NBA Cup play starts Friday and runs through Dec. 11 final at Indianapolis
This season’s NBA Cup tournament begins Friday, kicking off the start of the fourth in-season competition that features some wild court designs and gives all 30 teams the chance to compete for a trophy. It also offers a payday: Each player on the NBA Cup championship-winning team will collect $604,985, with $241,994 going to those on the runner-up squad, $120,997 to the players on the clubs that fall in the semifinals and $60,499 to those whose teams lose in the quarterfinals.
The format has teams split up into six groups, with five teams apiece. From there, a single-elimination, eight-team tournament commences.
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