The top coach of the event’s profitable group can be awarded $500,000 — similar that already had been designated for the profitable group’s gamers, sources advised ESPN.
Assistant coaches will share an extra pool of cash that’ll comprise 75% of the profitable coach’s complete. For head coaches and gamers now, that prize pool will descend based mostly on advancing to develop into the event runner-up ($200,000), a semifinalist ($100,000) and a quarterfinalist ($50,000), sources mentioned.
The league’s teaching management met with commissioner Adam Silver in September to debate the thought of incentivizing coaches with bonus cash and the league in the end returned with this construction, sources mentioned. The gamers’ share within the event income was collectively bargained with the Nationwide Basketball Gamers Affiliation. The NBA has been hopeful the in-season event can generate vital income within the subsequent media rights deal, driving curiosity and viewership to buoy an more and more staid common season.
The event begins Friday with the beginning of a four-game group-play bracket over the following few weeks, together with the New York Knicks vs. the Milwaukee Bucks (7:30 p.m. ET) and the Dallas Mavericks vs. the Denver Nuggets (10 p.m. ET) on ESPN Friday evening.
The winners of the six teams and two wild playing cards will advance to an eight-team knockout spherical earlier than a last 4 on Dec. 7 and 9 in Las Vegas.
