What is the new NBA schedule for the playoffs, draft, free agency and other key events?
As players return to their home markets and decide whether to participate in the NBA restart, teams are narrowing their list of travel personnel to the approved 37 people per team. That will be only one of many steps as players on 22 teams resume workouts, quarantine and make their way to the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, to conclude the 2019-20 NBA season.
With the season set to resume on July 30, here’s a look at the league’s new calendar.
This page will continue to update with the latest information.
Key dates
June 23: Transaction window opened for all 30 teams
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Two-way contracts can be converted
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Free agents can be signed
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Roster players can be waived
June 23-30: Coronavirus testing begins
June 27: Substitute two-way players can be signed (by teams playing in Orlando)
June 28: Last day to waive a player (5:00 p.m. ET)
June 30: Transaction window closes (11:59 p.m. ET)
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Last date to sign a contract
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2019-20 team payroll is frozen
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Last date to convert a two-way contract
July 1: Rosters set for Orlando
July 1: Teams can sign a substitute player (for one who elects not to play in Orlando)
July 1-9: Required individual workouts
July 7-9: Participating teams travel to Orlando
July 9-29: Team training camp and scrimmages
July 30: Seeding games begin
Aug. 3: Last day to withdraw from the draft (college players)
Aug. 15-16: Possible Eastern/Western conference play-in games
Aug. 17: First round of the playoffs begins
Aug. 17: Last day to enter the draft
Aug. 25: NBA draft lottery
Aug. 31: Conference semifinals target date
TBD: Pre-draft combine
Sept. 15-28: Conference finals target date
Sept. 30: NBA Finals target date
Oct. 6: Last day to withdraw from the draft (international players)
Oct. 13: Last day of the NBA Finals
Oct. 16: NBA draft
TBD: Salary cap and luxury tax are set for 2020-21
Oct. 17: Last day for a team or player option to be exercised (5:00 PM ET)
Oct. 17: Last day for a player to receive a qualifying offer
Oct. 18: Free-agent negotiations can begin (6:00 p.m. ET)
Oct. 19-23: Free-agency moratorium (begins 12:01 a.m. ET)
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First-round selections can sign contracts
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Minimum contracts can be signed
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Restricted free agents can sign an offer sheet
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Third- and fourth-year rookie options can be exercised
Oct. 23: Free agency begins (12:00 p.m. ET)
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Teams can sign free agents
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Trades can become official
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Rookie-scale and veteran contracts can be extended
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Clock on offer sheets begins
Potential free agents: Option deadlines
Oct. 6
Oct. 9
Oct. 11
Oct. 13
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DeMar DeRozan, Spurs: $27.7 million (player option; if the Spurs do not make the playoffs, the option date will be moved to seven days after their last game)
Oct. 14
Oct. 15
Oct. 17
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Enes Kanter, Celtics: $5 million (player option)
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Semi Ojeleye, Celtics: $1.75 million (team option)
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Garrett Temple, Nets: $5.0 million (team option)
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Otto Porter Jr., Bulls: $28.5 million (player option)
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Andre Drummond, Cavaliers: $28.75 million (player option)
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Willie Cauley-Stein, Mavericks: $2.28 million (player option)
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Tim Hardaway Jr., Mavericks: $18.97 million (player option)
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Jerami Grant, Nuggets: $9.34 million (player option)
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Austin Rivers, Rockets: $2.4 million (player option)
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David Nwaba, Rockets: $1.8 million (player option)
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JaMychal Green, Clippers: $5.0 million (player option)
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Avery Bradley, Lakers: $5.0 million (player option)
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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Lakers: $8.5 million (player option)
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JaVale McGee, Lakers: $4.2 million (player option)
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Rajon Rondo, Lakers: $2.7 million (player option)
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Jontay Porter, Grizzlies: $1.5 million (team option)
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Kelly Olynyk, Heat: $12.2 million (player option)
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James Johnson, Timberwolves: $16.0 million (player option)
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Bobby Portis, Knicks: $15.8 million (player option)
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Hamidou Diallo, Thunder: $1.7 million (team option)
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Mike Muscala, Thunder: $2.3 million (player option)
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Abdel Nader, Thunder: $1.75 million (player option)
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James Ennis III, Magic: $2.1 million (player option)
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Melvin Frazier Jr., Magic: $1.66 million (team option)
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Cheick Diallo, Suns: $1.8 million (team option)
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Frank Kaminsky, Suns: $5 million (team option)
Guarantee dates
Oct. 17
Oct. 18
Oct. 19
Oct. 21
Oct. 22
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Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, Pistons: $0 to $1.66 million
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Norvel Pelle, 76ers: $0 to $1.5 million
Oct. 23
Oct. 24
Veteran-extension eligible
Oct. 18
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Celtics: Gordon Hayward, Marcus Smart and Semi Ojeleye
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Nets: Rodions Kurucs
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Hornets: Nicolas Batum, Devonte’ Graham and Cody Zeller
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Bulls: Cristiano Felicio, Zach LaVine and Otto Porter Jr.
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Cavaliers: Andre Drummond and Dante Exum
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Mavericks: Tim Hardaway Jr. and Jalen Brunson
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Nuggets: Monte Morris, Jerami Grant, Will Barton, Gary Harris and Keita Bates-Diop
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Pistons: Blake Griffin, Tony Snell, Khyri Thomas, Bruce Brown and Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk
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Warriors: Stephen Curry and Andrew Wiggins
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Rockets: P.J. Tucker, James Harden and Russell Westbrook
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Pacers: Victor Oladipo, T.J. Warren and Doug McDermott
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Clippers: Lou Williams
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Lakers: LeBron James and Anthony Davis
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Grizzlies: Gorgui Dieng, Justise Winslow and Kyle Anderson
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Heat: Kelly Olynyk
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Bucks: Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ersan Ilyasova
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Timberwolves: James Johnson and Jarred Vanderbilt
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Pelicans: Jrue Holiday
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Knicks: Mitchell Robinson
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Thunder: Dennis Schroder, Chris Paul, Abdel Nader, Hamidou Diallo and Steven Adams
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Magic: Evan Fournier, Aaron Gordon and Melvin Frazier Jr.
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76ers: Joel Embiid and Josh Richardson
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Suns: Elie Okobo
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Trail Blazers: Jusuf Nurkic and Gary Trent Jr.
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Kings: Nemanja Bjelica
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Spurs: DeMar DeRozan, LaMarcus Aldridge, Chimezie Metu and Patty Mills
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Raptors: Norman Powell
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Jazz: Mike Conley, Rudy Gobert (supermax) and Georges Niang
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Wizards: John Wall and Isaac Bonga
Rookie-extension eligible
Oct. 18
Trade exceptions expire
Oct. 23
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Grizzlies: $3.1 million
Oct. 24
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Warriors: $17.2 million
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Grizzlies: $3.4 million
