The Boston Celtics have four picks coming their way in the 2020 NBA Draft, but will the draft itself ever be coming their way? And what about free agency?
As every NBA fan in the world knows who has not been shipwrecked on some remote island for the last year or so, the league’s schedule has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing a near-four month hiatus into the middle of the season.
The resulting chaos to the NBA’s annual schedule has already seen the draft and several other key dates pushed back to after the end of the 2020 NBA Playoffs in mid-October, now happening weeks ahead of the usual start range of the 2020-21 season.
Draft is still scheduled in October, but expected to be pushed back. NBPA in memo sent to agents tonight: “All other dates related to the 2020-21 Season are likewise postponed to dates that will later be agreed upon by the NBA and NBPA.“ https://t.co/Axfbmkpo2M
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 8, 2020
And now it and other key dates are likely being moved back yet again, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
The league has worked out an agreement with the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) to push back the draft, free agency and other important dates even further back, revealed in a memo circulated to NBPA agents Tuesday evening.
With new dates to be determined at a later date, all we can say for now is that the draft, free agency, and other critical business will go on as planned.
For now, the question is only when.
