NBA Commissioner Adam Silver liked the effects of the Play-In Tournament, pitting the 7th- 10th-place finishers in each conference against each other to earn seeds in the 2021 NBA Playoffs. According to an article by Tim Bontemps of ESPN, citing a radio interview with Silver earlier in the day, the Commissioner wants the tournament to return.
“I haven’t made any secret that I want it to be [around long term],” Silver told Keyshawn, J-Will and Zubin on ESPN Radio. “I have two constituencies I need to convince of that. One is the 30 teams, and I think for the most part they’ve supported it.