This was so corny. Silver is the weakest commish. At least stand firm at first.
All of the random 1 & 2-off games players be sitting out for beginning of the season looks different when it comes to the end of the season, doesn't it? Players have mapped out their sitting just to be at 65 games by the end of the season - bare minimum. While that may not be Cade's case, he did sit out a couple of random games too. And his team continued to win while he was hurt, so...
If they want to do all of these exceptions, then tier it. Make it 70 games for MVP, and 62 for All-NBA awards, but no higher than 2nd team.