12-09-2023, 10:08 AM
(12-09-2023, 09:47 AM)MarkAguirreWrathofGod Wrote: Love you Chicagojk, so I don’t mean it personally, but I couldn’t disagree more. Halliburton saying these were the biggest games of his career just makes me feel sad for Halliburton that he hasn’t had the opportunity to be in any bigger games! I don’t see the tournament ever being anything. It is literally almost meaningless in its current configuration. You could make the argument that it benefited the Mavs not to have to play a better teams than Utah and Portland. And we got extra rest on either end.
That is fair. I still think they need to tweak things and time will tell if it is has legs. I think the first season has been a success though.
I do agree with you about how the Mavs got extra rest and two lesser games. I wonder if you will see a veteran team in the future who loses their first game and then decides to semi tank to get that extra rest. I also think you need to find ways to incentivize the winners without making in junky. That part is a little tricky. You don't want to give them a playoff spot, but you need to find a way for the winner to have some juice to it. Not sure what the answer is.