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National Basketball Associations (NBA) the new season with a 72-game shortened regular championship will officially start on December 22, informs the media ESPN.
The NBA and the Players Association (NBPA) have agreed to start the season shortly before Christmas, without losing the hundreds of millions of dollars that would happen if the championship started in mid-January.
Discussions are also ongoing on various details, such as when the free agent market will start. Both sides want it to open as soon as possible after the November 18 draft.
in the same way there are conversations on the extent to which players’ salaries will be reduced next season.
Start of season 22 December (provisional plan)
- Training camps start on December 1
- Three to four pre-season games
- 72 games regular season
- 14 back-to-back games for each team
- 25% less travel
- All Star weekend in early March
- End of the regular season on May 16
- Play-in tournament 7-10. place owners in the West and East
- Play-off starts on May 22
- The NBA’s final final on July 22nd
The start of the season in December means that its start will most likely be missed, for example, by Lebron James, who has just triumphed in the tournament. For the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat teams, who were NBA finalists, the off-season will be much shorter than for many other teams.
Like matches might have to be skipped Latvian shine Kristaps Porziņģis, who is still recovering from meniscus surgery. This possibility would decrease if the season started in January.
“Usually, elite athletes who have had a lateral meniscus rupture take an average of three to four months to complete the matches again,” predicted Dr. Rajpal Brars. For the Latvian, the operation was performed only on October 10.
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