Does the NBA Cup need star power or does Las Vegas sell itself?

The league caught a major break last season when the Lakers made the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament semifinals and then won the title. Las Vegas is a Lakers town and the city is a four-hour drive from Los Angeles, so T-Mobile Arena was sold out for what was essentially a home game when the LeBron James-led Lakers cruised past the upstart Indiana Pacers 123-109. The first season of Commissioner Adam Silver's great experiment couldn't have gone much smoother for the league, which is back with the renamed NBA Cup.