Spurs Knicks NBA Cup Final Could Move to College Arenas

Merlin sees the NBA weighing a fresh stage for the NBA Cup Finals. Commissioner Adam Silver said the league and Amazon Prime are discussing moving future championship games to unique locations, even storied college arenas like Allen Fieldhouse or Cameron Indoor Stadium. With the T Mobile Arena contract ending and semifinals moving back to team arenas next season, the Cup could look and feel very different. Merlin heard Silver say, "They have suggested, for example, some like storied college arenas. We're just looking at other ways we could do this." For the high school fan Merlin conjures a packed college gym where history and tight sightlines turn each possession into theater. Such a change would alter travel, broadcast staging and the Cup s aura while giving fans a new kind of energy.