Yes I know I said that.
For me it’s just a big nothing, there’s nothing for it to pick up steam. No one talks about it, no one cares when it starts or who the match ups are. The results are just…nothing.
It’s just the regular season with a bonus game for the two teams that win the most of them. It’s like the division titles to me.
We already have truly competitive basketball, October-Jan is the most competitive section of the NBA seasons.
Winds down through february and until the play ins were created, it was just teams preparing for the playoffs otherwise. Maybe 1-2 teams trying to fight for a spot.
Now with the play ins, you have majority of teams either fighting to keep themselves 6th seed or above or teams fighting to get into the 7-10 spots. Leaving all but maybe 4 teams who aren’t really competing.
Personally think NBA cup is just a big nothingburger, just something for casuals to latch onto.
It’s fine the way it is, unaffecting and unimportant. The best change only chang they need to make, was to stop calling it the super corporate term “In-season tournament” when NBA Cup was right there lol.
Nope, not every game of his was aired sadly!
Reminds me of Jordan trying to play the same year he injured his foot instead of letting the team tank for a good pick in the early 80s
Bulls had no shot at the playoffs until Cleveland bottomed out that year. Bulls won 30 games made the 8th seed, largely because it was the first season with 8 teams per conference.
When was the last time anyone was hyped up because of a march madness performance? Feel like the last was Curry.
The same system, that has the same 8 teams winning everything?
Bayern Munich have been champions of the Bundesliga the past 11/12 seasons. Soccer can keep that nonsense.
Im honestly bewildered at how little Giannis touches the ball for Greece
Main reason is the lack of BBIQ and playmaking.
Lots of people who imitate Kobe only imitate his scoring techniques and nothing else. Kobe was a very cerebral player and was the lead guard for 7 Finals teams.
It’s hard to replicate.
If there’s a good chance you’ll be picked in 1st or 2nd round, no point not declaring. Because as far as I’m aware… you can just go back to college now.
Doesn’t really matter who it is. Bronny or not, declaring when you have a good chance to be drafted is a good idea. Even more so if you’re being slotted in the lottery.
This is what the NBA Cup should be IMO.
Competition with NBL, Euroleague, NBA and D-League teams.
Which will be the peak interest of the cup, you can already tell most NBA fans do not care about it.
NBA casuals might care, but even their interest is weaning. It’s just the regular season with an extra game, there’s not much to care about. The bracket games were all pretty bad except one of them.
It’s the same as the division title. Cool when you win it, but you won’t care at all past that. At least with the division winner in the past, it was an auto 4th seed when the team won. Now it’s just a label on the team’s good season.