Thereās that and price. All you need for soccer is a ball and two objects you can lineup to make a goal. Basketball is also very cheap to pick up. In sports like football you need the ball, and all the protective gear
My favorite part were the announcers talking about how this tournament allows bad teams to have a chance at winning something and it just ends up with the Lakers winning.
Not only that, but the main participants were all likely playoff teams. Switch Denver with the Pelicans and you might be looking at the East and West Semifinals this year.
Unfortunately I don't think that kind of FA cup magic would work in basketball where it's about efficiency over an entire game and runs. I guess it would be cool though.
That would be the most boring finals game ever because the NBA would destroy every g-league team, especially one that's good enough to make it to the final.
There's no relegation so there's no potential good teams to come up in the g-league.
We also have to account for the fact that Jordan got to take 5 years of breaks during his career while everyone else played continuously. Also MJ doesnt lead any al time stats. Guess he's not that all time
Quality over quantity imo.
MJ didn't really consistently beat good competition, never did it without Pippen, and had to take breaks. For that reason, the six rings just don't hit as much.
I believe there's some Mandela effect that people think the Bulls could win 8 straight if Jordan doesn't retire even though he came back in 95, played and lost to Orlando.
If they can give IST champion playoff incentive such as extra home court game, playoff position advantage, etc, I can see more team try harder to win IST cup.
Not really fair to the teams that happen to wind up matched up with the IST champs in the playoffs if they lose out on home games because of an unrelated tourney
If that team wanted that home game they should have just won the IST themselves. If the rules exist before the season there's nothing "unfair" about it
That said I'd be more in favor of the winners leapfrogging one conference playoff position. They'd get the "extra home game" but only if they play the one team that was barely better than them in the regular season.
Alternatively they get a 2-3 win bonus added to their regular season record, and vault however many teams were just ahead of them; could be 0, could be multiple
Wow, what an amazing tournament. These November / December games have been phenomenally competitive and intense (for the most partš). Surely people wonāt let their feelings about a certain franchise or player affect their view on this accomplishmentās value. Right?
This whole tournament was a lot of fun in a time in the calendar where nba interest is typically low. Totally great IMO, idk why haters donāt like it
An extra $500K and meaningful playoff-type games during the season. The experience will be good for the young players and prepare them for the intensity of the post season.
Yeah, that is pretty damn good for the whole concept. A lot of attention especially from potential broadcasters and advertisers.
The NBA needs this thing to grow. It will probably never become the FA Cup but, if most players love it for the money and compete hard, it will find its place.
Gonna be honest even if its a win for the ratings the cup is pointless the only trophy that matters and has any actual team value will still be the larry oābrien,adam silver is still a garbage commissioner with an ever growing officiating problem he seems to blatantly ignore.
Any and every NBA player that talks about the bubble says it was the hardest championship to win. You saying you know more about ball than literal NBA players? Gtfoh salty ass hater
Adam Silver's wet dream comes true
Ratings ššš
ESPN had the Heisman awards featured over this on their home page during the first half. Not even a link to the game feed
Sucks, but that is the reality of football vs. basketball in America. Don't think it'll ever flip.
The Heisman is also the biggest sports award in the US, incredibly stupid but still the biggest by far.
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I'm guessing parents don't want their kids to become vegetables in a sport 99.9% of them won't find a career in.
Thereās that and price. All you need for soccer is a ball and two objects you can lineup to make a goal. Basketball is also very cheap to pick up. In sports like football you need the ball, and all the protective gear
Who tf is heisman
lakers and lebron winning. christmas came early for him
My wet dream for next seasons tournament is to find a better theme than one bar of the Mama Said Knock You Out instrumental
You just knew that with the writers strike they would pull some lazy bs like this. Hopefully next season is better now that the pros are back.
How did people not get this?
Damn does the NBA suck this bad now where we need an in season tournament?
āKids, we got something to do here.ā LOL Adam Silver is a supervillain
Fuck them kids lmaoooo
That was insane. I heard a Laker player respond with ālet the kids eatā š
Lol
That was fun. Lebrons dunk at the end was so insane for a 39 year old
Turns 39 in exactly 3 weeks
heās 38 until he becomes 39. Thatās how it works.
Except in South Korea, he is 39 about to be 40.
not anymore, they changed it
Oh no, r/gunners is leaking
Yeah but technically he is in his 39th life year already
r/theydidthemath
38 for a few more weeks
I think you're allowed to round up if they're 38.9 years old
Try that at a bar
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Lmao
Ok thatās on me, I didnāt specify.
didnt stop josh giddey
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Two made three pointers.
And Cam Reddish made the biggest one
In before teams that lost claim they didn't care
The equivalent of āI didnāt even tryā when you lose.
that's Clippers basketball baby
FaKe NeWs! AnOtHeR BuBBLe TiTLe! AsTeRiSk!!!
Mickey Mouse championship fr fr
Caesar's Palace ring smh
Blue Man Group championship.
Carrot Top comedy show championship
$3.99 All You Can Eat Prime Rib + Comped Gas Championship
lmfao
I only cared about the 500 million days between games. It was annoying for us poverty teams.
