The NBA officially announced that the "Mid-Season Championship" will be renamed the "U.A.E. NBA Cup" from next season.

The alliance found a new financial father, that is, the title sponsor, U.A.E. Airlines.

The name "Mid-Season Tournament" will no longer be used.

Well, that means the Los Angeles Lakers won their only mid-season tournament, and the gold content has skyrocketed.

Just kidding: there are NBA championships every year, but the mid-season championship wins, oh...

Putting aside the issue of gold content, scarcity is expensive, which is still quite a commemorative thing.

Next season's NBA Cup, the group stage will be held on November 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, 30 and December 4.

The quarter-finals will take place on December 11 and 12.

The semi-finals will be held on December 15 and the finals on December 18.

can get sponsorship, from another point of view, Xiao Hua's wave of "more than one champion in a season" has been recognized from the idea to the implementation, and then to the effect.

It is necessary to talk to you again about this "NBA Cup".

Xiao Hua's inspiration is European football, which has more than one championship (league champions, cup champions).

But at first, neither the players nor the owners supported it, after all, the NBA regular season schedule was long enough, and these rich people who were willing to work overtime...

From an investor's point of view, what should I do if my player is injured?

Xiao Hua still has a job: since he doesn't want to play more, then simply all the games and wins and losses during the cup will be counted in the regular season record.

Only the two teams participating in the Finals will need to play one more regular season than the other teams, which is 83 games in a single season.

Aside from the format, it's all grown-ups, and let's be realistic: the NBA prize money is in place.

According to the rules, each player of the winning team of the tournament receives $500,000. The runner-up will receive $200,000 per player, 100,000 for the 3rd-4th place, and 50,000 yuan for the 5th-8th place.

This bonus is available to every player, including players on two-way contracts.

The 500,000 prize money is nothing for James, Tatum, Brown, and Daddy, who make a lot of money, and may not be able to lift them too much motivation.

However, when you think about $500,000, it's not a small amount of money for rookies and players at the end of the bench, with the assistant coach taking 75% of the total prize money for the head coach and $250,000 for the two-way player.

Last season, for example, the Lakers' three two-way players, Carlston, Fauci and Hodge, earned $559,000, and the midseason bonus income was basically half of the annual income. (Let's not consider the issue of individual income tax)

$500,000 accounts for only 1% of the annual salary of James' contract with Davis, while Vincent, who has been injured, earns $500,000 while lying down, accounting for 5% of the salary, and the second-round pick Lewis accounts for 45% of the salary.

The eldest brother has to play for the younger brother...

So, what I can't forget the most is the expression on the face of the thick eyebrows when he played the finals against the Pacers last season...

On the question of the format of the "NBA Cup".

A total of 30 teams in the league will be divided into six groups based on last season's rankings, with five teams in each group playing the group stage.

Each team will play one game against the other four teams in the group, divided into 2 home and 2 away. (Qualifiers)

After the qualifying round, the top team in the group will advance directly to the knockout round.

Of the 24 teams that did not qualify, the team with the best record in the East and West will hold a wild card and form a quarter-final against the top 6 teams in the group for the final knockout round.

Although the name has changed, the rules will continue.

One thing to say, in addition to the spicy eyes on the floor, this bold attempt by the NBA league is quite interesting.

The regular season is too long, too boring, and there is no intensity yet, but with this cup, at least it can raise the desire of the fans and players.

Really, it's good.

Finally, a few idle words.

Chinese basketball, I have always felt that in fact, we can also consider holding a "Basketball Association Cup", a cup competition.

Get the folk teams, the so-called labels, the CBA teams, the NBL teams, the youth teams, all involved.

Like the CBA team, whether you understand it or not is a training camp, which is too long and boring.

Besides, why do some people on the Internet think that CBA players are nothing more than that, the general environment lacks respect and reverence for the profession.

In addition to the cognitive problems of fans, isn't it that there is too little communication in ordinary times, and it is too closed...

It may not be easy to do this work, but it needs to be led by the official and done step by step.

Even if there is no prize money, I believe that there are many teams willing to participate...