How Nuggets' Bruce Brown played 82 games but doesn't qualify for NBA's 65-game rule
The math isn't quite mathing on this one.
How Nuggets' Bruce Brown played 82 games but doesn't qualify for NBA's 65-game rule originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Bruce Brown played 82 games this season.
But as far as the NBA's 65-game rule for awards eligibility is concerned, the Denver Nuggets ' guard didn't qualify. Now to be fair, as many fans on social media are saying, Brown probably wouldn't have contended for any awards (although he is a high-quality defender and bench contributor). But still, it's confusing.
The NBA says it wants players to play at least 65 of the 82 possible regular season games to win an award. Brown doesn't miss a night at the office all season, and yet he doesn't count. What gives?
MORE: Nikola Jokic proves once again there's no one like him Why don't Bruce Brown's 82 games count as 65 games? The NBA also throws a minutes clause into its award setup. Brown played fewer than 20 minutes on too many occasions -- those games don't get counted the same as those in which a player exceeds 20 minutes.