The NBA has reportedly sent its teams a proposal listing possible changes for the 2021-22 season. According to The Athletic's Shams Charania, the proposal includes a 78-game regular season, an in-season tournament, play-in tournaments for the seventh and eighth playoff seeds and a re-seed of the final four playoff teams based on regular-season records.
Earlier Friday, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the in-season tournament could happen as soon as 2021-22, the league's 75th anniversary season.
The NBA needs the approval of two-thirds of the teams (23) and the NBPA to agree to the calendar changes.