“I’m going to be coaching hard and everybody else will be yelling and screaming right along with me,” Ham quipped, “for personal reasons.” “We gotta get this one, go to Vegas and get the whole bag.”Ĭoaches will also get a prize pool, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. “I like the feeling of the tournament,” Lakers forward Rui Hachimura said. There’s also prize money for players of teams that are the tournament runner-up ($200,000), a semifinalist ($100,000) or a quarterfinalist ($50,000). “And there is nothing more than an extra chunk of cash.” “At this level, there are so many games, you are constantly looking for different things, whether it’s internally or externally, for motivation,” Ham said. The tournament championship game is scheduled for Saturday, with every player on the winning team’s roster earning a $500,000 bonus. The Eastern Conference teams (the winners of Indiana Pacers-Boston Celtics and Bucks-Knicks) face off at 2 p.m., with the Western Conference representatives (winner of Lakers-Suns and Sacramento Kings-New Orleans Pelicans) playing at 6 p.m. The quarterfinal winners advance to the semifinals on Thursday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. 10 in Phoenix remains one of their best wins of the season. Their 122-119 victory over the Suns (12-8) on Nov. 1 seed in the Western Conference side of the eight-team bracket. The Lakers (12-9) beat the Suns, Memphis Grizzlies, Portland Trail Blazers and Utah Jazz by a combined 74 points to clinch the five-team West Group A and the No. When you play like that, it’s as close as you can get at this point in the year to the playoffs.” But adding the In-Season Tournament, just a lot more fire on it. It’s going to be a high-level game even without the extras of the In-Season Tournament just because of the matchup. “It’s not just your regular run-of-the-mill game. I’m always trying to have fun out there, but it’s definitely with it being the In-Season Tournament, it adds a little juice to it. “A lot riding on it, for the In-Season Tournament,” Coach Darvin Ham said. “We got a little bit more in-depth and more comfortable with the schemes.”Īnd while the quarterfinal is win-or-go-home for the tournament’s sake, both teams will play a different opponent later this week after the quarterfinal – and several more afterward through at least April – removing some of the desperation that can be felt in the playoffs. “We didn’t get that deep into playoff preparation, but we got a little more detailed,” Anthony Davis said after Monday’s practice. The Lakers’ purple and gold in-season tournament court will make one final appearance this season, with the design of the NBA Cup – one of the prizes for winning the tournament – once again at center court, serving as a reminder of what the teams are playing for.īecause it’s still a regular-season game in the early portion of an 82-game schedule – 83 for those who advance to the tournament title game – the time for playoff-like preparation isn’t there. It’s one of just two NBA games scheduled for Tuesday, with the Milwaukee Bucks-New York Knicks quarterfinal game tipping off 2½ hours before Lakers-Suns. It will be a star-studded matchup, with LeBron James and Anthony Davis set to be available for the Lakers and Kevin Durant and Devin Booker expected to be available for the Suns. Keep in mind that the roster must have at least 12 players and no more than 15 players.EL SEGUNDO - In some ways, there’s going to be a playoff-like feel to the Lakers’ In-Season Tournament quarterfinal game against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night. That player's cap hit will be absorbed into that trade exception. 'Use' your trade exceptions to acquire a player. If applicable, any dead cap associated with the current year will appear. Remove a player by selecting the red X next to him in the list below. Trade for a Minimum Salary PlayerĬlick the 'Acquire Minimum Salary Player via Trade' button to load a list of players that you could acquire via Minimum Salary Exception with only needing to send back cash, rights or draft picks. Build your trade out by selecting player(s), then click Process Trade to update your roster. Trade a PlayerĬlick the 'Make A Trade' button to load the Trade Manager. Sign a Free AgentĬlick the '+Add Free Agent' button to include a free agent player. You get to be the General Manager for the Phoenix Suns.Īs the General Manager you have the ability to: Sign or Renounce Free AgentsĮither renounce the team's current free agents to potentially clear up some cap space or sign free agent(s) using their rights since the team still has control of their rights.
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