Cade’s exception request was “I just needed a few more minutes in the game I got a horrific injury in to quality” and I would hope was a very easy “yes” for the league.

Good for him, but I think it’s kinda ridiculous to grant that but not Ant or Booker (who I’m not sure even tried). None of these guys are load managing more than a few games

Makes me wanna have a rule where teams can give challenges for games played on the day of the game instead of having to wait until the end of the season. If someone is playing but gets visibly hurt and has to get pulled out, appeal the same day and get it out of the way. Will allow the player to also rest properly because they know they have another buffer game for the rest of the season instead of trying to rush back to hit the 65.

I mean unless they missed every game cause of those reasons I don’t get it. Like Cade and Luka missed other games too that they maybe could have played in. I just don’t understand the picking and choosing on who’s eligible and not.

Like if a players missed any games for management it should be denied based on why the rule exsts. Idk if Cade did but I know Luka had some rest days.

Still an injury. Getting injured in the NBA can’t possibly be considered extraordinary

It’s an injury he got while playing basketball. Even I’m pleasantly surprised by this.

Well then it would be only fair to retroactivly award embiid with a ton of awards since he had so many unusual health problems.

This is the truth, you can’t give one player a 64 game exception but than another who has the same 64 while carrying his team to a top seed in the east.

He may have been able to sneak in on 3rd team all nba especially because the suns greatly overachieved and were also absolutely pathetic offensively when he missed games.

Legit booker is dog shit.

Ya Book just sat out for rest, I think he would’ve finished with 65 games played just in 1 of those games he got hurt after 8 mins so if Cade and Luka could get exceptions I feel like Book prob could’ve. Who knows tho maybe just not worth it to him for a possible third team spot

Counter point is team has no right to sit the player when he wants to play. Player and call up to league and ask for investigation.

Like recent Giannis case. He asked league to intervene because Bucks wont let him play when he wants to. League investigated and Bucks provided good enough reason which is Giannis refused to do 5v5 training.

As a 6ixers fans would you be okay if embiid could play with the wemby strat. 25 mpg for the season but then get 60+ games with him being available? Every time I catch him playing he still shows signs of no one being able to guard him, so to me I would consider it if he can hold up.

To be fair Wemby didn’t have a lot miles under him compared to Cade and Luka

Doncic played in 64 qualified games before suffering a regular season-ending Grade 2 left hamstring strain during the Lakers’ loss to the Thunder on April 2. He missed two games in December because of the birth of his daughter in Europe, which qualified as an extraordinary circumstance according to the release. One of Doncic’s 18 missed games this season was because of a league-mandated suspension for the March 30 win over the Wizards after he picked up his 16th technical foul.

That can’t be right because apparently Ant applied for it and I assume if they applied for it there is some other case

Why was any allowed to file for a exemption then, because he did.

Next year it will probably be 60

Should have applied for the exemption to the exemption

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He played 61, appeared in 62 but got injured and left early, and he sat for the last few games minus the Rockets since his appeal had already been denied. (Allegedly) 

You dont think Ant is a golden boy? Gtfo LMAOOOO, he didnt even qualify for the exception

Detroit ain’t much bigger than Minneapolis

It’s part of the rule dude 

Why would they favor Cade over Ant? It’s all in between the lines bro haha.

Known big market, Detroit

Detroit is a wasteland, fuck do you mean “big market”

Actually? It was close but I don’t know about lock. Now prob not.

It makes the rule not a rule if they can arbitrarily decide to include players who don’t hit the criteria

But why was Cade given an exception for getting injured, for example. That just means as long as a player claims an injury they can just play 62 games instead of 65, and it gets rid of the reason to get to 65 games

Are stars even playing more games tho? What is the evidence it’s working

Idk why some people don’t get this. The rule is setup against load management. Not injuries or people having things come up like funerals or birth of a child. Luka and Cade played a lot of basketball this year.

How is it not?

Thanks, why was he allowed to file for an exception then?

3 because of his one injured during game exceptuon which outs him into the 62-64 eligible range

That’s completely fair and sga is worthy of it too, it’s just that nobody expected Detroit to be this good all season and he’s the one that steered the turnaround. They even had the best record in all the mba at one point.

I’m not mad if sga wins it.

Nah there are plenty of dumbasses out there for gambling companies to make money off of when they have to default on their mortgages

Ant missed too many games. You need to play 62 to be eligible to even apply for the exemption.

It sucks, I agree - I love Antman, but Cade cleared the threshold to even be considered for the exemption. He also played the game he got injured but it didn’t hit the minutes.

So he was missing 15 minutes versus several games for Ant.

(I know I’m a pistons fan lol. I’m not arguing just talking. LOVE ANT!)

The nature of the injury is irrelevant, I think he deserves an exeption because he missed the 65 by mere minutes…but I also believe that if it wasn’t for Lukas ridiculous exemption that cade would go out empty.

Played less minutes than Ant, but Cade definitely deserves his flowers. But he didn’t play 65 games

Wemby shouldn’t be eligible for awards either given his low minutes played. Freak, unfortunate injury for Cade but that’s bad luck - making an exception for injury is a classic soft move from the worst commissioner in American sports

you gonna use the same logic next year if SGA gets hurt and misses eligibility? dont thinks o

Great point. 2 free throws to OKC.