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21 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 15 Dec \ parent \ on: NBA Emirates Cup Survivor Pool Recap Stacker_Sports
I would like to see them improve the incentives and scheduling a little bit.
I'm sure the players like the extra money, but they also like the extra time off when they lose. My favorite idea for a good incentive, that doesn't mess up the rest of the season, is that the winner of the tournament earns any tiebreakers that may come up for playoff or draft position.
I also think the groups are weird and they should just use divisions. No one cares about divisions in the NBA and this might be an organic way to make them matter to people.
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I don't recall exactly, but it has to do with previous season standings.
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I don't recall exactly, but it has to do with previous season standings.
You are correct. According to the NBA site.
All 30 teams have been randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on win-loss records from the 2023-24 regular season.
It seems they do a random draw but at the same time basing the random draws on previous season standings. I guess they want to make sure to have a good mix of good, mediocre, and bad teams in each group.
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It seems like you'd almost always have that with divisions, too.