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Deal includes In-Season Tournament, 65-game minimum for postseason awards, new limitations on highest spending teams and expanded opportunities for trades and free agency for mid and smaller team payrolls, sources tell ESPN. https://t.co/B8GJWeF4cq

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 1, 2023

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April fools

Incentivizing guys with more money in a tournament aint it. Gotta be a more creative way

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SpunkyXL23 said April fools

Wish but nope

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every level of basketball has tournaments.......nbapu for finally modernizing that.........

65games minimum to qualify for awards.

I dig.

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dont agree with in-season tournament, nba already a if you aint won a ring, you aint sh*t league. see mofos saying only the last championship matters

What the fu*k is with these Tournaments

Glad ben Simmons didn't cus a lockout

What network will host the tournament? Is the tournament replacing All-Star Weekend?

C00N A Smith crying

That 65 game minimum bout to fuk a a lot of money up.

I don't like the fact that you have to play a minimum 65-games to win a major award.

In theory, you can play 64-games, your team finishes 64-18, winning every game you play in and finish as the #1 seed... and not be eligible for league MVP.

MVP is not important if there is no money tied to it. So just say that if you win a major award having played less than 65-games, any financial incentive that would be tied to the award is void. (i.e. you can win the award but you can't get a max money extension from it).

A matter of fact, tie max money (annually) to the amount of games you play.

65 games is too low. Gotta make it 70 if you want to stop load management.

stogz said I don't like the fact that you have to play a minimum 65-games to win a major award. In theory, you can play 64-games, your team finishes 64-18, winning every game you play in and finish as the #1 seed... and not be eligible for league MVP. MVP is not important if there is no money tied to it. So just say that if you win a major award having played less than 65-games, any financial incentive that would be tied to the award is void. (i.e. you can win the award but you can't get a max money extension from it). A matter of fact, tie max money (annually) to the amount of games you play.

Eat your vegetables and don’t be an injury prone little bi*ch

n*ggas been saying all the trade requests was going to make the owners bargain hard af to get control back.

Nope.

The money is too good for everyone, it seems.

I really don't see the significance of a mid-season tournament.

Star players might just sit out the mid-season tournament and use it as a "load management" break and let the rookies and call ups from the G-League take their spot on the team strictly for the tournament.

"Hey rookie I'm going on vacation to Bermuda for about a week, you're starting in my place for the tournament. Go get yourself that extra $500,000."

The mid-season tournament could backfire

I'm surprised you lebron people aren't making a bigger deal about the age limit being denied. That NCAA tournament bag too big to be fu*ked with

That Guy Fly said 65 games is too low. Gotta make it 70 if you want to stop load management.

I thought this too but you know them soft a*s n*ggas don't wanna play 70 games a year

stogz said I don't like the fact that you have to play a minimum 65-games to win a major award. In theory, you can play 64-games, your team finishes 64-18, winning every game you play in and finish as the #1 seed... and not be eligible for league MVP. MVP is not important if there is no money tied to it. So just say that if you win a major award having played less than 65-games, any financial incentive that would be tied to the award is void. (i.e. you can win the award but you can't get a max money extension from it). A matter of fact, tie max money (annually) to the amount of games you play.

fu*k a 64-0 theory... focus on the people ACTUALLY doing things for close to 82 getting beat out by 60 game players

They need to just cut regular season down… nobody trying watch all that regular season ball that don’t matter anyway

Ifeellikekobe said Glad ben Simmons didn't cus a lockout

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bkamagnum said They need to just cut regular season down… nobody trying watch all that regular season ball that don’t matter anyway

I think you cut down some of those conference games outside a teams division and turn those into inter-conference games.

I’m ok with 82, but they have to be meaningful to someone, not just a money grab like it is now.

A kid in the east gets a chance to see Lebron, Steph and Ja once a year and vice versa for young fans out west with stars from the east.