The 2020–21 NBA season will be the 75th season of the National Basketball Association. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the regular season has been reduced to 72 games. Free agency negotiations were scheduled to begin on October 18, 2020, but that date was delayed. The Toronto Raptors plan to play their 2020-21 home games at Amalie Arena in Tampa.
About 2020–21 NBA season in brief
The 2020–21 NBA season will be the 75th season of the National Basketball Association. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the regular season has been reduced to 72 games. Free agency negotiations were scheduled to begin on October 18, 2020, but that date was delayed. The playoffs are then tentatively scheduled to run under the standard 16-team playoff format between May 22 and July 22, 2021. The Toronto Raptors plan to play their 2020-21 home games at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida to begin the season.
The NBA is also contemplating organizing the schedule such that teams would have less travel, with back-to-back games in the same cities against the same opponent. The 2021 NBA Finals will begin no later than July 8, with a potential Game 7 no earlier than July 22. On November 9, it was announced that free agency would begin on November 20 at 6 p.m. ET, with signings permitted starting at 12 p. m. ET on November 22. The preseason began on December 11, 2020,. and will end on December 19, 2020.
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