The NBA Board of Governors is about to talk about the 2020-2021 calendar, adding a possible start date, at its meeting on Friday.
According to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst and Zach Lowe, the Board of Directors will explore the option to start the 2020-2021 season on Christmas Day to gain advantages from a potentially giant audience. However, some team representatives would not be practical, which could simply lead to an increase in discussions related to the start of the season around Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend in mid-January.
Marc Stein of the New York Times reported that the concept of a Christmas start is gaining momentum.
The board also talked about the option to implement a schedule in which groups would play fewer than 82 regular-season games.
The 2019–2020 normal season was not played in its entirety due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and ended with the NBA bubble home playoffs in Orlando, Florida.
While NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said last month that the league’s purpose was to play an 82-game list with enthusiasts to provide next season, that might not be possible. As a result, the NBA would begin the season before enthusiasts can attend the entire NBA. Sands.
According to Windhorst and Lowe, the NBA Board of Governors also reports on the season tournament option, which the league has played with implementation in recent years.
Historically, the NBA season begins last October, so delaying the start of two months or more would make it difficult to play an 82-game streak unless the league schedules fewer days off or allows the playoffs to finish later than usual. Would.
It can only be assumed that the NBA would prefer the playoffs to end in time for the start of the 2021–22 season to be adversely affected.
The 2020 NBA draft is scheduled for November 18, with a loose signing likely starting sometime after. Starting the season on Christmas Day would only give recruits and new recruits about a month to acclimate to their new teams.
This may be just a primary blow opposed to the concept of starting the season at Christmas, this resolution is finally taken through the NBA Board of Governors and the NBPA, who will have to approve any plan implemented.
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