Less than two months after the completion of the NBA Finals in Orlando Bubble, the league will have players in the box in preparation for the 2020-21 campaign.
Training camps for the upcoming season begin on Tuesday and preseason games will begin on December 11.
The immediate change between last season’s finale and the start of the new season brings the NBA back into a general schedule and gives players time after the playoffs to compete at the July 2021 Summer Olympics.
The apparent difference between the new crusade and the end of the last is the absence of a bubble tournament, it will be played in domestic markets and the Toronto Raptors will host competitions in Tampa, Florida, due to border restrictions.
Load control will be a hot topic, as playoff players review to avoid overloading their bodies.
At the other end of the spectrum are the handful of groups that haven’t bubbled and rookies entering the league who haven’t played games since March.
The short pre-season program gives players the opportunity to regain their legs, but a team can play up to 4 pre-season contests.
The full NBA pre-season schedule can be obtained here at NBA. com.
Los Angeles Lakers face the shortest pause between winning the NBA Finals and the start of a new season in NBA history.
The Lakers won the NBA championship on October 11 in Orlando, players had six weeks to rest after playing in Florida for a few months.
In addition to managing players’ workload, The Lakers will have to assimilate new faces into their formula and officially agree with Anthony Davis on a new contract.
According to Marc Stein of the New York Times, the 27-year-old is “widely expected” to terminate his contract soon and could meet with team officials “as soon as Tuesday. “
Once the Lakers have completed Davis’ contract, they will have to take him and LeBron James to the box with their new additions. They added Dennis Schroder, Wesley Matthews, Montrezl Harrell and Marc Gasol to develop skills around James, Davis, Alex. Caruso, Kyle Kuzma and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
Newcomers are all NBA veterans and have no trouble adjusting to their new environment, however, they may have more important roles in the coming months.
The Miami Heat faces similar change, but has fewer new faces to incorporate into your team’s education camp.
For a long-term injury, the Lakers can use a load control strategy to keep Davis and James cool.
In other sports with congested schedules, injuries have hampered some of the sport’s big stars due to a lack of break between matches; for example, in Europe, football clubs play 3 matches a week to integrate UEFA Champions League matches with their normal league matches. have next summer open to foreign competitions.
Any type of load control can damage the chemistry within the equipment, but as long as the Lakers stay healthy and wise with their situation, they will move on from the Western Conference.
Newcomers to the Association face the longest break between the end of their school and overseas seasons and the beginning of their NBA careers that can be remembered.
Anthony Edwards, Obi Toppin and other more sensible draft picks last played in school games in March before the close of COVID-19.
LaMelo Ball’s time at the NBL in Australia ended before that, and James Wiseman played three games without a convention with the Memphis Tigers.
In a typical year, recruits adapted to the next point through the game in the NBA Summer League or sometimes on the team’s premises before education camp.
On the tight schedule, newbies have 3 weeks and a minimum of games to prepare for their first seasons in the NBA.
Players will have compatibility after playing basketball between March and December, but going back to the box is something else.
The long period between games can make some players completely new and bright right away, or you can watch them suffer to get rid of rust and experience useless beginnings.
The same considerations may apply to groups that have not played in the bubble. The 8 groups that weren’t in Orlando haven’t had much time to paint with a full squad since March.
How players react to prolonged layoffs can take into account the first effects in December and January, and this can lead the same franchises to qualify for the playoffs.
If the layoff revitalizes players, we may see new groups in the combo for the last two places in the conference in the playoffs.