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ten dollars off your first box Ben Goliver Washington Post a national

NBA writer you are the commissioner of the NBA. How many teams are you bringing back?

And how are you doing it?

I'm still thinking to this idea of the straightforward playoff format, the top 16 8 from each conference, for a couple of reasons.

First of all, I think the most important thing to do here is to land the plane, right?

I mean, you want to have a finals that has legitimacy that has your

superstar level players healthy, not getting sick and I think if you bring more teams or if you extend it out into

you know playing tournaments or or warm up games and all that stuff,

I think that you're adding risk and potentially compromising your ability to have the conclusion

that you want.

And I think it's also important at this time, you know, keep it simple, right?

To keep it, you know, something where you're not having to explain it to your audience or reintroduce them to new concepts or anything else.

You know, to me there's 16 teams that, you know,

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