Mark Cuban Has An Explanation For All the Playoff Injuries

That explains it.

Dallas Mavericks Billionaire owner Mark Cuban is never one to bite his tongue, especially when it’s about the quality of the NBA. He’s shot down ideas like an in-season NBA tournament despite it becoming a pretty popular idea around NBA circles. Now it looks like Cuban is not a fan of the play-in tournament. He thinks the tournament’s slot in the NBA schedule is leading to more injury and fatigue during the actual postseason.

“As fun as the Play-In tournament was, it led to playoff games being played every other night. Which raises the question of whether that has led to teams being tired and possibly injured. We can’t extend the last day because of TV. Should the Play-In just be 8th seed or not at all?

Twitter shared its thoughts on Cuban’s take:

The NBA cares about ratings, because that equals more revenue, and if the NBA feels the play in tournament keeps more people tuned in, they’re going to continue it. The play-in still isn’t going anywhere and Cuban’s comments aren’t going to change that.

Good take though.


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