NBA New Season Scheduled to End in July Next Year Hachimura et al. May Participate in Tokyo Olympics November 6th 17:07
The NBA-American Professional Basketball Players Association has approved the start of the new season on the 22nd of next month.
The season is scheduled to end in mid-July next year, before the Tokyo Olympics, and it is expected that Wizards players such as Rui Hachimura will be more likely to participate in the Olympics.
According to the players'association's announcement, the NBA's new season from 2020 to 2021 will start on the 22nd of next month, which was approved by the players' association's vote on the 5th.
The number of games will be 72, which is 10 less than usual, and the season is scheduled to end in mid-July next year.
For this reason, it is expected that NBA players such as Hachimura will be more likely to participate in the Tokyo Olympics, which will start on July 23, next year.
On the other hand, due to the suspension period due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the previous season just ended on the 11th of last month, and the new season will start in just over two months.
Initially, the NBA had a plan to start on January 18th next year, but due to the fact that the previous season was held with no spectators in the middle, profits decreased by about 155 billion yen in Japanese yen, and further In order to prevent a decrease in revenue, we havetened the opening to establish a Christmas match in which attention-grabbing match cards are assembled every year.
The NBA will be drafting on the 18th of this month, with each team scheduled to enter the camp for the new season starting on the 1st of next month.