The NBA began its inaugural in-season tournament on November 3rd where all thirty teams compete for the new NBA Cup. The NBA is trying to add more intensity and competitiveness from this brand new tournament but what is the real point of it?
At the end of the day, no trophy in the NBA will top the Larry O'Brien Trophy that is given to whatever team wins the NBA Finals. Personally, I am not a fan of this in-season tournament. For starters, a lot of the players aren't well informed about the rules and format of this tournament itself.
Another thing that I do not like is the courts that are being played on. For every single tournament game, each home team designs their home court to a style which has never been seen before, but for fans and some players it is absolutely blinding.
Even for myself as a fan, I do not fully understand the format of which this tournament consists of. Every regular season there is 82 games with lots of heated matchups and rivalries to go around, but the NBA wanted to add a tournament on top of that.
I strongly dislike this new tournament and I believe the NBA should have left the regular season the same and maybe established something new for the offseason. The players will never take this tournament as seriously as if they were competing in the NBA Playoffs for a shot to take home a championship. So again I ask, what's the point of the in-season tournament?
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