According to the NY Times, the NBA is considering a shortened season plan. The idea that does not only have advantages.
A season of 70-72 matches that would start around Christmas, or even on December 22? It’s an idea that is gaining ground in the NBA. Except that the players would not see it favorably. Some players. And especially the most important. With a 2019-20 fiscal year stretching into October and the Draft not taking place until November 18, the recovery time would be short. And the new ones would have little time to acclimate to their new surroundings. “If we start in December, I think most guys will tell themselves they won’t go. With an advanced recovery, I wouldn’t expect LeBron James to be here for the first month, ”Laker Danny Green recently told The Ringer. To see if this should happen, if the major players are really on this line.
In any case, if the players’ representatives (NBPA) pushed for a recovery in mid-January, the League would have a ready-made answer according to the New York Times. A response dictated by the interests of broadcasters. The US networks have indeed no desire to see the NBA season compete with the Tokyo Olympics, from July 23 to August 8, 2021. Suddenly, the idea of the Association would be to offer players a regular season of 50 matches, as Marc Stein reports. Would everyone be happy? To have. Player salaries are in fact indexed to the regular season. With 50 matches instead of 82, their income would be greatly impacted. If they claim a start to the season in January and refuse the idea of too much pay cut, the NBA would find itself in an impasse. And time turns …
Good news for NBA players in need of work in this offseason period. The League allows clubs to open training rooms to them, as reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. One condition, however: no more than 10 people at a time. ESPN specifies that players will have to take a negative Covid-19 test every day in order to participate in these group sessions.
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