Early Reviews of the NBA’s Colorful In-Season Tournament Courts Are Very Mixed

After drawing little fanfare upon being unveiled on Monday, the NBA’s colorful in-season tournament floors made their anticipated(?) debut on Friday night.

The customized courts coincided with the start of the inaugural tournament league-wide, with the Cavaliers-Pacers game in Indiana kicking off the proceedings. But, while Day 1 of the tournament sparked plenty of excitement, the new-look arenas were, again, a subject of debate among NBA fans.

Much like the first look four days prior, the glaringly bright courts and their wide array of designs garnered very mixed reviews online, with most trying to sort through what they were witnessing and some others on-board with the new wave.

THE NBA IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT IS UNDERWAY ‼️

Myles Turner throws it down for the first bucket 💪

🏆 NBA In-Season Tournament
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— NBA (@NBA) November 3, 2023

With Friday marking the tournament’s opening night, the initial reactions indicate the specialized floors for the competition, which ends in early December, may take a little longer for fans to get used to.

For now, though, it appears likely the conversation around the NBA’s newest idea won’t fade away any time soon:

Lol hell yeah. Everyone who hates this is wrong, I’m sorry to tell you all. https://t.co/p7ptVenjXB
— Kazeem Famuyide 🇳🇬 🍎 (@Kazeem) November 3, 2023

This is dope actually https://t.co/sNndd9EU32
— Robin Lundberg (@robinlundberg) November 3, 2023

this court is … just, hell nah 😵‍💫 https://t.co/q0LV7EwJc0
— Ashley Nicole Moss (@AshNicoleMoss) November 3, 2023

This court is horrendous https://t.co/zHj2oPSyyO
— KingsMuse (@kings_muse) November 3, 2023

this looks like something from the 2k user database. half expecting a picture of kendall jenner on the baseline https://t.co/Ra2E6qgNq0
— abundant (@andrejgee) November 3, 2023