We’ve been hearing for some time now that the NBA has been interested in adding an in-season tournament, and now it’s officially going to be introduced for 2023-24.
Basically, the tournament will start on Nov. 3 and finish with the championship game on Dec. 9. The tournament will begin with group play, where teams are split up into five groups to play their initial matchups on Tuesdays and Fridays in November. Teams play the other opponents in their group once. After the group stage, the team with the best record in each group and one wildcard from each conference (the team with the next-best record) advances.