How is the new tournament that the NBA plans to do for the 2022-23 season
A new report confirmed the NBA’s interest in including a new championship in the regular round starting next season, which would seek to bring more interest from fans in the first part of the campaign.
Here we tell you what the league’s plans are for this new competition.
According to the information that has been leaked to the press, it would be a direct elimination championship in which the eight teams with the best record in the NBA would participate. It would take place before Christmas and force the regular season schedule to be cut from 82 to 78 games.
ESPN story on the renewed momentum for an in-season NBA tournament: https://t.co/tqlehulAY3
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Among the ideas that the directives have to encourage the players in this championship is an economic prize of $ 1 million in full for the players, however it is not ruled out that this prize pool will grow and there is another type of stimulus.
Silver intends for the tournament to be played for the first time in the 2022-23 or 2023-24 season, however everything will depend on the intention of the high-market teams in the NBA, as some are in favor and others are in favor. against the realization of this additional competence.
