For many years, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has scheduled the closing of the transfer market and transfers for the days leading up to All-Star Weekend; however, as this event does not take place for 2021, it has been decided to change the date.
According to the insider Shams Charania, from The Athletic, the competition will modify its deadline for conducting these negotiations, traditionally scheduled for February, and will take place after the recess between March 5 and 10.
The report states that The NBA plans to delay the transfer deadline until March 25 in the regular season, while for the playoffs, the information indicates that the date for the players to be eliminated and eligible for the postseason rosters would be the April 9, 2021.
The NBA is targeting March 25 for its 2020-21 season trade deadline, pending Board approval, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. The All-Star break is scheduled for March 5-10.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
December 3, 2020
New deadline for NBA transfers
The tentative date, which remains to be made official by the competition, will be key thinking about the next season, since in those days important movements could be carried out in the transfer market, where some superstars could change teams.
In fact, the NBA presumes that in those weeks the contracts of James Harden with Houston Rockets, from Victor Oladipo with Atlanta Hawks, from Bradley Beal with Washington Wizards, and the most important, the future of the Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo.
It should be remembered that the next postseason would begin, according to the league’s programming, the May 22ndThat is, if the teams want to reinforce themselves with players from teams without playoff options, they must do so before April 9.
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