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Mark Cuban Thinks NBA’s Play-In Tournament Plan is ‘an Enormous Mistake’

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Luka Doncic is not a fan of the NBA’s play in tournament, and neither is his boss. “The worst part of this approach is that it doubles the stress of the compressed schedule. Rather than playing for a playoff spot and being able to rest players as the standings become clearer, teams have to approach every game as a playoff game to either get into or stay in the top 6 since the consequences, as Luka said, are enormous. So players are playing more games and more minutes in fewer days.”

“I don’t understand the idea of a play-in,” Doncic said Monday. “You play 72 games to get into the playoffs, then maybe you lose two in a row and you’re out of the playoffs. So I don’t see the point of that.”

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told ESPN that the concept is “an enormous mistake,” especially due to this season’s compressed schedule.

Via ESPN

“I get why the NBA is doing it,” Cuban said in a series of messages to ESPN. “But if we are going to be creative because of COVID, we should go straight up 1-20 and let the bottom 4 play in. This is the year particularly to do it since the 10 games cut [from the normal 82-game schedule] were in conference.

“In hindsight, this approach was an enormous mistake,” Cuban told ESPN.

The play-in concept features the teams that finish from seventh to 10th place in each conference. The structure, which the NBA announced in November, includes three games in each conference.

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If the season ended today,  the Mavs would be in the 7 seed, and would have to participate in the play in tournament.

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