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Who's gonna be the first to raise an in-season tournament banner?
The Official NBA Season Thread: I’m like Jayson Tatum in the Olympics I'm not playing
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The reason a tournament like this is more entertaining in soccer cups (which it’s clearly inspired by) is because it gives a chance for lower league clubs to play against top league clubs for prestige . At the very least, lower league clubs benefit from some exposure and revenue by playing in much bigger settings than their usual small towns/districts.
For the NBA, I don’t see the appeal of an in season tournament involving the exact same teams that are competing for the playoffs. It’s not like the tournament involves lower leagues or leagues from other countries. Seems pretty pointless to me. There are some cups like this in soccer as well, and no one even cares about them. Clubs usually just send their bench players so that the starters are rested for the actual league/Champions League
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Just watch the damn games man 
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If they want to make it interesting they should give the winner odds in the Draft Lottery.
Mister Meaner
formerly super producer j
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New Orleans for the tourney win 
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What incentive is that for players?
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Anything other than money would have folks mad IMO
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None.
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Nothing other than the players get more money and the teams get prestige for winning the tournament.
This has been the biggest misfire with the tournament. Gotta incentivize a draft pick or automatic playoff seed to really raise the stakes to get fans to care.
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Players get $500K if they win, right? That's not nothing.
Fans don't care about that though. I think something like an automatic play-in spot or winner gets home court in the first round of the playoffs no matter what seed they get would be interesting.
Fans don't care about that though. I think something like an automatic play-in spot or winner gets home court in the first round of the playoffs no matter what seed they get would be interesting.
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Draymond saying it wasn’t fun to come to work last year leading to a lack of chemistry Might have made a fan out of Rusty
Might have made a fan out of Rusty
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The Curry Brand joint BJ got in is fire
BJ the man! Still UH
BJ the man! Still UH
T0INE
formerly toine2983
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Just watch the damn games man
All the complaining about the in-season tourney is much ado about nothing.
They're regular season games with added "stakes".
My main concern would be if someone got injured during the semi-finals and final game which don't count toward a team's schedule.
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Crazy that Bron still better than Steph and KD
HOU$TON
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Amen stats don’t jump off the page but he was playing really well. Sucks that he will be out for a while. An already thin bench gets even weaker. We need Tari back asap.
The starting lineup, moreso FVV, Sengun, and Dillon looks good. Sengun averaging 19/9/6 and no one in Houston is surprised. I said last season that he’s already on the level of Sabonis. Now he doesn’t have a coach handicapping him.
Dillon brooks going from one of the worst offensive seasons in league history to now is astounding. Small sample size but his fiba play has carried over to the season.
I’ll trade Jabari and Jalen green for whatever star is available right now. Like today.
The starting lineup, moreso FVV, Sengun, and Dillon looks good. Sengun averaging 19/9/6 and no one in Houston is surprised. I said last season that he’s already on the level of Sabonis. Now he doesn’t have a coach handicapping him.
Dillon brooks going from one of the worst offensive seasons in league history to now is astounding. Small sample size but his fiba play has carried over to the season.
I’ll trade Jabari and Jalen green for whatever star is available right now. Like today.
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Draymond saying it wasn’t fun to come to work last year leading to a lack of chemistry
That ***** Draymond is soooo annoying. Like HE ain’t contribute to that
But the dubs need him for the regular season. He might be the oldest 33 year old I’ve seen. Born in 1990. Full grey fake KLUTCH beard, to accentuate he’s long in the tooth. Y’all know where he got it from:
And I got a few small grays in my ****, but these *****s def be dying on some salt & pepper ****
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Draymond did the right thing.
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Kidd early CoY frontrunner 
antidope
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Bron and Steph are equals. They are both better than KD
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This is such a weird thing to make up just to hate on BronThat ***** Draymond is soooo annoying. Like HE ain’t contribute to that
But the dubs need him for the regular season. He might be the oldest 33 year old I’ve seen. Born in 1990. Full grey fake KLUTCH beard, to accentuate he’s long in the tooth. Y’all know where he got it from:
And I got a few small grays in my ****, but these *****s def be dying on some salt & pepper ****
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This is such a weird thing to make up just to hate on Bron
The truth is the truth
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I’m gonna request tickets soonHe’s been GREAT. Surprised like hell. Wtf is going on
They lose all those games without him. **** is crazy
Shutout to Christian Wood. Best stretch of basketball I’ve seen him play in forevergeno90221
Legitimately impressed. Hope it ends soon
