Basketball

NBA play-in format is working better than we imagined, no matter what LeBron says: Hollinger


It’s amazing how opinions on the play-in tournament change once a team realizes it might be them in the seventh or eighth seed.

Both Mark Cuban (earlier this season) and LeBron James (two days ago) expressed disgust with the NBA’s play-in tournament at almost the exact point in the season when their teams seemed headed for seventh place. The subtext couldn’t be more clear: The play-in is great for the riffraff but not for us. It’s basketball NIMBYism.

Self-serving commentary aside, what’s clear already from the lead-up to the play-in format is that 1) it’s working spectacularly well, and 2) there are virtually no negative unintended consequences.





READ NEWS SOURCE

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you accept our use of cookies.