Why does the NBA set up a mid-season tournament? Fans: The new floor is blinding!
On November 4, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and at the same time, the mid-season tournament officially began, and the floors of all teams changed colors. Many fans who don't know why don't know what the tournament is all about. In fact, this is a cup game added to the season only announced by the NBA this year. Some fans say that the game consumption of NBA players is already very large, why does the NBA still have a mid-season tournament?
The NBA divides the 30 teams into six groups of five teams each, and the group stage standings are determined first, with the first place in each group and the second place in the two best groups, with eight teams qualifying. Then a single-elimination system will be held until the champion is decided.
Although there is an additional cup game, for most NBA teams, the burden of competition has not increased. Because the tournament is combined with the regular season, in the group stage and the knockout stage, which is actually also the regular season game, only the two teams in the final will be held in Las Vegas, and they will also play one more game than the other teams. This is more of a test of the league's management's ability to orchestrate the schedule, but for the players, the number of games has basically not changed, but the meaning is a little different. But in any case, the players have to do their best in the game, because the win-loss ranking in the regular season is also important.
Xiao Hua had the idea of creating a tournament many years ago, but because it was a new event that required careful consideration and layout, he did not make up his mind to hold it until this year. The biggest benefit of such a tournament is to expand its influence. Because a knock-out game can always attract more attention from fans, similar to the NCAA's March Madness, the ratings are even higher than the NBA's regular season.
The NBA is also currently in the critical stage of signing a new broadcast contract, which is currently executed at 24 billion for nine years, and the revenue has far exceeded expectations, which has raised the NBA's salary cap from 70 million in 2015-16 to 136 million today, and the market value of NBA teams has been soaring. Both the owner and the player have earned more because of this 9-year, 24 billion contract. And the next contract is expected to be even bigger, taking the NBA to unprecedented heights. Of course, the premise is that the NBA can show enough impact, and the tournament is one way to expand it.
Of course, as a sporting event, the most important thing is to compete and try your best to win. In the NBA in previous years, many stars did not pay attention to the regular season and frequently rotated. Therefore, the NBA also introduced new rules this year, requiring players who have played more than 65 games to participate in various awards and the selection of the best team. The tournament will also allow these players to go all out and be more engaged in the game.
This year is only the first year that it has been held, and there may be a situation where experts say that the main team will be rested and the substitutes will play in the finals. But as long as it is held and the players pay more attention to it, I believe that the future tournament will become more and more beautiful. One more championship will correspondingly add many honors, which is conducive to the NBA's star-making and can also expand its influence.
So in the long run, the NBA is indeed a profitable decision to hold tournaments, and the NBA has also worked hard to promote it, and even spent a lot of money to create a tournament-specific point for all 30 teams. However, the fans complained: the new floor is blind. Because many floors are bright colors, take the floor of the Thunder team as an example, blue does feel a little dizzy after looking at it for a long time, and the black bar in the middle may make black players wearing black jerseys appear "invisible", which still needs to be improved.