The midseason "cup" suggested by Silver

[90sgoat]

I thought about it and I actually think it could work.

It should be a tourney of the worst 16 teams and the best 2 teams in each conference should get a lottery draft position!

Think about it.

This makes tanking less attractive, while trying to build a good team, albeit lacking established stars, would be a better prospect.

[AlternativeAcc.]

Its gay and wouldn't stop tanking

[qrich]

No.

If you want a cup, you do it the way the world's game does it as well. Early stages will be amateur/semi pro/GLG teams, and as it progresses, you sprinkle in NBA teams

[Haymaker]

GTFO with that bullshit. This is no pansy ass soccer. The NBA plays for rings in June and that's all that matters.

[ronniec]

Just a regular season and playoff they players already have load management...
Adding a cup in between, adding more fierce competition won't help at all.

[guy]

I thought about it and I actually think it could work.

It should be a tourney of the worst 16 teams and the best 2 teams in each conference should get a lottery draft position!

Think about it.

This makes tanking less attractive, while trying to build a good team, albeit lacking established stars, would be a better prospect.

Doesn

[ArbitraryWater]

its one of the worst ideas i have heard about anything ever

[bison]

This soft ass era already complains about playing 82 games. No way they’re gonna wanna add extraneous tournament games.

[bobopenguin]

just make it simple, the team with best recored before ASG get a spot in top 5 draft pick.