- NBPA board votes to start 2020-21 season on 22 December
- Draft is 18 November; training camp to begin on 1 December
The National Basketball Players Association voted Thursday to support the notion of starting this coming season on 22 December, the date that the league has been targeting in its talks about how and when to get teams back on the floor for a planned 72-game season.
The vote, conducted by the NBPA’s board – which has a player rep from each team, entrusted to speak on behalf of his teammates – is just another part of a lengthy process. Among the primary matters still to be determined: how much escrow will be taken from player salaries because of the shorter-than-usual season, and how the league and the players will navigate testing and other health and safety issues amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
