For years, an in-season NBA tournament felt like one of those far-out ideas that always seemed cool but would probably never be executed.
Fast forward to today and it’s happening.
The NBA’s in-season tournament is finally here. The league has been building up to this moment for the last few years and now we’re actually going to see what this thing looks like and how it’ll work out.
That’s the big question everyone has: How exactly does this thing work? The NBA is going to be an American basketball version of a soccer league. It’s going to be pretty strange. It could also be pretty fun, too.
Let’s take a look at everything we know about it so far.