The NBA's proposed changes to the calendar with an in-season tournament may happen as soon as 2021-22, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Wojnarowski reports that NBA commissioner Adam Silver hopes for the changes to happen that year, which would be the league's 75th anniversary season.
The proposed changes include an in-season tournament with pool-play as part of the regular season schedule. Teams with the best records would advance to an eight-team, single-elimination tournament ending in mid-December, sources told Wojnarowski.
However, some NBA executives reportedly worry that players would prefer to have the five-day break in the schedule that comes from not playing in the tournament rather than participating in it.