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This means nothing and every point you tried to make is trash.
Any team qualifying for a "play-in" and struggling is usually, and actually garbage and can't hang with the mid tier teams of the association.
The (ASS)sociation is trying to find the best way to stretch the careers of players they banked on in the past.
Imagine any player from a past era being proud they got a participation medal to sell eyes for networks instead of actually winning.
Gtfoh you female
The play in tournament exists because the NBA owners required it as an experiment before giving Adam Silver the "NBA Cup" which is what he actually wanted. Now that Silver acheived his primary goal as commissioner the NBA play in does not actually have a reason to exist. It was never a standalone idea. It only has a neglible effect on tanking.