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For now, the 2020-21 season is tentatively scheduled to begin December 1.
The Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers are the leading championship competitors heading into the resumption of play.
” Once we begin playing basketball again, the news will turn from systemic bigotry to who did what in the game last night. Mental health is part of the conversation too, and how we handle all of that in a bubble.”
The NBA announced the total seven-day exhibition schedule to occur at the Disney World complex in Orlando, Florida, prior to the resumption of the 2019-20 season in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
Shams Charania of Stadium and The Athletic offered the complete slate:
Shams Charania @ShamsCharaniaThe NBAs skirmish video game schedule– with Clippers, Nuggets, Heat and Pelicans all opening play on July 22: https://t.co/znph78RAWW
— Adam Silver on the difficulties of bringing the NBA back https://t.co/bc3YPi6GEN
Each team will play three scrimmages prior to restarting the regular season, which will feature a shortened eight-game surface before possible play-in competitions for the final seeds and a standard postseason.
The NBA has actually continued to press forward with its plans to resume, and eventually total, the 2019-20 campaign despite a current rise of COVID-19 cases in Florida.
A number of gamers have actually pulled out of the reboot, and in June, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he understands the “bubble” environment in Orlando “might not be for everybody”:
NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA” It will involve enormous sacrifice on behalf of those gamers and for everybody involved …”
Along the with health issues, players have actually raised the issue of the Black Lives Matter movement possibly getting lost in the background after play resumes.
” Once we begin playing basketball again, the news will turn from systemic racism to who did what in the game last night. Psychological health is part of the discussion too, and how we manage all of that in a bubble.”
The regular season will draw back up July 30, 2 days after the completion of the exhibit games, and go through mid-August. The playoffs are set to begin August 17, with the last possible Finals date being October 13.
