletes in general some of the most competitive people ever, they'd never just sit out a championship game because they might get hurt :roll:

Who wins the NBA Cup Championship?