The NBA and NBPA are working towards finalizing an in-season match idea for as quickly because the 2023-24 season, The Athletic‘s Shams Charania reviews.
Charania notes the match is presently framed as follows:
• Event video games will happen by November
• Eight groups then advance to a single-elimination spherical in December
• All eight groups will probably be awarded a not-yet-determined prize
• All video games will probably be a part of the 82-game schedule, aside from the 2 finalists who will play one extra recreation
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There was speak of introducing an NBA in-season match that mimics European soccer and brings in extra league income for fairly a while.
In 2021, the inclusion of an in-season match was mentioned by the NBA Competitions Committee, suggesting a $1-million reward per participant. In 2019, the NBA despatched a proposal to groups that included an in-season match along with decreasing the 82-game season to 78 which, if accepted, would have taken impact forward of the 2021-2022 season.
When chatting with the media in June, NBA commissioner Adam Silver acknowledged that implementing a match is a precedence, however mentioned “we’re not there but” by way of finalizing a mannequin.
