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NBA Players, Owners Agree to 72-Game 2020-21 Season Starting Dec. 22

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The will be back before the year is over.&nbsp;On Thursday, the National Basketball Players Association confirmed its representatives tentatively approved a 72-game season that will begin Dec. 22.&nbsp;NBPA NBPA STATEMENT ON THE 2020-2021 NBA SEASON START DATE AND SCHEDULE🔗: https://t.co/BmNtnYsm63 https://t.co/AvCaVAOWK7 of The Athletic and Stadium first reported the sides had agreed to a deal.&nbsp;Charania and&nbsp;provided more details:Adrian Wojnarowski The NBPA player rep vote has completed, approving a December 22 start/72-game regular season, source tells ESPN. Next up: NBA/NBPA finishes financial terms on amended CBA, which will take into next week. Expect trade moratorium to be lifted shortly prior to Nov. 18 Draft.Shams Charania Sources The NBA and NBPA are discussing a minimum of 2 percent annual growth in the salary cap and luxury tax for the duration of the collective bargaining agreement. Cap is expected to be $109M this offseason.Adrian Wojnarowski The NBA and NBPA are expected to discuss moving up the start of free agency as early as possible to accommodate players joining new teams so close to a Dec. 1 start of training camps, sources tell ESPN.This news was widely expected. The New York Times' reported Wednesday that "aDavid Aldridge Hearing from multiple prominent player agents that have communicated w/their clients that the union is highly likely to accept the NBA’s proposal for a 72-game 2020-21 season beginning Dec. 22. "We have to," one agent said. The projected losses of waiting later are too great.With the COVID-19 pandemic putting the 2019-20 season on hold, one question among many was how it would disrupt the league's calendar going forward.&nbsp;The NBA Finals didn't conclude until Oct. 11, which made the traditional mid-to-late October start for the next year all but impossible.One line of thinking was that the NBA would stand by until the development of a COVID vaccine allowed for fans to return to arenas in big numbers again. Some stadiums have admitted fans in other leagues, albeit well below capacity.The drawback to that approach is that it's unclear when a vaccine will be forthcoming. In a September interview with Bob Costas for CNN, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said that January was his "best guess" on a start date. He added that one goal would be to play games in home arenas with fans but that a number of logistical issues needed to be resolved on that front.However, reported on Oct. 23 that the NBA league office told its board of governors Dec. 22 was the new tentative target.ESPN's provided some more context. The plan would see the regular season shortened from 82 games to 72 and the 2021 All-Star Game canceled. The report stated the NBA was ""The league believes that a Dec. 22 start that includes Christmas Day games on television and allows for a 72-game schedule that finishes before the Summer Olympics in mid-July is worth between $500 million and $1 billion in short- and long-term revenues to the league and players, sources said."#RingerNBA The NBA is looking to get things started up again on December 22, but @DGreen_14 and the other Lakers aren’t too keen on it 😅Full #RealOnes with @loganmmurdock and Raja Bell: https://t.co/yYIdpuK49o https://t.co/NHwFIVG00DRelatedNBPA votes to approve starting the shortened 72-game season in late DecemberWe're less than two weeks away from the draft. Here's @Jonwass' updated first-round mock.Exec: 'This could be one of the most unpredictable drafts in the past 20 years' 📲We cooked up three trade packages with Pelicans reportedly shopping their star guard 📲Heat, Nets and Nuggets have all been rumored to pursue Pelicans guard

The will be back before the year is over.&nbsp;On Thursday, the National Basketball Players Association confirmed its representatives tentatively approved a 72-game season that will begin Dec. 22.&nbsp;NBPA NBPA STATEMENT ON THE 2020-2021 NBA SEASON START DATE AND SCHEDULE🔗: https://t.co/BmNtnYsm63 https://t.co/AvCaVAOWK7 of The Athletic and Stadium first reported the sides had agreed to a deal.&nbsp;Charania and&nbsp;provided more details:Adrian Wojnarowski The NBPA player rep vote has completed, approving a December 22 start/72-game regular season, source tells ESPN. Next up: NBA/NBPA...

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