The NBA Cup is about to award its third champion Tuesday evening after a showdown between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs. Both teams are top-five-seeded teams in their respective conferences, and the clash in Las Vegas should be an exciting one.
That said, there are still many who follow the NBA who don't give the NBA Cup the credit it deserves. No, it will never rival the playoffs or a championship finals, but that was never the intent of the tournament from its berth. The intent was to inject a higher quality of basketball mid-season and resemble a playoff atmosphere to get the regular season going.