Josh Hart may have just fixed the NBA Cup

New York Knicks v Charlotte Hornets | Jared C. Tilton/GettyImagesJosh Hart believes he has an idea that will drive up the stakes and interest in the NBA Cup: give the winner a half-game edge in the regular-season standings.

Intrigued? You should be. It’s one of the more well-thought, and quite frankly better, ideas floating around. Here is Hart laying out his NBA Cup idea in full, via Stefan Bondy of the New York Post:

“I think what would be really cool is if they solidify it a little bit more, whoever is the winner gets a half-game [extra in the regular-season win column]. You get to the championship game, you get a half-game if you win. If you lose the championship, it doesn’t go against…