As you know by now, just about all event dates in 2020 and perhaps 2021, sports-related or otherwise, that take place in public, or involve groups of people, are subject to change. And while the NBA bubble at Disney has been what we’d firmly call a complete success, once the league exits the bubble it’s still totally up in the air when next season will begin and what the conditions will be. Everything beyond the Finals is still being organized. Here’s the New York Post with the latest regarding when next season may begin:
Friday is the six-month mark of the Knicks’ last regular-season game.
With the draft being pushed back from Oct. 16 to mid-November, league sources told The Post that the season opener will almost certainly be pushed back until after Jan. 1 – with no consensus on even the month.
According to a source, some league executives would like to see next season’s opener land on Martin Luther King Day on Jan. 18 — considering the climate of the times.
However, sources have suggested the NBA is completely open-minded about a starting date for February – and March has not been completely ruled out either.
For now, we are of course focused primarily on enjoying the 2020 NBA playoffs, which by any measure have been fantastic.
