If Zion wins, NBA just proved there is deep politics in the damn management.
There is nothing to consider anymore or if they do, they will lose a lot of fans.
Fairness is still better than just making money.
Ja worked hard for it putting the Grizzlies in the 8th rank.
Yeah, there's nothing much to talk about between the two. Their race for ROTY were already finished even Zion had already played his remaining regular season game. Effort, and impact to the team wise? Ja is on the edge here. We won't even be able to see a good, competitive Grizzlies if you would take out Ja on the roster, just my two cents .
Even if he creates a lot of impact for the last 8 games and luckily wins the 8th seed, that should not change the fact for efforts done by Ja for the whole season.
Speaking of Zion.
https://www.nba.com/pelicans/news/zion-williamson-update-072220
He is still being tested even if he is away for emergency matters.
This is good.
NBA is making effort to continue supporting players even if you go outside the bubble.
Somehow they don't care even with how much it will cost them. Good news indeed.