Remind me again why this is beneficial? So let’s say the knicks miss the top 6 by a game, or even home court advantage by the 5th seed etc. IF the nba wants to continue with this they MUST give some sort of reward for the regular season and an edge in the real playoffs, because this feels more like a punishment.
Uh, what? Outside of playing 1 game against a team, for a reward, you would have a high likelihood of needing to play and beat in the playoffs to win in the first place, literally nothing changes in the schedule…
There is a reward for the players (the ones actually competing) and the players are obviously into this, so thinking this is some sort of punishment is such a weird/silly take, lol.