Nice. Suns made the in season tournament.
The reward? You get to play extra games against the best teams in the league. You also get the reward of playing 1 or 2 extra road games.
And if you make the Finals you have to play an extra game. As if 82 games isn’t enough.
I like the idea of the tournament. But the reward should be much more than just $500k.
I think the team that wins the tournament should get playoff rewards. Make it mean something.
The reward should increase based on how the team finished the season.
Tournament rewards:
Don’t make the play-in: get an automatic bid in the play in.
Make the play in: Get the 6th seed automatically.
Get a seed 6 or higher. Automatically get 1 seed higher. So if you win the tournament and end the season with the 3 seed you get rewarded with the 2 seed.
If you are the 1 seed you get home court in the Finals
If you already have the best record in the league you get the first pick in the second round
Jumping up a seed isn’t an extreme reward. Because the tournament is 7 games if you win it. That is a significant portion of the season
Go look at the schedule. Phoenix only has 40 home games this year. Everyone who missed the tournament has 41