121 sats \ 8 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 15 Nov 2023 \ parent \ on: Stacker Sports - Meta Meta Takeover Takeover - NBA In-Season Tournament meta
I hadn't even thought about how LeBron would want to win the first tournament for legacy reasons. He's looking way down the line when people are making lists of who's won both championship MVP awards and regular season and whatever else. It's another way to separate himself from Jordan.
Now I really wish I had saved the Lakers.
Is there an MVP award for this tournament? There must be. Right?
Oh, I thought you haven't pick the Lakers yet. Didn't realize you had already picked them.
In term of MVP, I tried searching online about it but didn't find anything. I think since it's a minor tournament and only a few games, the NBA will not give out personal awards.
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I was reading the tournament rules while waiting for my daughter to fall asleep last night, and not only is there going to be a tournament MVP, there will be an All-Tournament Team.
I think LeBron's laser focused on that MVP award.
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Good thing they aren't playing the Kings Friday.
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2nd night of a back-to-back and a non-tournament game
I'm not surprised they got smoked.
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Raptors looked terrible last night. Bucks without Giannis dominated them. Lillard and Beasley couldn't miss from 3. Bucks shot over 50% from 3. Clearly the Bucks had a hot shooting night but there was absolutely no perimeter D and no three point shooting from Raps without OG and Trent.
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Without Giannis, the Bucks aren't a giant, so the Toronto Giant Slayers were powerless against them.
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Excellent point. We will see the giant slayers return Friday against Boston. I do think this might be a turnaround point for the Bucks. Having Giannis out forced them to get the ball into the hands of their shooters and they were struggling with 3 point shooting and that definitely turned last night shooting over 50%.
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the NBA will not give out personal awards
That seems like a missed opportunity. It's longer than the Finals and that has an MVP award. There's no way these guys don't want to be the first In-Season Tournament MVP (Jimmy and Joker being exceptions), so that would be an easy way to get buy-in.
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