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It barely adds more games to the schedule and repurposes some meaningless and usually bad November games so it sounds cool to me
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R.D. Mangles posted:i am genuinely perplexed at what the point is for an in-season tournament, but it seems like it would be a funny thing to make fun of a crappy team for winning and then putting up a banner. I think the point is to try to make the earlier games count for something, since the season can be such a slog and the regularly scheduled games are going to be part of the tournament.
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Thinking of how many in-season tournaments the Lowry-Derozan Raptors would have won, and wondering if that would’ve prevented Ujiri from making the trade for Kawhi.
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dokmo posted:i wonder if the game minimum is an attempt to curtail load managementing the name players. it should be called the kawhi rule
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dismissing the entire idea of the tournament until the bulls one day win it and i buy a Chicago Bulls 2029 KIA CUP CHAMPIONS t-shirt
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People thought the playin was dumb but look at the west this season because of it
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I like it, can you imagine winning and being able to shout "In-season tournament champs BITCH" at someone else?? What a flex!!
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nikosoft posted:I like it, can you imagine winning and being able to shout "In-season tournament champs BITCH" at someone else?? What a flex!! pat beverly is probably already doing this somehow
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nikosoft posted:I like it, can you imagine winning and being able to shout "In-season tournament champs BITCH" at someone else?? What a flex!! It’s an unholy mix of fandom pride and shame, perfect for modern sports.
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Rad Valtar posted:I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the goal at some point and this is just the start. I expect momentum to grow quickly for a lottery tournament using the pool+flex structure, and possibly doling out guaranteed playin spots based on results too. I don't know that I love the idea, but by 2030 I could see: Naismith Cup Top 8 teams from pool play Winners receive $1m each Winners and runners up receive guaranteed playin berths (berths returned to the conference(s) if the teams qualify by record) Stern Cup Teams 9-16 from pool play Winners receive guaranteed playin berth and $500k each (berth returned to the conference if the team qualifies by record) Golden Ball Tournament Teams 17-24 from pool play Winners receive top-3 odds in the coming lottery. Lottery odds would still be based on the final records (bumped back 1 slot as needed to accommodate the Golden Ball winners) - which is to say a team could win their way into the playin and also win the lottery. Conversely, if a playoff team wins the Golden Ball tournament one team could both miss the playoffs and the lottery.
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put her in the g league
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Porfiriato posted:I'm trying to figure out where the demand for this in-season tournament is coming from. It's not like fans are clamoring for it, so why the push to make it happen? This literally can't happen. The most losses you can take in the tournament is 1, it's a single elimination. If your playing multiple games against tournament opponents its because you're winning games. slave to my cravings posted:It sounds fun why do you bozos hate fun Agree, its an interesting thing that is adding 1 extra game potentially for a whopping 2 teams. The same arguments against it were made against the play-in tournament, and the play-in has been great. Try it, it sounds fun. If it stinks then it stinks. Doesn't hurt anything and your just replacing regular season games of which there are way too many.
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dokmo posted:i wonder if the game minimum is an attempt to curtail load managementing the name players. It absolutely is.
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65 games seems a little too high to me but I wonder who would have been impacted by that in the past? Ja Morant MIP? (I don't know if MIP is one of the awards that requires it). I really like the higher extension limits. That fixes a rule that I thought just didn't make any sense.
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I'm fine with the tournament. I understand that most people don't care about the NBA in December, so eh.
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i care about the NBA everyday
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verbal enema posted:i care about the NBA everyday Oh I wasn't talking about you. You and me are special.
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Simply market your league better instead of create a gimmick tournament no one knows why it should matter
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R.D. Mangles posted:pat beverly is probably already doing this somehow Pat Bev will be the first In-season tournament MVP. I am asking, believing, and receiving.
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g league semi finals are tomorrow at 8 eastern if anyone cares about such things. no series, they're single games. finals tuesday.
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qbert posted:Oh I wasn't talking about you. You and me are special. oh ok cool
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nikosoft posted:Kind of incredible considering the depth and talent that's out there now. Not a hot take. You are right. Women's college basketball is super fun.
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dokmo posted:g league semi finals are tomorrow at 8 eastern if anyone cares about such things. no series, they're single games. finals tuesday. Thanks! I keep meaning to watch more g league but my SO would rather I spend that time with her. 😅
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Strawberry Panda posted:Not a hot take. You are right. Women's college basketball is super fun. you put any major sports game on my mom will watch it you put on any college sports my mom just turns to dust and cannot care womens college basketball? loves it
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I don't watch much NCAA for either men's or women's but are the coaches in women's better than the men's? As in, more modern schemes, more inventive plays, less over coaching, etc.?
