The 2020-21 season is coming soon, earlier than we expected.
NBA and the Players Union announced that they have agreed to start the season on December 22, the new season will last 72 games.
In the next 6 weeks, the league will conduct a series of drafts, free agent markets, contract options, and training camps. The specific time has not been finalized, but what we know is that so far, all about the Mavericks The information is here:
and below are all Dallas local time (14 hours from Beijing time)
November 18: Draft
Mavericks have the 18th and 31st picks;
November 20, 5 pm: free agent Negotiations begin
The four players on the Mavericks playoff roster: Barea, Burke, Lee and MKG will all become unrestricted free agents, and two two-way contract players Rivers and Cleveland will become restricted free agents .
NBA has not determined the deadline for the implementation of the options, but the Mavericks have two players with player options: Hardaway Jr. (about 19 million) and WCS (2.3 million). They both expressed their desire to stay in the team.
is then a normal choice, implementing Luka Doncic's fourth-year option for the 2021-22 season.
11:01 am on November 22nd: Free agent officially signed
. The salary cap for this season is $109.14 million and the luxury tax is $132.27 million, which is the same as the 2019-20 season. The Mavericks' salary space is not enough and there is only a middle-class clause. It can be used, the starting salary is about 9.2 million U.S. dollars, and the annual average is about 10 million.
December 1: Training camp begins
The shortest offseason in NBA history will be from the sixth game lost to the Clippers on August 30 to December 1, 92 days apart.
December 22: The regular season starts
72 games per team, in order to ensure the normal start of the Olympic play-offs at the end of July.
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: Wen Ruo