Adding a cash prize certainly raises the stakes. Last season, in the first year of the NBA Cup, players on teams that reached the quarterfinals and beyond received additional compensation ...

The winner of the FIFA Club World Cup will take home at least $125 million of a $1 billion prize pool to be distributed during this summer’s tournament hosted in the United States. FIFA ...

In fact, no player is paid for participating in the Solheim Cup on either side. There is no prize money to the winning or losing team, or the player that gets the most points or anything like that.

So basically, there was a nearly 3% increase in prize money across the board for the NBA Cup, a figure which should continue to rise each season as the league continues to make more money.