After the cracking of LeBron James on the subject, Daryl Morey also gave his opinion on the play-in tournament. Diametrically opposed. As if by chance …
Timing is fun. And the GM of the Philadelphia Sixers will be happy to say that he is only expressing his opinion, regardless of the statements of LeBron James. But one is free to think that he is far too smart not to have done so in response to the King.
As a reminder, LBJ spoke … even cracked … on the format of the post-season, after the loss of the Los Angeles Lakers against the Toronto Raptors:
“The guy who had the idea of this shit should be fired,” he said.
As ” the guy who came up with the idea for this shit Is none other than Adam Silver – or at least he validated the idea and it comes to the same thing -, the projection is particularly violent.
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« This shit Daryl Morey finds it very interesting. Moments after LeBron James’ remarks, he gave his opinion on the subject in a Twitter post embellished with a tasty GIF from The Big Lebowski:
“I can’t believe the NBA rushed through a change that makes games more interesting and relevant. “
I can’t believe the NBA hastily implemented a change that makes games more interesting and meaningful pic.twitter.com/B1y23dJD9s
— Daryl Morey ???????? (@dmorey) May 3, 2021
Their respective positions are not surprising. The Philadelphia Sixers are absolutely not affected by the play-in. It’s much easier for Morey to take a step back and see it as a way to guarantee some thrilling final regular season games.
LeBron James, like Luka Doncic and Mark Cuban before him, criticizes a system that risks penalizing him. His Los Angeles Lakers are battling the Dallas Mavericks and Portland Trail Blazers to escape 7th place. Formerly qualifying for the playoffs, places # 7 and 8 are now the places of the con, to use a time-honored expression.
Either way, we can’t help but see in Morey’s tweet more than his opinion. Considering the timing, he probably responded directly to LBJ. History to have fun with a player who had criticized him badly after his “infamous” tweet on Hong Kong …
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