Seeing the Lakers do what they're doing in the post-season worries me about the league going forward. It's going to further invite players and teams to continue to deprioritize the regular season which will result in even more load management and a poor overall basketball product. The strategy could end up being pursuing just enough during the regular season in order to enter the tournament. I just don't see many 55+ win teams in the NBA anymore because of this.
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