The gist of Cuban’s ludicrous argument is that because of the new playoff format, it’s harder for teams to take nights off or do “load management” because every game has playoff implications. And yet, that hasn’t stopped these guys from taking nights off. I think that’s why he is really miffed. His team, like most of the other teams, doesn’t play to its potential on a nightly basis.
The gist of Cuban’s ludicrous argument is that because of the new playoff format, it’s harder for teams to take nights off or do “load management” because every game has playoff implications. And yet, that hasn’t stopped these guys from taking nights off. I think that’s why he is really miffed. His team, like most of the other teams, doesn’t play to its potential on a nightly basis.
Yep Doncic also called this out yesterday as well. He says it’s a stupid idea because they are playing 72 games to try and get into the playoffs and if you finish 7th or 8th, then you have to play 9th and 10th and just takes a bad game and their season is over. I completely agree
Yep Doncic also called this out yesterday as well. He says it’s a stupid idea because they are playing 72 games to try and get into the playoffs and if you finish 7th or 8th, then you have to play 9th and 10th and just takes a bad game and their season is over. I completely agree
Well I believe they are only having the play in games this season due to it being a shortened 72 game season and not your normal 82 game season. Next season once back to normal they won't have it. So It's meaningless.
Well I believe they are only having the play in games this season due to it being a shortened 72 game season and not your normal 82 game season. Next season once back to normal they won't have it. So It's meaningless.
Yep Doncic also called this out yesterday as well. He says it’s a stupid idea because they are playing 72 games to try and get into the playoffs and if you finish 7th or 8th, then you have to play 9th and 10th and just takes a bad game and their season is over. I completely agree
But that’s not Cuban’s argument. His is all about his team not being able to take nights off or pace themselves because of playoff implications for those lower seeds. It’s pathetic, and shows complete lack of competitive integrity. In essence, he wants regular season games to be as meaningless as possible and the playoff seedlings to be as predictable as possible so his star players can sit every other game.
Yep Doncic also called this out yesterday as well. He says it’s a stupid idea because they are playing 72 games to try and get into the playoffs and if you finish 7th or 8th, then you have to play 9th and 10th and just takes a bad game and their season is over. I completely agree
But that’s not Cuban’s argument. His is all about his team not being able to take nights off or pace themselves because of playoff implications for those lower seeds. It’s pathetic, and shows complete lack of competitive integrity. In essence, he wants regular season games to be as meaningless as possible and the playoff seedlings to be as predictable as possible so his star players can sit every other game.
Quote Originally Posted by AussieDownUnder: Yep Doncic also called this out yesterday as well. He says it’s a stupid idea because they are playing 72 games to try and get into the playoffs and if you finish 7th or 8th, then you have to play 9th and 10th and just takes a bad game and their season is over. I completely agree But that’s not Cuban’s argument. His is all about his team not being able to take nights off or pace themselves because of playoff implications for those lower seeds. It’s pathetic, and shows complete lack of competitive integrity. In essence, he wants regular season games to be as meaningless as possible and the playoff seedlings to be as predictable as possible so his star players can sit every other game.
Yeah but its only for this year...and this is not the Norm so its meaningless. Cuban can complain but it will go back to normal next year. Its a give and take hence the 72 game schedule so therefore play in games..so Cuban should not be complaining as they are playing 10 less overall games in the season which is a lot for the players to rest than a normal season. There are also TV contract implications that the league got paid BILLIOOOOOOONS for...less overall games this season = less TV games...so the games have to be made up somewhere...
Quote Originally Posted by AussieDownUnder: Yep Doncic also called this out yesterday as well. He says it’s a stupid idea because they are playing 72 games to try and get into the playoffs and if you finish 7th or 8th, then you have to play 9th and 10th and just takes a bad game and their season is over. I completely agree But that’s not Cuban’s argument. His is all about his team not being able to take nights off or pace themselves because of playoff implications for those lower seeds. It’s pathetic, and shows complete lack of competitive integrity. In essence, he wants regular season games to be as meaningless as possible and the playoff seedlings to be as predictable as possible so his star players can sit every other game.
Yeah but its only for this year...and this is not the Norm so its meaningless. Cuban can complain but it will go back to normal next year. Its a give and take hence the 72 game schedule so therefore play in games..so Cuban should not be complaining as they are playing 10 less overall games in the season which is a lot for the players to rest than a normal season. There are also TV contract implications that the league got paid BILLIOOOOOOONS for...less overall games this season = less TV games...so the games have to be made up somewhere...
Mark Cuban should give back 12% of the teams revenue share since they are playing 10 less regular season games this season...Easy to take the money but complain when they have to play games when they are getting paid for...
Mark Cuban should give back 12% of the teams revenue share since they are playing 10 less regular season games this season...Easy to take the money but complain when they have to play games when they are getting paid for...
I agree with Cuban, the play in concept is weak...like giving every 5 year old a participation ribbon while not keeping score.
That’s a different argument. I agree with that, if that’s all he was saying. But he wants his team to get a free pass to mail in games by having guaranteed playoff seedings.
I agree with Cuban, the play in concept is weak...like giving every 5 year old a participation ribbon while not keeping score.
That’s a different argument. I agree with that, if that’s all he was saying. But he wants his team to get a free pass to mail in games by having guaranteed playoff seedings.
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