While NBA management, players, and fans have raved about the NBA's inaugural midseason, it has a number of problems.
The next mid-season tournament will certainly build on these issues and introduce some new changes to further enhance the attractiveness of the mid-season.
So what might change in the next event? Let's take a look.
1.The rewards for winning the Mid-Season Championship have been increased.
The biggest topic of change around the midseason over the past few weeks has been increasing the rewards for the championship teams.
The most direct change is to increase the bonus, there is no doubt that the main reason for the players to play at a high level is money, the champion team is 500,000 US dollars per player, and the runner-up is 200,000 US dollars per person.
However, it can't be limited to players and coaches receiving prize money, and those in the league believe that there should be some kind of incentive for the championship team to have a greater impact on the team's season.
There's an idea that the championship team is going to lock in a playoff spot directly, but many people don't think it's reasonable, and a lot of things can change from midseason to playoffs.
The idea that gets more support is that the champions could finish at least seventh, with a chance to win the playoffs by winning the midseason.
There's also talk of giving the championship team home-court advantage in the playoffs, or draft-related incentives.
2.Better course design.
While mid-season is widely regarded as a success, the courts used are not.
There have been a lot of complaints about players slipping and falling on the court throughout the tournament, with Celtics star Jaylen Brown narrowly missing an injury in the away win over the Raptors, and the NBA needs to better protect players.
The brightly coloured pitches used during the tournament are a big problem with colour schemes, especially those with a predominance of bright reds and blues that should not be seen again next season.
I love the venues we used in the semi-finals and finals, but I think there could be more creativity here. Xiao Hua said.
3.Tournament and trophy naming.
The NBA has taken a wait-and-see approach to much of the tournament, including the names of the events and trophies.
The biggest problem was about the name of the event, which was as simple and easy to remember as possible, while also leaving for the possibility of changing the name or giving it to the sponsor.
At the same time, there are rumors in league circles that the NBA Cup may be named after Shaw's predecessor, the late CEO David Stern, and the NBA has been trying to find a suitable way to honor Stern's contributions.
4.Grouping form.
This year's mid-season tournament follows up on last year's rankings and is divided into five groups, except for the confusing group names (East Group A, West Group B), not according to our Xi divisions, sometimes we don't know which teams are in which group.
This has led some league insiders to propose changing the grouping to the division where the teams are usually located, which would solve the naming problem but could lead to more unbalanced groups.
If the NBA expands to 32 teams in the future, this problem can be solved simply in the form of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, which is divided into eight four-team groups.
Until then, it could also become a five-team group of six, which could result in one more group stage and three wildcard teams, potentially giving better teams more pathways to qualify.
However, this will also make the schedule more difficult to organize, and it will have to be changed as balanced as possible.