PARIS — NBA commissioner Adam Silver says the in-season tournament will «no doubt» be back next season, with some unspecified tweaks.
So, most likely, will another regular-season trip to Paris — perhaps this time with multiple games for the teams selected. Silver touched on both of those possibilities for the 2024-25 schedule on Thursday before the Brooklyn Nets and Cleveland Cavaliers played the NBA's third regular-season game in Paris.
The in-season tournament, like the play-in that's used to determine the Nos. 7 and 8 seeds for each conference in the playoffs, began with a one-year trial so the league could evaluate it before deciding whether to bring it back.
The tournament wrapped up last month with the Los Angeles Lakers beating the Indiana Pacers in Las Vegas for the NBA Cup. It was mostly well-received by teams and fans.