Other than colorful floors, the NBA Cup has become synonymous with Las Vegas over the in-season tournament\u2019s first three years.<\/p>\n
Teams who qualify for the semifinal have earned the right to play in Vegas for the Cup championship and the handsome cash prize the title comes with. Ahead of Tuesday night\u2019s NBA Cup final between the Spurs and Knicks, commissioner Adam Silver floated an idea that the tournament may look elsewhere for its finale in future years.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re talking with Amazon Prime about whether it makes sense to maybe go to some unique locations for the final game,\u201d he said Tuesday on the NBA on Prime pregame show. \u201cThey have suggested, for example, some storied college arenas so we\u2019re just looking at other ways we can do this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adam Silver says “some storied college locations” are under consideration for future NBA cup championship games pic.twitter.com\/qlz9aNpKXL<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Oh No He Didn’t (@ohnohedidnt24) December 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Now that\u2019s a fun idea. Imagine the NBA playing one game a year at places like Duke\u2019s Cameron Indoor Stadium, Kansas\u2019s Allen Fieldhouse or even The Palestra, Penn\u2019s historic gym. The league would have to set some guardrails, because St. John\u2019s home of Madison Square Garden would be cheating.<\/p>\n Silver left the idea open for interpretation as he mentioned the idea of college hosts was a merely a suggestion from Amazon, who will continue to broadcast all games from the knockout rounds of the NBA Cup as part of its new media rights deal<\/a>. Maybe there\u2019s some additional locales up for debate, but the idea of an NBA Cup final at a premier college gym is certainly a fun possibility.<\/p>\n More NBA on Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n dark. FREE NEWSLETTER. SI BTN Newsletter. Start off your day with SI:CYMI<\/p>\n