The IST Was a Success

[kawhileonard2]

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

You’re not helping your point.

Teams who win the Maui Invitational don’t win ncaab championship

[Axe]

Teams who win the Maui Invitational don’t win ncaab championship

Meltdown. Kill yourself.

[3ba11]

the level of competition.

the 7 teams that the Lakers faced were 55-74 combined record and none were in the top 4 seeds of either conference.. Carry on the fraud tho

[8Ball]

the 7 teams that the Lakers faced were 55-74 combined record and none were in the top 4 seeds of either conference.. Carry on the fraud tho

Jordan made the playoffs in the 80s winning 30 games.

[Baller234]

I don't think it's possible to determine the success until more time has passed.

If the Lakers are eliminated in the playoffs, people are going to look back on this and ask what was it all for? What are we competing for if not ultimately a championship?

Those clips of Lebron acting a fool and popping champagne will be meme'd into oblivion.

[rawimpact]

How can a March madness type bracket/gameplay not make for competitive basketball? It was a no brainer...

I think the Pacers and Celtics game was the most enjoyable.

[8Ball]

I don't think it's possible to determine the success until more time has passed.

If the Lakers are eliminated in the playoffs, people are going to look back on this and ask what was it all for? What are we competing for if not ultimately a championship?

Those clips of Lebron acting a fool and popping champagne will be meme'd into oblivion.

You are upset that Jordan would never win an IST MVP at age 38 because he was never good enough to do so at that age.


This kills you deep down and it seeps through every post.

[sdot_thadon]

I don't think it's possible to determine the success until more time has passed.

If the Lakers are eliminated in the playoffs, people are going to look back on this and ask what was it all for? What are we competing for if not ultimately a championship?

Those clips of Lebron acting a fool and popping champagne will be meme'd into oblivion.

Why would they do that in good faith? It's clearly obvious by not only branding, not only calendar date, not only a completely different trophy but even the format that the playoffs and IST are 2 separate entities. Neither one impacts the other at this point. So you only connect those dots because you were going out of your way to do so no matter what.

[Baller234]

Why would they do that in good faith? It's clearly obvious by not only branding, not only calendar date, not only a completely different trophy but even the format that the playoffs and IST are 2 separate entities. Neither one impacts the other at this point. So you only connect those dots because you were going out of your way to do so no matter what.

You're right, they are two separate entities. One matters, the the other one doesn't.

What's going to happen if the Lakers are eliminated from the playoffs? Do you honestly think that Laker fans (or Bronnies) are going to say, "Hey at least we won the regular season cup!"

More than likely the cup will be an afterthought by that point, and people may mock the Lakers in hindsight for popping champagne in December.