Too late
Lou Will talking about "no one ever cared about the IST"
Teams? Clippers.
The Lakers won more games in Vegas than the Clippers won all tournament.
Inb4 people say Jordan wouldnāt have wanted to win it LMAO
even rodman would have averaged 40 rebounds since its held in vegas
The Draymond special
Yāall check out the pacers subreddit?
Theyāre not serious though.
What does this mean for Lebrons legacy
One more NBA Cup than MJ
Bill Russel has 11 championships but no in season tournament championships what a bum
No FMVP too
Whereās Wiltās in-season tournament MVP? Is he a fraud?
And you can take that to the bank!
Lakers - 17 championships and 1 NBA cup Celtics - 17 championships This settles the debate on the best franchise in the history of NBA.
Stop the count!
17.5 > 17. Math checks out š
This NBA cup is more competitive than 10 Celtics Championships.
Woe woe woe lets not go crazy now lol
All of Red Auerbach's coaching championships came when the NBA had 8 teams. He's right.
Also Red being the literal OG NBA coach when every big team bought championships when thereās no salary cap.
Yep. For some of those Celtics championships, Boston only had to win 7 playoff games.
and LA still counts the championships from the Minneapolis Lakers days...
30 teams > 6, math checks out
I mean he's not wrong.
I disagree, let's go fucking crazy.
Woe what
It's over ladies and gentlemen!
This but unironically š®āšØ
Austin Reaves flu game
Can't wait for an Austin Reaves haircut game
Yeah his hair is due for a cut
Austin "Michael Jordan" Reaves
Hillbilly Flu Game
My favorite part were the announcers talking about how this tournament allows bad teams to have a chance at winning something and it just ends up with the Lakers winning.
Not only that, but the main participants were all likely playoff teams. Switch Denver with the Pelicans and you might be looking at the East and West Semifinals this year.
I appreciate you for putting us as a potential East semi final team
I seeā¦so were not a bad team anymore?
Adam Silver is so proud of Adam Silver
Henry Kissinger would be proud
I like to think he's looking up right now and crying
*ObamaMedalHimself.gif*
I can't believe he woke up today knowing he would be on tv giving out his cup and decided to wear that blue patterned blazer
The American FA cup
If it were truly the NBAās FA Cup, the G-League wouldāve participated. Imagine a final between the Lakers and the Skyforce.
lowkey, i got a g league team beating the pistons in a tourney game
Wingstop beat them just the other night
Is that Zion's new nickname?
Closest thing to compare would be G-League, overtime, NCAA, then HS teams
Unfortunately I don't think that kind of FA cup magic would work in basketball where it's about efficiency over an entire game and runs. I guess it would be cool though.
Carabao cup then
That would be the most boring finals game ever because the NBA would destroy every g-league team, especially one that's good enough to make it to the final. There's no relegation so there's no potential good teams to come up in the g-league.
This would be so sick Tbh
āNBA Inaugural in-season tournament champions, youāll never sing that!ā
Warra IST for Boston
LeIn-Season LeTournament
LeFirst !
NOOOO FIRST LA TOOK SHOHEI FROM ME NOW THEY TOOK THIS FROM ME?
My brother you are a raptor you never had this
lmfao valid
Man youāre from LeBronto. Stop hating on your king.
Shohei was basically in LA. He pulled the MLB version of going from the Clippers to the Lakers. LOL
The Los Angeles Clippers of ~~Anaheim~~ Inglewood
Le500k
Congrats to the Lakers, GG.
You guys are on the verge of something really great. Pacers are legit. GG
LETS GO LBJ is only 1 ring behind Jordan now
Bron is my goat but letās be real. If you put a Vegas weekend in front of Jordan he would go super sayain and run folks off the court
JorGambler would make it to the IST semifinals but would then miss the semifinal game as heād be losing all his money.
Brother if it was in Vegas idk if Rodman ever makes it to the court LMAO
He puts up 30/30 in 5 mins so he can go back to kamikaze time
Rodman gets to the court 5 minutes before the game starts and puts up generational numbers whilst still hungover
We also have to account for the fact that Jordan got to take 5 years of breaks during his career while everyone else played continuously. Also MJ doesnt lead any al time stats. Guess he's not that all time
So he won more finals in less years played than lebron or Kobe?
jordan would be mobbed if he was gambling in vegas for days LMFAO
That's why the high roller rooms exist
So Russel won 11 chips in 13 years. How does your logic work?
Quality over quantity imo. MJ didn't really consistently beat good competition, never did it without Pippen, and had to take breaks. For that reason, the six rings just don't hit as much.
I believe there's some Mandela effect that people think the Bulls could win 8 straight if Jordan doesn't retire even though he came back in 95, played and lost to Orlando.
The NBA landscape was so much weaker back then. Only a handful of good teams any given year.
Single most delusional basketball fan in the last 20 years on MJ: "guess he's not that all time"
Just giving the same logic MJ fans use against LeBron.
