the last time an nba team swept in the finals was 2018.
the last time an nba team swept in the finals was 2018.
when was the last time an nba team swept in the finals?
2018
the canucks had home ice advantage in the finals by virtue of winning the presidents' trophy as the team that finished with the best regular season record (117 points). they were also the first canadian team to have home ice advantage in the finals since the montreal canadiens had it for the 1993 stanley cup finals. the canadiens' victory in 1993 was also the last time a canadian team won the stanley cup. as of the 2018–19 season, this was the last stanley cup finals to feature a canadian team and was also the last time that the finals went the full seven games until 2019. in addition this was also the last time a canadian-based team from the big four appeared in a championship round until the nba’s toronto raptors won the 2019 nba finals.
2011 stanley cup finals
the 2017 collective bargaining agreement for the nba, which took effect with the 2017–18 season, included changes allowing each nba team to sign two players to two-way contracts. these players will spend the majority of their time on a team's g league roster, but can freely move to their respective nba team for up to 45 days in the regular season, as well as be a part of the team's roster before the start of the season (including nba training camps) and after the conclusion of the g league's regular season (though they are not allowed to be on a team's playoff roster or play in a playoff game). only players with four or less years of nba experience are eligible for two-way contracts. unlike other g league players, who can be called up by any nba team, two-way players can only be called up by their contracted nba team. players under two-way contracts are not counted against the nba team's regular roster limit, and can be assigned to a g league affiliate for development while also getting a larger salary whenever they are called up to the parent team. for teams that do not have a one-to-one affiliation with a g league team, a process similar to the "flexible assignment" rule is being used to determine the placement for their own two-way contracts in the g league until every team has their proper affiliation underway. in addition, salaries for two-way players are much higher than those for regular g league players. as of the 2017–18 season, g league players who are not on two-way contracts earn either $19,500 or $26,000 during the league's season. by contrast, two-way players' salaries while in the g league, which are pro-rated according to the number of days the player is with his g league team, are based on an annual salary between $50,000 and $75,000, and while these players are with their nba team, they will earn a pro-rated portion of the nba minimum rookie salary (which was $815,615 in the 2017–18 season).
nba g league