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Mavericks owner Mark Cuban backtracks after originally saying he was ‘not a fan’ of in-season tournament

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban backtracks after originally saying he was ‘not a fan’ of in-season tournament

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has some thoughts on NBA’s reported in-season tournament. After a video circulated Friday where Cuban said he wasn’t a fan of the mid-season series and would even consider benching their best players, he later clarified and told The New York Times’ Mark Stein that those comments were “old” and that he was “actually open” to the idea. Here is the original video: The details of the proposed tournament are still being worked out, but the Athletic’s Shams Charania… Source link

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Adam Silver says in-season tournament ‘moving closer’

Adam Silver says in-season tournament ‘moving closer’

Last year’s 72-game season was created out of COVID-19 necessity, but it seemed to confirm Adam Silver’s belief about changing the regular season model and integrating an in-season tournament. “It was far from a perfect experiment,” Silver said during an interview with Yahoo Sports on a variety of topics in the days leading to All-Star weekend in Cleveland. “[But] the fact there were fewer games was quickly forgotten.” Silver corrected himself to not put an exact approximation on… Source link

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