Report: NBA In-Season Tournament Working Towards Finalization

The Phoenix Suns hope to reach new heights and territories within the next few seasons. Winning the NBA Finals would be a tremendous accomplishment, but what about winning the league's first ever in-season tournament?

The midseason tournament has slowly morphed into what feels like an inevitable reality, drawing influence from overseas soccer and creating what they hope will be a new dynamic moving forward for professional basketball.

On Friday, The Athletic's Shams Charania tweeted out a few more details on what to expect from the tournament, which could be instilled as soon as next season.

Current framework of NBA In Season Tournament as soon as 2023-24, per sources:

- Cup games through November
- 8 teams advance to single-elimination Final in December; other 22 continue with regular season
- All games part of normal 82-game schedule; one extra for two Final teams
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 9, 2022

The NBA and NBPA are still working to finalize the In Season Tournament concept, which includes to-be-determined prizes for the eight teams that advance to the single-elimination round, sources said. https://t.co/j5Sr54WUEJ
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 9, 2022

There's still a few questions to be had surrounding this concept: How will the league enforce teams to take this serious? Will there be any end of season incentive?

This has already drawn heavy criticism from fans and some players who have opted to be vocal about the matter.

To the NBA's credit, not many thought the play-in tournament at the end of the season would work. Now it's a coveted part of the final series of regular season games.

Could the in-season tournament yield similar results? The league wants to find out, and it appears as if its only a matter of time before we as basketball consumers do too.

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