The in-season tournament will be rebranded as CCD Cup and starting this year, we would like to propose the introduction of a small prize (in picks) in particular for the lottery teams. Please use the poll to approve or not the proposal.
Basically, the elimination round will be split in 4 divisions based on previous season rankings. Group 1 includes teams ranked from 25 to 30.
The winner of Group 1 earns an extra pick in the second round that corresponds to the inverse of their previous year's ranking. In essence, if the Nets (ranked 30) win Group 1, they get pick 31 (or 2.1) in the 2025/26 draft and all other second-round picks move down. If the Pelicans (ranked 25) win instead, they get pick 40 (2.6) and again all the other second-round picks will move down. No prize is awarded to the winners of Groups 2, 3, and 4.
The winner of the CCD Cup is then awarded another second-round pick, which again corresponds to the inverse of the previous season ranking.
In summary, if the Nets win not only Group 1 but also the entire tournament, they get two extra picks at the beginning of the second round, and all other second-round picks move down. If the Spurs win the tournament instead, they get a pick at the end of the second round.
Basically, two extra second round picks will be assigned in the in-season tournament and in the 2025/26 draft there will be 62 picks.
The CCD Cup is a knockout tournament that will start in the first week of November (NBA week 3) and last for 5 weeks. The Finals will take place in NBA week 7 (early December).
Please note that scoring method is the same of the standard league apart that the home team (in each matchup, the team that ranked worse last year) gets 1 additional point and if the matchup ends in a tie (5-5) home team will advance.
Scoring for each team in the 5 rounds will simply be taken by our standard league on Fantrax (therefore no additional activity is required to the owners for this tournament) and reported here in the tournament section
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