NBA Free Agency Starts Nov. 20; Salary Cap $109 mil

[luckyman]

Same cap as last year. 72 game season. Training camps starts Dec 1. ESPN didn't report anything about a play-in tournament.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...t-begin-nov-20

The deal calls for free agency to begin at 6 p.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 20, two days after next week's NBA draft.

The salary cap is going to be set at $109.1 million, and the luxury tax will be $132.6 million -- the same numbers they were during the 2019-20 season, before the league's finances took a drastic hit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Teams had been expecting both numbers to remain the same next season for some time now, as it was better for both the teams and the players to avoid a massive drop in the salary cap for next season because of the unplanned drop in revenue.

[Creative]

Same cap as last year. 72 game season. Training camps starts Dec 1. ESPN didn't report anything about a play-in tournament.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...t-begin-nov-20

Finally, some specifics. Next week will be very interesting

[luckyman]

Love it as a fan. Team will be practicing again in less than 3 weeks. Pre-season games in about a month.

Outside of teams that made deep playoff runs, this might be good for them also. Certainly less time for Zion's weight to get out of control.

Still this is a very condensed off-season. Players will really need to be in top shape.

And best believe this quick turnaround is driven by revenue and tv contracts minimums as the #1 priority.