The NBA and NBPA have came to an agreement to start the NBA season on December 22nd. NBA commissioner Adam Silver and the board of governors are awaiting a formal acceptance on the Dec. 22nd date, and both sides expect that’ll happen this week, sources said.
Organizations and players are proceeding with the urgency of a quick turnaround to the start of the season, including the Nov. 18 NBA draft, free agency and training camps starting on Dec. 1, sources said. Once an agreement is reached, the league will lift a moratorium and reopen the league for business on trades before the draft.
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.
