The NBA board of governors will approve the play-in tournament as a permanent part of the league's calendar. 

The NBA had been voting on the play-in's inclusion on a year-to-year basis for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 seasons.

One of the league's initial hopes with the seventh through tenth place teams in both conferences competing to fill the 7th and 8th playoff spots had been to curb tanking among teams and keep more franchises and more fanbases engaged longer into the regular season.