NBA Today’s Malika Andrews, Richard Jefferson, Chiney Ogwumike and Kendrick Perkins react to the league unveiling the group-play schedule for its inaugural in-season tournament. Brian Windhorst also joins the show to break down how Group A between the Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, Utah Jazz and Portland Trail Blazers may be the toughest of them all.
0:00 RJ explains how the tourney will work
1:58 West matchups
6:01 East matchups
9:07 Windhorst’s storylines in Group A
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20 Comments
So their mimicking European football aside from their domestic cups clubs challenge for other cups like champions league football but nba style
Warriors vs Kings was the best series last post season. It was must see TV. Can't wait
This tournament gon make it more competitive i see huys really going at it i like this more now. LETS HOPE THEY DO 😂
1.) should have mixed the conferences
2.) y’all know dam well half these “Stars” gone be injured or flat out not be playing
CHILL WITH THE OVERHYPE!
Kobe is laughing his A** off right now. In season tournament… all to pacify young folks
Had to bring up Brooks smh
Oh a meaningless in season tournament yeah that should make the load management guys more motivated to play 🤣
Luca gonna defeat all those refs, excited seeing him arguing with the refs whole game long😂😂😂
These 🤡
Risk playoffs to get a cup
Huh?!?!?!???????
Wow , ESPN only have 9.94 Million Subscribers , Man We Have to Start hitting That Subscription Button
This is stupid in my opinion. The ultimate goal has always been winning an NBA championship nothing more. The "NBA cup" has no meaning, at least not right now. They should've just decreased the number of regular season games.
This is dumb
They came out with schedule like a month ago didn't they
Open Button RJ is a whole vibe
If the had other teams from other leagues play, it would make this dumb idea less dumb. Division banners mean more than this.
This is stupid. Sorry…. I have read all these comments and nobody said it….THIS IS DUMB AND STUPID. Not broke dont fix it.🤷♂️
This is so dumb. Teams won’t want to risk injuries, and most of the top players won’t care when all they’re thinking about is a Finals win. It doesn’t even mean anything so why would I want to watch?
Top 1 to 7 for both conference earns the playoff berth
7th and 8th goes toe to toes for 8th seed
Playoff + nba final
All stars game during one week after finals