The IST Was a Success

[Jasper]

A bunch of friends and I decided to go see this game at a sports bar, friends that would never care about an NBA game in December.


All of them loved it, the intensity, the stakes, the level of competition. 1 of them walked away as an Indiana Pacers fan after never watching the Pacers before.


For most of them it was better than a lot of playoff games.


Well done Adam Silver

lebron this , lebron that , look lebron won again, look lebron mvp with 5 fouls and 6 turnovers

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

If the league is gonna coronate teams like they did the Lakers....this in-season tournament will hold more weight than most thought. More than I imagined anyway.

[kawhileonard2]

It really wasn’t especially when you didn’t play any top 4 team record wise in either conference.

[Phoenix]

It really wasn’t especially when you didn’t play any top 4 team record wise in either conference.

So March Madness only had relevance if the top 4 seeds make it to the final 4? Shit I think the playoffs might actually be better if it was one and done.

[kawhileonard2]

So March Madness only had relevance if the top 4 seeds make it to the final 4? Shit I think the playoffs might actually be better if it was one and done.

The Lakers got in a bracket where they played 3 of the 4 worst teams in the league. And then Got hca for the game in LA. The fact the brackets were just some random ones and they didn’t get put in one with any legit teams should show you. Didn’t even have to play any of the top 4 teams in the conference

[Phoenix]

The Lakers got in a bracket where they played 3 of the 4 worst teams in the league. And then Got hca for the game in LA. The fact the brackets were just some random ones and they didn’t get put in one with any legit teams should show you. Didn’t even have to play any of the top 4 teams in the conference

If it were another team but the Lakers in that scenario and they won, would it just be the luck of the draw or would you hold this same energy? Or is it because it's the Lakers and Lebron specifically? I don't really care, just curious as to the reasons why people overplay or underplay the significance of the tournament.

[kawhileonard2]

If it were another team but the Lakers in that scenario and they won, would it just be the luck of the draw or would you hold this same energy? Or is it because it's the Lakers and Lebron specifically? I don't really care, just curious as to the reasons why people overplay or underplay the significance of the tournament.

Because it doesn’t do anything in the grand scheme if you don’t win the nba title. It holds as much weight as the Maui Invitational in college basketball https://mauiinvitational.com/news/20...mpionship.aspx

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui_Invitational

[tontoz]

I don't really care one way or the other about the Lakers winning but it is amusing to see 3ball melting down over it.

[sdot_thadon]

Because it doesn’t do anything in the grand scheme if you don’t win the nba title. It holds as much weight as the Maui Invitational in college basketball https://mauiinvitational.com/news/20...mpionship.aspx

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui_Invitational

College basketball has 372,378 tournaments. The NBA now has 2. Not even in the same galaxy.

[Phoenix]

I don't really care one way or the other about the Lakers winning but it is amusing to see 3ball melting down over it.

And you know he had 10 topics pre-typed and ready to go if they lost.

[lxlHoTsAuSelxl]

The IST is nice as fans get competitive playoff atmosphere basketball in December. As far as does it show who are the best in the NBA come playoff time, no. Players could of easily been injured and not able to play in the IST.

[kawhileonard2]

College basketball has 372,378 tournaments. The NBA now has 2. Not even in the same galaxy.

That’s the point. Playing a month and a half into the season and not even playing any top 4 teams in either conference or any finalist from season before means nothing. What happened when they played Denver, Philly for instance?
The teams that won Maui Invitational had no success in tournament.
Now if you win in season tournament and finals then that could mean something

[bison]

IST was a bit of a fun pleasant surprise. Even if you think it’s phony and manufactured, the fact is teams got up for it and played intense basketball in November and December. Unfortunately since the lakers/lebron won people will try to discredit it. It’s a good idea and I don’t know if it will be better next season but fans should know by now that it’s a good thing to start to tweaking the nba’s format/schedule. Basketball is a very flexible game.

[ShawkFactory]

Because it doesn’t do anything in the grand scheme if you don’t win the nba title. It holds as much weight as the Maui Invitational in college basketball https://mauiinvitational.com/news/20...mpionship.aspx

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui_Invitational

Teams in the Maui Invitational generally want to win. They’re intense games.

You’re not helping your point.

[sdot_thadon]

That’s the point. Playing a month and a half into the season and not even playing any top 4 teams in either conference or any finalist from season before means nothing. What happened when they played Denver, Philly for instance?
The teams that won Maui Invitational had no success in tournament.
Now if you win in season tournament and finals then that could mean something

The schedule was made before the season meaning no guarantees who would be good and who would suck. The suns were expected to be a big 3 of Durant, Booker and Beal. Dame hadn't been trade yet either. Murray wasn't hurt, Steph wasn't either. You can't control how brackets play out. The Lakers didn't play a top 4 team because apparently none of them made it to play them. That happens in single elimination tourneys, What happened outside of the tourney games doesn't have much to do with the tourney either, sounds like you're just desperately grasping at straws, which seems to be the only thing you know how to do. Lebron won the tournament, get over it.