The NBA officially has a start date - December 22.
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00:00They'll start on December 22nd. According to the Athletic's Shams Shararni and ESPN's Adrian
00:06Wodronowski, the NBA Players Association has approved ownership's proposal for the 2021 NBA
00:13season. The proposal includes that the season starts on December 22nd, which is just in time
00:20for the league's marquee Christmas slate of games. The schedule will be 72 games long.
00:26NBA teams are expected to open training camps in less than a month on December 1st,
00:32which means there will likely be an overlap with the active portion of free agency.
00:37At this time, there has been no official start date set for free agency,
00:41but the expectation is that it will come quickly after the draft.
00:45The NBA season schedule is mostly set, but a few details are still being worked out.
00:52The NBA and Players Association are still finishing financial terms on an amended CBA,
00:58which will continue into next week.