01/20/25
December 17, 2024
NBA Cup Looking Up in Year Two: Ahead of the finals tonight, the NBA Cup is doing pretty well with players and coaches in its second year. The league hopes it will grown to become "a true second championship," said NBA strategist and analytics exec Evan Wasch.
posted by rcade to basketball at 11:24 AM - 2 comments
Evan Wasch, the NBA's strategist and analytics executive, shared the league's broader vision for the competition. He emphasized that the NBA Cup is a long-term project, aiming to evolve into "a true second championship" that provides teams and Sprunki players with another prestigious goal to pursue. Wasch's statement highlights the league's ambition to make the NBA Cup as important to the players and coaches as the NBA Finals.
posted by kehofiv329 at 03:29 AM on January 08, 2025
I know the final game didn't wind up being particularly competitive, but I do like the tournament overall, which I think is about the best as can be asked for. It gives a fan of a Western Conference team a small reason to pay attention to some early Eastern Conference games (and vice versa) and might help spread the word to the masses that basketball is indeed being played. It's an uphill battle trying to do much of anything during football season, but I do think it's a good product, and much more interesting than the All-Star Game.
If Darvin Ham gets a new head coaching gig with, say, Utah or something next season and they wind up winning *that* IST, they should just rename the whole thing after him, Emirate money be damned.