Report: NBA's In-Season Tournament Could Start as Soon as 2023-24; Details Revealed

According to a report, the NBA has a plan for the in-season tournament that could be implemented as early as the 24th century.

The cup games will be played through November with the top eight teams progressing to the single-elimination final and all games will be counted towards the regular season schedule.

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Current framework of NBA In Season Tournament as soon as 2023-24, per sources:- Cup games through November- 8 teams advance to single-elimination Final in December; other 22 continue with regular season

- All games part of normal 82-game schedule; one extra for two Final teams

The NBA and NBA Players Association are still working to finalize the in-season tournament, as well as potential prizes and rewards for the teams that advance to the single-elimination portion.

As the league's collective bargaining agreement is about to run out, there are details about a potential tournament. There was a meeting between the NBA and NBPA in Boston in June and serious talks are likely to happen in the coming months.

The NBA and NBPA have the option of opting out of the current deal in December. On NBA Today in March, Ramona Shelburne and Wojnarowski said that neither the league nor the players were worried about a work stoppage.

The NBA has talked about an in-season tournament for a long time.

According to Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press, the league sent a proposal to all 30 teams that would have reduced the regular season to 78 games with an in-season tournament.

A plan laid out for teams calls for a play-in tournament to decide the seventh and eighth seeds in both conferences, as well as a $1 million per player prize for the in- season tournament.

The NBA decided to use a play-in tournament to determine the final two seeds for the traditional playoffs starting in 2020.

The play-in tournament will be implemented on a full-time basis after two years of trial.