The return of the NBA Cup on Tuesday night also marked the return of wacky courts across the league.
Just about every color under the sun will be represented in NBA arenas on Tuesday and Friday nights until the group play stage of the in-season tournament concludes Dec. 3. The Cleveland Cavaliers feature a maroon court, the Houston Rockets sport a yellow court, the Minnesota Timberwolves will play on a green surface, and so on and so forth.
Eight NBA home teams are set to unveil their NBA Cup home courts Tuesday night, including the Boston Celtics, who sport a rather unique green look with parquet outlines.
The NBA world had plenty to say about the in-season tournament courts. Some loved it, and others, well, not so much:
The Celtics court has SO MUCH green 🤣 pic.twitter.com/WFDJvIu5D3
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) November 13, 2024
This is 🔥🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/YanvXPgBdN
— Evan Baton (@evan_baton) November 12, 2024
A crime against basketball. And shouldn't the World Champions be given a hall pass from having to participate for some bush league trophy? https://t.co/OoMRGsKgXi
— Bederow Law (@Bederowlaw) November 13, 2024
NBA Cup courts pic.twitter.com/oGIXSxpnVt
— J.E. Skeets (@jeskeets) November 13, 2024
i kinda missed the nba cup courts pic.twitter.com/IIv7JUoIBW
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) November 13, 2024
why can’t we have the NBA Cup with the regular courts? 😭
— Ashley Nicole Moss (@AshNicoleMoss) November 13, 2024
Wild court lol
— NBA University (@NBA_University) November 13, 2024
While the blue is better than last year...
— Phil Stiefel (@Beardaknowledge) November 12, 2024
I still absolutely hate the NBA Cup courts... they hurt my eyes and make it less appealing to watchpic.twitter.com/wBS65KvkeB
After eight games Tuesday night, the Emirates NBA Cup will be back in action Friday night for 12 more games with, yes, 12 more colorful courts.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as NBA Fans Extremely Split Over Return of Colorful In-Season Tournament Courts.
