The NBA is restarting its season after the league’s Board of Governors approved commissioner Adam Silver’s plan with a 29-1 vote on Thursday. That plan deviates significantly from NBA norms. All 22 remaining teams will finish the season at a single site in Orlando, at Disney World, and for the first time in its history, the league will have a play-in format for the final postseason seeds in each conference.
“ Sam Quinn joined CBS sports as a basketball writer in 2019. Prior to that, he wrote for 247Sports and Bleacher Report. He is a New York native and NYU graduate who also has roots in Florida and California. ”
The biggest changes, though, come in terms of the schedule. After so many months off, the league has had to adjust not only the game schedule for this season, but its offseason and 2020-21 timelines as well. Based on reporting from The Athletic’s Shams Charania and ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, below is the tentative schedule of key NBA dates.
As far as this season goes, the NBA has seemingly emphasized the idea of teams reaching full strength before the playoffs. We still have nearly two months to wait before games begin, and the concluded regular season should give teams a chance to get into game shape before the postseason begins.
This situation is ultimately unprecedented, and anything could change depending on the state of the pandemic. For now, though, the NBA has moved past the planning stage and is taking action to bring basketball back.
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Congratulations Erin and Chris and your entire team!
An achievement well-earned and much deserved! Thank you for advocating for local flowers and local flower farms in the US and worldwide.
Franklin Flower Farm
Congratulations Erin and Chris and your entire team!
An achievement well-earned and much deserved! Thank you for advocating for local flowers and local flower farms in the US and worldwide.