Rachel Nichols worries play-ins impact NBA award voting

Name: Rachel Nichols worries play-ins impact NBA award voting
Uploaded: 2026-04-16T18:15:03Z
Duration: 42 s
Description: Rachel Nichols praises the NBA play-in tournament as the league's most successful innovation, despite past instances of teams like Dallas tanking. She expresses concern that the high stakes and drama of these games could inappropriately influence voters for end-of-season NBA awards, even though they are not supposed to consider playoff performances.

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Rachel Nichols praises the NBA play-in tournament as the league's most successful innovation, despite past instances of teams like Dallas tanking. She expresses concern that the high stakes and drama of these games could inappropriately influence voters for end-of-season NBA awards, even though they are not supposed to consider playoff performances.

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