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Kibner posted:I don't watch much NCAA for either men's or women's but are the coaches in women's better than the men's? As in, more modern schemes, more inventive plays, less over coaching, etc.? idk bout that but they got mad swag ![]()
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Ric Flair drip, go "woo" on a bitch (woo)
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WhyteRyce posted:People thought the playin was dumb but look at the west this season because of it Meanwhile in the NHL the playoff teams are basically set by Thanksgiving and have been for all the non COVID seasons, sometimes even down to the seeding. If it weren’t for Other Things people would be complaining a lot more about that ETA: also that in season tournament is gonna be exclusively G-league and 13th man types for whom the 500k will really matter no? Isentropy fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Apr 1, 2023 |
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Isentropy posted:ETA: also that in season tournament is gonna be exclusively G-league and 13th man types for whom the 500k will really matter no? The interesting dynamic here is that while $500k may not matter a ton to your highest earning players, any team that has accepted friendship ball into their hearts will be thrilled to get their two-way and 13th man types paid the gently caress out.
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The mid season tournament feels like it is designed to get viewers who normally only watch the NBA after NFL season is over. I don’t think it will work outside of maybe the final four/final. Does this mean teams don’t have 41 regular season home games now? If the games count for the regular season records, how does that impact schedules? You can’t plan complete regular season schedules now because you won’t know the opponents in every game due to the tournament. I hope the tournament is seeded league wide and not by conference. Spacebump fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Apr 1, 2023 |
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Paracaidas posted:Nope, specifically to avoid this outcome the inseason games will all count towards the regular season record. Rather than adding a bunch of "who gives a poo poo?" games to the schedule, they're taking normal games and making some of them special* yeah 500k will extremely help the back of the bench guys making like anything less than 5 million. Which are a number of NBA players.
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Spacebump posted:The mid season tournament feels like it is designed to get viewers who normally only watch the NBA after NFL season is over. I don’t think it will work outside of maybe the final four/final. You play pool games which I assume will be evenly split among Home/Away. As far as I know the tournaments will be played at local stadiums and the flex games would probably try to balance it out. The final tourny game (which will bring you up to 83 games) will be extra though, so yeah 1 team every year with have 42 home games and 1 team will have 42 away but all should have at least 41 of both. You can schedule 80 of the 82 games for everyone (including Pool), so you'd have 2 question mark games which isn't a big deal. NBA should probably flex schedule more anyway. Keep in mind a tournament is only 8 teams, which is only 3 rounds (7 games total). It's a really small tournament.
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LeBron wouldn’t pay for pandora $500k will look enticing to him
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Jordan Poole looks at it like another date opportunity
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WhyteRyce posted:It barely adds more games to the schedule and repurposes some meaningless and usually bad November games so it sounds cool to me Same here
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Spacebump posted:The mid season tournament feels like it is designed to get viewers who normally only watch the NBA after NFL season is over. I don’t think it will work outside of maybe the final four/final.
Spacebump posted:Does this mean teams don’t have 41 regular season home games now? If the games count for the regular season records, how does that impact schedules? You can’t plan complete regular season schedules now because you won’t know the opponents in every game due to the tournament. I know for MLB, teams have latitude in how to handle "jewel event"/neutral site games for Season Ticket Holders... the Twins gave STH extra "flex" vouchers that could be redeemed for any (non opening day) game during the season so as to not refund for missing games when they played in PR. On the other hand, sounds like the Padres refunded their games in Mexico against the Giants this year.
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Just the fact that it’ll be mid-season games between top teams where both teams will actually be playing all their starters makes it pretty enticing.
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Dwyanye Wade doesnt deserve HOF. The nba rewarded his tactic of running into defenders for years. Low skill low morals player. If anything his career should be erased from official records
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"The final four will be held at a neutral site" Y'all suck at reading
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Lockback posted:65 games seems a little too high to me but I wonder who would have been impacted by that in the past? Ja Morant MIP? (I don't know if MIP is one of the awards that requires it). If you go by All-NBA than last year Morant, Durant, Curry and LeBron would have been ineligible, while Giannis, Doncic, Booker, Embiid, Paul and Siakam just barely make the cut. Just 5 of the 15 All-NBA players from last year played 70 games or more.
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