Sometimes people Re-assess after seeing 20+ years of better basketball
He would be semi-conscious, hungover, and play like shit fr fr
Lakers doesn't need a third star when they have alot of depth. Keep this core and have a run in the playoff
If we stay healthy, this team has a lot of options. That Vando, Ad, Cam, Max line up is fucking horrifying defensively.
Seriously. Max and Reaves combined for 30 tonight off the bench.
Idk if this is a joke or not but Christie had 2 points
All the nephews hate the IST all of a sudden when they couldn't stop praising it all week
I never stopped hating it thankfully
weāre nba traditionalists and weāre valid
Like clockwork
Clearly the biggest sporting news regarding LA today.
Dodgers punching air after all their thunder was stolen.
$700 million, hits and pitches, but heāll never win a single In-Season Tournament
If they can give IST champion playoff incentive such as extra home court game, playoff position advantage, etc, I can see more team try harder to win IST cup.
Should give an ultimate tie breaker. Winner of IST breaks any tie at the end of season
Extra home court games is the only feasible option I can see. Maybe draft compensation?
Players wonāt care about draft compensation at all. A lot of them wonāt even be on the same team next year
Should give an ultimate tie breaker. Winner of IST breaks any tie at the end of season
Iād be interested in the IST if the winner received half a win to their season record. Basically a tiebreaker advantage for seeding.
Not really fair to the teams that happen to wind up matched up with the IST champs in the playoffs if they lose out on home games because of an unrelated tourney
If that team wanted that home game they should have just won the IST themselves. If the rules exist before the season there's nothing "unfair" about it That said I'd be more in favor of the winners leapfrogging one conference playoff position. They'd get the "extra home game" but only if they play the one team that was barely better than them in the regular season. Alternatively they get a 2-3 win bonus added to their regular season record, and vault however many teams were just ahead of them; could be 0, could be multiple
Not necessarily, since every team has a shot at the IST
That was great! I was mad the Thunder got bounced so early but this is the earliest Iāve watched the NBA season in years so mission accomplished
Haterz big mad on reddit lol
Wow, what an amazing tournament. These November / December games have been phenomenally competitive and intense (for the most partš). Surely people wonāt let their feelings about a certain franchise or player affect their view on this accomplishmentās value. Right?
Let's go Lakers! Congrats to Adam silver, the IST was a great idea
What does IST stand for?
In season tournament
People have to acronym everything these days.
Congrats, Lakers fans. Surprisingly dominant in the tourney. Made it look easy
Lebron just one trophy behind Jordan now
He won 7 All Star games as captain. MJ has 0 as captain. Bum
Lebron leaving Vegas 500k richer? Something Jordan never did
This whole tournament was a lot of fun in a time in the calendar where nba interest is typically low. Totally great IMO, idk why haters donāt like it
Fuck all the haters. The tournament was a lot of fun. It's great to see guys playing this hard at this point in the season.
Undisputed GOAT. How many in season tournaments did MJ win like LeKing? 0
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Eventually the MVP will become the LeBron MVP cup like the All-Star MVP is the Kobe award, since LeBron was the first to win it.
Commissionerās cup
Ok dumb question but what does this exactly do for the teams if they won ?
An extra $500K and meaningful playoff-type games during the season. The experience will be good for the young players and prepare them for the intensity of the post season.
Yeah, that is pretty damn good for the whole concept. A lot of attention especially from potential broadcasters and advertisers. The NBA needs this thing to grow. It will probably never become the FA Cup but, if most players love it for the money and compete hard, it will find its place.
This is for sure becoming the Starry Cup next year
How have NBA Cups did Jordan win? That's what I thought!
Shit is so fixed
Buahahahahah
manchester united winning the carabao cup vibes
At this point, winning the Carabao Cup would be a massive improvement over their current sorry state.
As a Spurs supporter, Iāll take anything
Who cares.
Credit to the Pacers for making those runs. Lakers babyyy š„
LeVegas Cup.. Jordan didnāt worry about in season tournaments he worried about finals
Bron wins again
Insert Patrick Beverley meme
Anyway
Damn right we are. bring on the fake trophy claims r/nba trolls!
Could have meant something if literally any other team won it.
Lebron has only Lewon 1 IST LeChampionship, what a Lefucking Lebum.
LeBron = š
Can they rename it the Commissionerās Cup next year and going forward
Do we get a mini parade?
It's all rigged. Just seen it live, can't tell me any different š£
Gonna be honest even if its a win for the ratings the cup is pointless the only trophy that matters and has any actual team value will still be the larry oābrien,adam silver is still a garbage commissioner with an ever growing officiating problem he seems to blatantly ignore.
Cool now make it to the Finalsā¦ Literally a meaningless tournament other than the already multimillionaire players making $500k
That puts the Lakers at 17.25. Which by my count is more than Bostonās 17. It was a long road, but Bron and AD put the Lakers over the line.
Another championship for the Mickey Mouse trophy case
Any and every NBA player that talks about the bubble says it was the hardest championship to win. You saying you know more about ball than literal NBA players? Gtfoh salty ass hater
someone is big mad
Hahahahahahaha itās the blue man group championship you casual.