2023-07-09 07:00:00
With the intention of having another competition within the same season, in the style of European football, Commissioner Adam Silver formally announced the creation of the NBA Cup for 2023-2024.
“It’s a concept that’s been around the league office for about 15 years and we thought it was a perfect opportunity for a global league like the NBA, and it fits our game perfectly,” Silver said, according to ESPN.
OFFICIAL ‼️ The NBA will establish a Copa del Rey-style mid-season tournament
How will it work?
There will be 6 groups of 5 teams, defined according to the classification zone of last season, that is, 2022/23, and they will face each other on Tuesdays and Fridays in November
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Likewise, the rector of the most prestigious basketball league in the world is aware that the new tournament will take time to sink in with the fans and even with some players and coaching staff. “New traditions take time, but we’re seeing new innovations in all sports, and now it’s time for the NBA Cup in the middle of the season. Plus, whoever wins it gets an official title.”
Likewise, it transpired that the new tournament will be played in its group phase during seven dates in November: 3; 10; 14; 17; twenty-one; 24 and 28, while the quarterfinals will take place between December 4 and 5, while the semifinals will be on the 7th, two days before the championship game (December 9).
In fact, the two decisive rounds will be played in a “Final Four” format, always at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Meanwhile, the six groups of five teams each were announced, which will be part of the first round of a contest similar to the Copa del Rey of Spain, with three segments made up of currencies from the Eastern Conference by another three from the West.
The NBA even held a raffle dividing each conference into five drums which were separated by the classification of the 2022-2023 regular season.
The winner of each group advances to the quarterfinals, along with the best record from each conference that failed to lead their section (wild card).
There the traditional crosses between conferences will take place (first vs. wild card and second vs. third), and the winners will go to the “Final Four”, where two clubs will fight in a single match to win the first edition of the NBA Cup.
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