Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. discuss whether the NBA should abandon the 65-game minimum rule for All-NBA honors after Cade Cunningham’s injury. Check out the full conversation on “The Dunker Spot” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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Video Transcript
More conversation naturally around the, the 65 games played minimum now.
Does this reinforce your point that you just made?
The immediate laughter is killing.
I told, I told y’all years ago, I told you specifically, I told all of y’all, we don’t need to do this, man.
We can just use our noggins.
We can just vote for who has done a great job.
We don’t need to put these rules on this thing, ’cause what’s gonna happen when a whole bunch of people get eliminated and now you have to just deal with it?
And look at where we’re at.
Look at where we’re at.
I see.
Nikias, look at where we’re at, and now everyone wants to go, “Oh, this rule shouldn’t be here.”
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I told y’all.
I’m, I’m telling you.
Y’all let me know what y’all figure out.
Yeah, I just wanted you I, I just, I just wanted you to have that.
That’s what– ’cause we were very much on opposite sides- Thank you of this, where I was very like- Very much.
Very much.
Yeah.
So I was like, I, I do this anyway.
But, like, I don’t think it’s inherently bad to have, like, a line, to kinda establish that.
Now, we talked, we had the appearance on what?
Yahoo Sports Daily.
We talked about it, and I was like, “Well, I’m still in favor of the rule as a concept, but, like, I’m fine hearing out let’s set 65 for MVP or let’s set 65 for All-NBA first team and then soften it beyond, below that.”
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So, like, I feel like there is a middle ground that you can find with it.
but in light of the conversation around the rule, I would not s- be surprised if, like, we just– it’s just gone, if not next year, then the near t- in the near future.
So we will see what happens on that front.
But wanted to get your thoughts, see where you were.
let you get your victory lap in- Get it, Bam very quickly.
You, you d- Darius.
Get it, Bam.
On the bike.
Oh.
Well, now you got me ticked off