Almost certainly not but with 96 we have the advantage of hindsight while 2026 is just arriving so I'm not going to close the door before we even walk through it.
On paper and with experience together in the system the answer is no though.
Stop picking at it.
If they want to add a round then just do it and dump all the play in games and weird half measures.
If you cannot be one of the best 128 teams then surely there is nothing left to cry about from anyone and a bunch of dodgy,, maybe even sub .500 teams will have their moment...
They aren't serious.
Serious would be vacating/reversing the victory that resulted in the storming.
Act responsibly or there will be nothing to celebrate except for a self imposed loss.
I'm feeling a little stingy today so I gave an A.
My preferred construction would be to have another natural point guard and I'd love it if we had been able to add another proven sniper to the mix but that piece is closer to greed than need but I do wish Lewis stuck with the program, he would...