It’s cool for the fans but if you’re a player who already doesn’t like the compressed season I can understand why they wouldn’t like the play in lol
I don’t understand why this board hates luka
MVP Candidate and vanilla face of the league openly crying about play in games
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I don’t understand why this board hates luka
no it’s just to spice it up and add games to watch. There aren’t 10 teams tanking. Theres like 4 teams every year that don’t make the playoffs in the west and they were very much trying
You know why
Lmaoooo well I thought we warmed up to him over hereYou know why
Like come on that shot tonight
The Mavericks are 10th overall in the league in top to bottom standings
Yet they would have to play a play-in game (or possibly 2) for a 16 team tournament.
You don’t see what’s egregious about that?
The Mavericks would be the 4 seed and have home court in the East, but they have to play a play-in tournament in the West. You don’t see what’s egregious about that?
The 13th overall team in the league in the NY Knicks don’t have to play a play-in game, but the 10th overall team in the league does. You don’t see what’s egregious about that?
You’re talking about posters not understanding the rules and complaining just to complain while ignoring the elephant in the room. The fact that you literally have a team that is in the top 3rd of the league that will have to play a play-in game to qualify for the playoffs that puts 16 out of 30 teams in is pretty astounding.
Nobody in the thread has addressed any of this. I’m very interested in hearing a compelling argument why lesser East teams should have secure playoff spots over competitive West teams that have to do gimmick tournaments
Pistons finally have a new gm committee to a rebuild. They are tanking
Orlando traded all three of their best players for nothing. They tanking
Wolves suck but if they don’t have a top five pick the warriors get it so they are tanking.
Rockets traded the mvp for caris levers and Jarrett Allen and flipped that into a three team trade where they have Oladipo who they eventually trade for nothing. They are tanking.
OKC has 30 picks in the next five drafts. Al Horford is done for the rest of the season and he’s healthy. Tank tank.
cavs are not making the playoffs despite hype from beating Brooklyn early in the season. They are effectively in tank mode now.
that’s six teams who aren’t actively trying to make the playoffs anymore. Everyone else is at least trying. 6 teams tanking, like 12 legit solidified teams contending and 12 teams just trying to avoid or enter the play in tournament.
The same forum that takes issue with a pitiful 6-10 or 7-9 garbage NFC East champion making the playoffs and hosting a Divisional Game seem to have no issue with a top 1/3 NBA team having to do a play in tournament to qualify vs sub .500 teams that are a 10 seed.
It is both Oochie Wally and One Mic
It is both Oochie Wally and One Mic
FreshFromATL
Self Made
Take your team to top seeds like Trae and Ayton do and you won’t have these types of problems
Tell'em again bruh
FreshFromATL
Self Made
10th best team in a 30-team league doesn't have any room to complain about their playoff path being too difficult. If you want an easy path to a championship then play like a team with a chance.
So a team about to lose in the first round gonna bytch about some other team that's also going to lose in the 1st round?
It's 2021 and you think that sports leagues need to prove that it's legitimate to have different conferences?
In the 1981 ECF the 62-win Sixers had to face the 62-win Celtics.....while in the WCF you had two teams with LOSING records facing off.
And 40 years later, we still have different conferences with different paths to the Finals. And that ain't gonna change.
bubba scotch
All Star
Y'all acting like this shyt is March madness when it's just 3 extra games per conference. Don't want to be in the play in? Take the regular season more seriously
You’re just making excuses without really answering any of the questions10th best team in a 30-team league doesn't have any room to complain about their playoff path being too difficult. If you want an easy path to a championship then play like a team with a chance.
So a team about to lose in the first round gonna bytch about some other team that's also going to lose in the 1st round?
It's 2021 and you think that sports leagues need to prove that it's legitimate to have different conferences?
In the 1981 ECF the 62-win Sixers had to face the 62-win Celtics.....while in the WCF you had two teams with LOSING records facing off.
And 40 years later, we still have different conferences with different paths to the Finals. And that ain't gonna change.
How does it make sense to let the 13th overall team in the league get into the playoffs, no questions asked, but the 10th overall team needs to play in a gimmick tournament?
What exactly was broken about the past system.
Also, why are you talking about 1981 like this isn’t 40 years later and players routinely load manage, teams rest players, and we’re already in a condensed season? And now we’re adding in a 4 game tournament at the end of the season. To apparently fix something that wasn’t even broken? That doesn’t take conference parity into account?
The Knicks about to lose in the first round too... What is your point? They’re not even in the top 1/3 of the league. And they don’t have to play a play-in game...
This is where you reply back with some unrelated 1965 factoid
10th best team in the league has no right to complain about their playoff path depending on a play-in tournament
But the 11th, 12th, and 13th best teams in the league not having to deal with any of that and being auto-bids is fine
The Coli Dot Com
Coli: “jUsT wIn ThE gAmEs”.
Mavs: proceed to win enough games to be 10th overall and 4th in the East
Coli: what’s wrong with the play-in tournament
But the 11th, 12th, and 13th best teams in the league not having to deal with any of that and being auto-bids is fine
The Coli Dot Com
Coli: “jUsT wIn ThE gAmEs”.
Mavs: proceed to win enough games to be 10th overall and 4th in the East
Coli: what’s wrong with the play-in tournament
Nah. A lot of you are being intentionally obtuse about this like multiple faces of the league don’t sit out routinely and try to rest for certain stretches and be prepared for playoffs.Y'all acting like this shyt is March madness when it's just 3 extra games per conference. Don't want to be in the play in? Take the regular season more seriously
Try telling guys like Bron, Kawhi, and KD (the last 5 Finals MVPs...) that “it’s only 3 games, suck it up.”
It’s fine when Coli’s favorite players need rest and to pace themselves. When it’s a guy you guys don’t like, fukk em, it’s just a couple games, don’t be p*ssy.
What "excuse" did I make? This is literally the system and always has been in every American sport. I didn't need to make an "excuse" for conferences existing.
You see, in American sports we have these things called "conferences" and in order to play in the Finals, you have to win your "conference". What is happening in the other conference is completely irrelevant to whether you win your conference or not. Since the Knicks don't play in the Western Conference, they are completely irrelevant to your path to winning the Western Conference.
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