LeBron James: Creator of Play-In Tournament 'Needs to Be Fired'

[SouBeachTalents]

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Lakers did get ****ed by the play-in system because they had to play an extra game every time when they would have been a 7 seed in 21 and 23 regardless. This year they would have played OKC by default instead of having to win a game to play Denver, or play 2 and win to play OKC, or miss out completely.

Damn, I never even thought about it that way. Despite the narrative, the play-in has only hurt the Lakers, and this year it really fvcked them. Instead of a manageable path forward as the 8 seed, they're likely gonna face Denver in the first round and get bounced right away.

[RRR3]

Damn, I never even thought about it that way. Despite the narrative, the play-in has only hurt the Lakers, and this year it really fvcked them. Instead of a manageable path forward as the 8 seed, they're likely gonna face Denver in the first round and get bounced right away.

The playin helps no one besides the 9 and 10 seeds (well arguably 3-6 seeds since they get extra time to game plan)

[FultzNationRISE]

smh

[8Ball]

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Lakers did get ****ed by the play-in system because they had to play an extra game every time when they would have been a 7 seed in 21 and 23 regardless. This year they would have played OKC by default instead of having to win a game to play Denver, or play 2 and win to play OKC, or miss out completely.

If Ham didn't spend half the season figuring out the rotation, this wouldn't have been an issue.

[FultzNationRISE]

OP, dont worry about what Lebron’s doin

[Nowoco]

Lakers did get ****ed by the play-in system because they had to play an extra game every time when they would have been a 7 seed in 21 and 23 regardless. This year they would have played OKC by default instead of having to win a game to play Denver, or play 2 and win to play OKC, or miss out completely.

When you see it written down like this, you realise what a total nonsense the play-in really is.

[RRR3]

When you see it written down like this, you realise what a total nonsense the play-in really is.

Everyone realized it at first then the media campaign went overboard and brainwashed a bunch of people into thinking it wasn’t dogshit.

[kawhileonard2]

You are truly a special kind of stupid aren’t you? Read what ImKobe just posted.

What I Stated are facts not feelings

[BarberSchool]

Bump appreciated.
@Jeff, making search function more readily available for us, would make very “suitable and historically/contextually relevant” bumps more frequent, and add to any possible “quality of discussion” here.

Of course, not allowing that search function to be abused by maniacs is good, but more searching available would be great.

As for LeFraud’s statement…..

… it’s a small taste of divine justice that Bran is a regular on the mildly-embarrassing play-in circuit, after saying what he said. And I say that, as someone who initially mostly agreed, that the play-in seemed like a cheap, mildly disingenuous way to potentially involve more than a handful of fanbases into the playoff viewership, who normally would just stop watching altogether upon elimination. Because sometimes, fans want to watch the series after their team is eliminated, and cheer against the team who beat their team. Even if their team only lost a single measly play-IN game.

Or “play-out” as it were.

As many others here have stated here:

“If it weren’t for the play-in…..what would you LeBron fans and lakers be doing after these “we didn’t even make the playoffs at all” seasons ?