Like a Super Bowl-winning quarterback, the NBA is going to Disney World. In light of the league's announcement Thursday, loung_s takes a look at the biggest winners and losers from the NBA’s approved return-to-play plan ⤵️
The only difference being instead for one day with a celebratory parade, this will be for three months playing inside empty gyms without anyone cheering as 22 teams complete the rest of the 2019-20 season and hopefully don’t catch the novel coronavirus in the process.
As such, here’s a rundown of the biggest winners and losers from the NBA’s approved return-to-play plan.It doesn’t take much to understand the No. 1 driving factor behind the NBA’s desperate attempt to return.about a month ago, the NBA would stand to lose about $900 million in television revenue if there is no 2020 post-season.
So when we all tune back in for the NBA while we’re having a blast again, do keep in mind that the only reason why this is happening is because the NBA needed to find a way to stop hemorrhaging money.One of the most interesting things around the talk about the NBA’s return-to-play plan was rumblings of drastic format changes.
Instead, the NBA went conservative in its approach, opting for the traditional conference-based brackets with four best-of-seven rounds. If you’re among the true scrubs of the league – such as the basement-dwelling Warriors and Cavaliers – knowing you didn’t make it in has to have you breathing a sigh of relief as this means you can dedicate more time toward the dates that actually matter to you: Aug. 25 and Oct. 15, when the NBA draft lottery and NBA draft, respectively, have been rescheduled.
Why were they invited, you might be asking? Well, according to the NBA’s format, teams within at least 6.0 games back of the No. 8 seed qualify. And the Wizards are 5.5 games back of the 30-35, No. 8 seeded Orlando Magic.Still doesn’t take away the fact the Wizards are among the worst teams in the league, with the 24th-ranked net rating as of the time of the suspension and the worst defence.
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