Reports: Players ‘Tenatively Approve’ 72-Game NBA Season, December 22 Start Date
Nov 5, 2020, 9:11 PM | Updated: 9:11 pm
A sign at the NBA campus in Orlando (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The National Basketball Players Associaton voted to approve a December 22 start date for the 2020-21 NBA season, according to multiple reports.
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One Thursday, November 5, multiple NBA insiders reported the results of the union’s vote.
“The National Basketball Players Association has voted to tentatively approve NBA’s proposal for the 2020-21 campaign starting on Dec. 22 and playing 72-game season,” reported The Athletics’s Shams Charania. “The NBA and NBPA will now work to finalize health and safety protocols for the 2020-21 season. Sides are discussing a 17-to-18 percent escrow of player salaries over the next two years — with the hope the withholding amount is down to normal 10 percent in 2022-23.”
The NBA and NBPA will now work to finalize health and safety protocols for the 2020-21 season. Sides are discussing a 17-to-18 percent escrow of player salaries over the next two years — with the hope the withholding amount is down to normal 10 percent in 2022-23. https://t.co/fuv9otV3vl
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 6, 2020
“The NBPA player rep vote has completed, approving a December 22 start/72-game regular season, source tells ESPN,” tweeted ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. “Next up: NBA/NBPA finishes financial terms on amended CBA, which will take into next week. Expect trade moratorium to be lifted shortly prior to Nov. 18 Draft.”
Source: All Votes Counted. https://t.co/wjuiPM16E8
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 6, 2020
Charania also reported that the league is expected to have a salary cap of $109 million.
Sources The NBA and NBPA are discussing a minimum of 2 percent annual growth in the salary cap and luxury tax for the duration of the collective bargaining agreement. Cap is expected to be $109M this offseason.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 6, 2020
The upcoming NBA season was intended to begin in October before the pandemic forced the 2019-20 season to be split in half. The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals on October 11.
