Yep, this. I think it's just dumb. We already have "stars" regularly playing in only 2/3 of the regular season games to rest. So I'm sure adding extra games will help that right? Now we get to see them in even fewer regular season games so they can be "fresh" for the in-season tournament. But hey, money, right?
There are not extra games except for the finals, in that case it is one extra game. The tournament games themselves are regular season games. The NBA regular season is abysmal. The teams and players do not care. While it is not exactly what I had hoped for, something had to be done to try to drum up interest in the league.
In any case, I cannot see how this is any "worse" than it was before. If you were completely oblivious to the tournament, your viewing experience would not change in the slightest. It's the same thing.