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00:00 The NBA in-season tournament is upon us. We're nearing towards the end where the semis and the championship will be played in Las Vegas.
00:08 The Lakers have come out and said that they're feeling very incentivized by the money involved.
00:16 What do you feel about the in-season tournament so far?
00:19 I think it's getting interesting now.
00:22 I agree.
00:23 Because, I mean, these guys are multi-millionaires. Every player on the court, right?
00:28 So I was thinking, how much money, if they just played a pickup game, let's say, down at the local Y, with these guys, how much would I be interested in?
00:35 $10,000? I'd be like, no. $100,000? I think now they're keeping score, right?
00:40 Definitely.
00:41 And that's what the difference is if you win the semifinals or lose. It's $100,000 per person.
00:46 Wow.
00:47 So all of a sudden I'm interested.
00:48 With the staff, too?
00:49 With the staff as well, yes.
00:50 Wow.
00:51 But then you get to the finals and it's a half a million dollars for the players each.
00:55 Wow. Yeah.
00:56 Or $200,000.
00:57 If you're a rookie, that's a lot.
00:58 Or $200,000. So all of a sudden, me and you are basically playing one-on-one for $300,000.
01:02 It's got my attention, for sure. And I think, as we've seen, all of a sudden the players are more into it.
01:07 They're diving for those teams.
01:08 Giannis didn't know about it, though.
01:09 Giannis acted like he didn't know about it.
01:11 And there's teams that didn't even make it. Like the Mavericks didn't even bring their court out.
01:15 There was a defect. So Mavericks are like, what was there? Was there something different?
01:19 Right.
01:20 So it's been a different experience for different players.
01:22 Yeah.
01:23 And I do think now that the NBA throws money behind it and now all of a sudden it's interesting.
01:28 For the teams that are left, they're excited.
01:30 The fall forward is going to be amazing.
01:32 I think you're going to see an extra effort level that you normally wouldn't see in an early-December NBA game.
01:36 So it's a win for the NBA in that regard.
01:38 There we go.
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