2020–21 NBA season

2020–21 NBA season
League	National Basketball Association
Sport	Basketball
Duration	December 1, 2020 – April 14, 2021; April 17, 2021 (Playoffs); June 2021 (Finals);
Number of games	82
Number of teams	30
TV partner(s)	ABC, ESPN, TNT, NBATV
Draft
Regular season
Playoffs
Finals

The 2020–21 NBA season will be the 75th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season was orginally supposed to start on October 21, 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its scheduled start date has been pushed to December 1, 2020. The 2021 NBA All-Star Game is scheduled for Bankers Life Fieldhouse on February 14, 2021. The regular season is then scheduled to end on April 14, 2021, the NBA Playoffs to start on April 17, and the NBA Finals in June 2021. This is the first time since the 2011–12 season that an NBA season will start in December.

Transactions

Retirement

On June 25, 2020, Vince Carter retired after playing 22 seasons in the NBA and played for eight teams.[1]

Free Agency

Free agency negotiations will begin on October 18

Coaching Changes

Coaching changes
Team	2019–20 season	2020–21 season
Off-season
Brooklyn Nets	Jacque Vaughn	TBA
New York Knicks	Mike Miller	TBA
In-season

Off-season

On December 6, 2019, Mike Miller became interim head coach of the New York Knicks after David Fizdale was fired after a 4–18 start to the 2019–20 season.[2]
On March 7, 2020, Jacque Vaughn was named interim head coach of the Brooklyn Nets after Kenny Atkinson and the team mutually agreed to part ways.[3]

Preseason

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused the conclusion of the previous 2019–20 season and playoffs to be pushed into the summer, the start date of training camp has been delayed to November 2020.[4]

Regular season

The 2020–21 regular season has also been pushed to December 1, 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent delay of completing the previous 2019–20 season and playoffs. The league still intends to hold a full 82-game regular season in 2020–21, with a condensed schedule so the Finals are played as it normally does in June, which will allow players to participate in the Tokyo Olympics (which was also postponed from 2020 to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[4]

Media

This will be the fifth year of the current nine-year contracts with ABC, ESPN, TNT, and NBA TV.

References

"Vince Carter announces his retirement from NBA after 22 seasons". nba.com. June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
Wojnarowski, Adrian (December 6, 2019). "David Fizdale fired by Knicks (4–18); Mike Miller is interim coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
"Brooklyn Nets, coach Kenny Atkinson mutually agree to part ways". NBA.com. March 7, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
Bontemps, Tim; Windhorst, Brian (June 5, 2020). "What we know and don't know about the NBA's return to play". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 10, 2020.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Vince Carter announces his retirement from NBA after 22 seasons". nba.com. June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.

[2] Wojnarowski, Adrian (December 6, 2019). "David Fizdale fired by Knicks (4–18); Mike Miller is interim coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.

[3] "Brooklyn Nets, coach Kenny Atkinson mutually agree to part ways". NBA.com. March 7, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2020.

[ESPN-Jun5-4] Bontemps, Tim; Windhorst, Brian (June 5, 2020). "What we know and don't know about the NBA's return to play". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 10, 2020.