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Jazz in “Group of Death” in the in-season NBA Cup

sip said:
I think when healthy all 3 of those teams are comparable. The griz won't have Ja though so I would out those teams above them.
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But they have Smart and a potentially healthy Steven Adams.. they’ll be tough this year.
 
I'm very excited for the tournament, the NBA needed a way to make basketball competitive again. It is not my preferred format, but it's interesting. I really hope it isn't spoiled by media who has contempt for the game. It's a good thing when both teams want to win.

As a side note, wtf did they not just make the divisions the groups?
 
KqWIN said:
I'm very excited for the tournament, the NBA needed a way to make basketball competitive again. It is not my preferred format, but it's interesting. I really hope it isn't spoiled by media who has contempt for the game. It's a good thing when both teams want to win.

As a side note, wtf did they not just make the divisions the groups?
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I don't mind it much, except for how they are selling it - as some sort of European soccer type mid-season tournament. In reality the mid-season tournaments in Europe are concurrent and are played pretty much throughout the whole season. For example - weekends -regular season games, weekdays - national cups or european cups. What the NBA has done is kind of different and the appeal in those is different.
 
stitches said:
I don't mind it much, except for how they are selling it - as some sort of European soccer type mid-season tournament. In reality the mid-season tournaments in Europe are concurrent and are played pretty much throughout the whole season. For example - weekends -regular season games, weekdays - national cups or european cups. What the NBA has done is kind of different and the appeal in those is different.
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I think what the NBA is doing is actually better cos with English Soccer, teams often sit out really good players (say in the Carabao Cup).

As an example, Arsenal threw a few Cup games last season to focus on the Premier League (which they lost anyway).

These in-season NBA games however double as actual games and so teams aren’t incentivised to sit out players.

Also it means no extra games = less chance of injuries.
 
stitches said:
I don't mind it much, except for how they are selling it - as some sort of European soccer type mid-season tournament. In reality the mid-season tournaments in Europe are concurrent and are played pretty much throughout the whole season. For example - weekends -regular season games, weekdays - national cups or european cups. What the NBA has done is kind of different and the appeal in those is different.
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Yeah, it's not my preferred format....but I guess they really wanted 82 games. I would have preferred a shorter RS schedule with ongoing tournaments throughout the season like they do in Europe.
 
ONE LOVE said:
I think what the NBA is doing is actually better cos with English Soccer, teams often sit out really good players (say in the Carabao Cup).

As an example, Arsenal threw a few Cup games last season to focus on the Premier League (which they lost anyway).

These in-season NBA games however double as actual games and so teams aren’t incentivised to sit out players.

Also it means no extra games = less chance of injuries.
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I actually do not mind tournament games that have a lower priority. If it means the best players are well rested and available for the actual games that's a win in my book. Right now they are just resting random games and brining down the overall quality of the entire regular season. Would be a good opportunity for the young guys/end of bench guys to get some run in.
 
ONE LOVE said:
I think what the NBA is doing is actually better cos with English Soccer, teams often sit out really good players (say in the Carabao Cup).

As an example, Arsenal threw a few Cup games last season to focus on the Premier League (which they lost anyway).

These in-season NBA games however double as actual games and so teams aren’t incentivised to sit out players.

Also it means no extra games = less chance of injuries.
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They have their own positives and negatives... and what some consider negatives others consider positives. For example, a lot of European fans love it when their youth academy players get a chance to play in lower priority tournaments...
KqWIN said:
Yeah, it's not my preferred format....but I guess they really wanted 82 games. I would have preferred a shorter RS schedule with ongoing tournaments throughout the season like they do in Europe.
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Yeah... the 82 game schedule seems to be a weird sticking point for NBA execs. IMO they should have lowerd the number of games already a while ago...
 
Next step is to make the gleague a true development league where the bottom team of each league gets sent down to the gleague and the top 2 teams promote up.

(This is completely tongue in cheek)
 
Chargers Jazz Angels said:
Next step is to make the gleague a true development league where the bottom team of each league gets sent down to the gleague and the top 2 teams promote up.

(This is completely tongue in cheek)
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Yeah.

The nba isn’t about to add relegation like soccer. . . but the G-league should be a true minor league system.

And, I think they should create a 2nd team like the Ignite. It’s clear that prospects are interested in going that route. Should open it up a bit more.
 
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