Tyrese Haliburton and Malachi Flynn are top NBA draft prospects represented by CAA, which created a “bubble” in Las Vegas that was all business and camaraderie.
It’s all the start of what should be a unique NBA season, with the league fighting the COVID-19 pandemic with an altered 72-game schedule.According to people familiar with the plans but not authorized to speak publicly, the NBA has a tentative schedule for the upcoming season, with an All-Star break coming March 5-10 even though no traditional All-Star weekend or game will take place.
The league also has plans for a play-in tournament for teams seeded 7-10 in each conference, with the lower-seeded teams needing to beat the higher-seeded teams twice to advance. The play-in tournament is scheduled to begin May 17, one day after the regular season ends. The format still needs to be approved by the NBA’s Board of Governors, which is expected to happen.
The playoffs are set to begin May 22. Game 7 of the NBA Finals could happen on July 22, one day before the start of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.Nov. 18: NBA draft, 4:30 p.m. PSTMay 16: Regular season endsJune 7: Conference semifinals begin