Yeah this is why I hoped they either fell to 8 or got knocked out entirely because we would have beaten them pretty soundly in this first series but meeting them in the WCF gives them time to get in sync and then gives the league extra impetus to put their thumb on the officiating scale. I just hope the sun's knock them out but I don't think so.
The finalist thing is an artificial thing. The votes all happen and they take the people in 1-3 and announce them as finalists to keep suspense. The winners are known when the finalists are.
It's so dumb they don't announce the results during the playoffs. Would create some good storylines.
They have their award show that you can't hold and have everyone present during the playoffs. And if you don't have them present there, it's harder to put together some kind of televised event for marketing dollars.
Yeah. It's lame.
Money money money.
"TNT will announce the winner of each award during its coverage of the 2021 NBA Playoffs. Each voter’s complete ballot for each award will be posted at pr.nba.com after the announcement of all end-of-season awards."
Joe is gonna struggg
When Joe goes swimming, he doesn't get wet, the water gets jingled.
