It’s August, and we’re in the deep doldrums of the dead season - the draft has come and gone, Summer League has come and gone and the main buzz of free agency (and other trades) has come and gone.
However, some new life was breathed into the NBA and its upcoming season with the announcement of the 2018-19 NBA schedule on Friday afternoon. We learned many key NBA dates on that day, such as when DeMar DeRozan would return to Toronto as a member of the San Antonio Spurs, when Kawhi Leonard would return to San Antonio as a Toronto Raptor, when LeBron James will return to Cleveland as a Laker and so on.