(04-13-2021, 04:08 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: I´ll just say this: You are not doing a good job, if you can only build a team around LeLuka that finishes 7th or worse.

(04-13-2021, 04:01 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: I doubt the Mavs would lose the second game, but that first game I have a really bad feeling about.

(04-13-2021, 04:08 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I thought it was 7v10 8v9 as well. It seems like the NBA is really good at coming up with half of a good idea.

I don't think the play in tournament is bad inherently like Cubes (who voted for it so he's a hypocrite), but boy did they really half ass it.

(04-13-2021, 04:15 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: In general I agree but this team is much better than their record as evidence by their net rating and how they've performed the last 2 months.

They played the toughest schedule in the NBA before the break which included that stretch where COVID depleted the entire team, Luka out of shape, and KP out of shape. 

Lets see how they do in the playoffs which is the real test.

(04-13-2021, 04:28 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: If you had that format then the winners are guaranteed to play 2 games before the playoffs. In the current format, we could only play 1 game and have more time (and rest) to get ready for the second seed. Both ways have their benefits, just a real small margin for error like SBJ said.

(04-13-2021, 06:20 PM)khaled1987 Wrote: Play in tournament ensures less tanking and resting, means more money for the NBA
This season it has worked well actually. 

The real test will be in few years, when team starts realizing that finishing 10th place rarely gets you to play-offs and just ensures you get worse pick, teams will starts tanking earlier than this year etc

(04-13-2021, 04:37 PM)cow Wrote: I like my misunderstood idea better.

7v10, 8v9.  2 Game Series.  Lower seeds need to win both games to advance.  So both 7 and 8 could only play 1 game if they took the first in the series.

(04-13-2021, 06:20 PM)khaled1987 Wrote: Play in tournament ensures less tanking and resting, means more money for the NBA
This season it has worked well actually. 

The real test will be in few years, when team starts realizing that finishing 10th place rarely gets you to play-offs and just ensures you get worse pick, teams will starts tanking earlier than this year etc

(04-13-2021, 06:23 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: I like it as an anti-tanking measure. I think there will be lots of upsets though because the 9th or 10th team will get 1 shot to take out the 7th or 8th seed. That should happen frequently.

(04-13-2021, 06:28 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Does that mean the 10 seed gets the 7 seeding in the playoffs if they win and the 9 seed can only get the 8th seed? A bit more complicated IMO that way. 


I understand you would probably say 10 gets the 8th seed and 9 gets 7 because of season seeding, but the way it is, at least the teams get to duke it out for what would be an appropriate spot given the situation. Basically I think there is no 1 way that is “best”. They chose the way it’s gonna go and announced it before the season started. Any crying by the owners now (esp ones that seem to be destined to live it) is really sour grapes!

(04-13-2021, 06:49 PM)Aussiebballer Wrote: So if Dallas finish 7th they still have a chance at getting Cade????? Nice

(04-13-2021, 06:39 PM)cow Wrote: I didn't think about that but it's a good point.  For simplicity, I'd just say whoever wins the mini-series gets that spot in the playoffs.  I like the core concept anyway as it addresses some of the "why does the regular season" matter concerns.  

I'm not really a fan of the play in idea.  I'd rather the bottom 14 teams in the league have a tournament that determines draft position.  I'm sure there would be some incentive for would-be 7th/8th seeds to tank to get into the draft tournament.  There probably is no perfect solution.

(04-13-2021, 07:40 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: I think for the playin to be legit, the seeds need to be no more than 2 games out from each other. But you can’t plan for that. 


BTW, this brings to mind, why not do something like this for All-Star reserves? 1 on 1 tournament to get a reserve spot. No more talk of all star snubs. If you’re good enough, you win a spot on a team!

(04-13-2021, 08:02 PM)Aussiebballer Wrote: Forgot the pick was unprotected, thought it was top 3 for some reason.

(04-13-2021, 08:49 PM)cow Wrote: 1v1 is a different skillset than team basketball.

(04-13-2021, 04:30 PM)hakeemfaan Wrote: They also treated b2b as absolutely mandatory for KP to sit. Now Cuban is complaining how this format doesn’t allow teams to rest players and how each game is maximized in importance.  Why complain now when you did not have any qualms about resting players before you find yourself in this situation ?

(04-14-2021, 12:12 AM)MFFL Wrote: Didn't the NBA decide the format before the NBA decided to play games at Xmas instead of later?

I don't think anyone really knew how shitty and compressed this season would be

(04-14-2021, 03:16 AM)cow Wrote: Imagine if a COVID outbreak happens on one of the 7th or 8th seeds during the playin tournament.

(04-14-2021, 03:16 AM)cow Wrote: Imagine if a COVID outbreak happens on one of the 7th or 8th seeds during the playin tournament.