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No special Houston Rockets related questions this week, but we have our usual fan confidence rating and we have a couple national questions about how our voters feel about the NBA’s new playoff play-model.
First we’ll get to our Rockets confidence, as the weekly fan confidence rating continues to rise after bottoming out earlier in the year.
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We’re back up all the way to 80 percent confidence, as the tank-a-thon continues with the Rockets officially eliminated from playoff contention. I continue to vote yes because “trust the process,” and I love Houston’s young talent. Add a high draft pick and some veteran talent and the team could be in business.
We also asked our national voters about the new playoff play-in system, and it’s been pretty well-received across the league, it appears.
First we asked if they found the idea of a play-in tournament exciting, and our readers were pretty certain on this one.
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And we also asked our national readers if they thought the play-in tourney would keep teams more engaged for a longer period of time, with the thought of squeaking in to the post-season meaning borderline teams would continue to fight for the playoffs instead of resting players or deciding to tank at some point. This was an obvious one.
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That’s it for SB Nation Reacts this week. Make sure you follow this link if you want to sign up for our weekly poll. It only takes a few seconds each week!