Which NBA Teams Will Succeed in the Return-To-Play Format?

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🗓️ 8 June 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The NBA is finally set to return in July, and players and owners have agreed on a format for the comeback. But which teams actually stand to benefit from the standings, what's the fate of those facing play-in games, and where does the draft lottery come into play? ESPN basketball insider Zach Lowe (and host of "The Lowe Post" podcast) explains what's at stake in the East and West. Plus, which bubble teams could make it in, and whether this year's NBA champion deserves an asterisk due to the weirdness of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is going to be a grueling thing.
0:02.4	And whoever can manage this, both the mental and the physical challenges of what's presented
0:07.3	before him, in my mind, has every right to beat their chest as a champion.
0:11.7	So I also reject the idea that this is an asterisk.
0:15.5	If anything, it's an asterisk of really mental tenacity, in my opinion.
0:23.4	That was our Jackie McMullen, explaining why this NBA season is going to be as legitimate as any other.
0:31.3	Assuming, of course, it gets off the ground.
0:34.4	Now that the NBA and its players have a plan in place with games slated to begin on July 31st,
0:39.9	ESPN Zach Lowe joins us to discuss the basketball side of that plan,
0:44.4	breaking down which teams will benefit from the format,
0:47.1	and how the champion will be remembered years down the line.
0:51.7	I'm Anykimes.
0:53.1	It's Monday, June 8th. This is ESPN Daily, presented by Marathon.
1:03.0	Zach, we're going to have basketball. Sorry, let's start again because my charger just like slammed
1:09.0	onto the floor. Zach Lowe is a senior writer for ESPN and the host of the Low Post podcast.
1:15.9	Zach, we're going to have basketball.
1:18.1	We think we're going to have basketball.
1:20.1	We'll see on July, whatever, July 31st or whatever.
1:23.9	But yeah, knock on wood, knock on everything, knock on heads.
1:26.8	We stay healthy
1:27.8	enough to have basketball. That's true. I should never say anything definitively these days.
1:32.2	But we are closer to having basketball because the NBA Board of Governors met on Thursday
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