While the Lakers risk ending their nightmare season by not even playing the play-in tournament, the NBA has decided to step in to help the Californian franchise. An initiative of Adam Silver in person, which should not fail to make react… Explanations.
Still beaten by the Jazz last night (122-109), the Lakers can no longer win a match… The situation is deeply worrying, since the Angelinos are in 11th place in the standings with a sad record of 31 wins for 45. defeats. As it stands, they are not qualified for the playoffs or even for the play-in tournament, which would constitute a real shock wave on the basketball planet in view of the assembled roster.
Exhausted, Adam Silver decides to help the Lakers
In the offices of the NBA, this situation begins to tense too. The purples and golds of LeBron James are the most bankable team in the league, and Adam Silver can’t imagine the playoffs can go ahead without their immense media appeal. Aware of being up against the wall a few lengths from the best moment of the season, he therefore announced a rather incredible measure to help the Lakers qualify for the playoffs.
The announcement was first made via the official NBA account:
In order to help the Lakers in their quest for the NBA playoffs, Commissioner Adam Silver has decided to add two regular season games for them. They will face the Oklahoma City Thunder on April 11 and the Shanghai Sharks on April 12.
“We need them in the playoffs,” added Silver.
This tweet obviously had the effect of a bomb, especially since it is not the only announcement made by the boss of the league. In a press conference called to shed light on the reasons for this unprecedented decision, Silver revealed the second measure decided by the board of the NBA.
Adam Silver : We have to stay pragmatic and remember that the NBA is a business. Without the Lakers, the audiences will fall considerably during the playoffs and the financial revenues, necessary for the proper functioning of the league, risk suffering the consequences. So I actually decided to add two games to the Lakers schedule, but that’s not all: during these meetings against the Thunder and the Shanghai Sharks, all of LeBron James’ points will automatically be doubled in the last quarter. time if the Lakers trail by more than 10 points. A marked free throw will therefore be worth 2 points, a shot in the key or at mid-distance 4 and an outside shot 6. We also wanted to apply this rule to Russell Westbrook but mathematically, 0 point, even multiplied by two, still equals zero points… Pardon me for the expression, but it takes what it takes to save Californian furniture…
Is it starting to seem a little big coming from the boss? This is normal, since it is an April Fool’s joke! Unfortunately for them, the Lakers will not be able to count on anyone other than themselves to get out of this very bad situation. And given the deadly schedule that awaits them, the task promises to be daunting…
Without Adam Silver but with LeBron James and Anthony Davis, who will return for the last regular season games, the Lakers will have to fight to prevent a historic fiasco. And that is much less funny…
