The NBA and NBPA have a provisional agreement that the 2020-21 NBA season will start on December 22. There will be a 72-game season that will wrap up on the regular timeline with the NBA Finals in June.
NBA owners had previously agreed to the plan and NBA players voted to approve the plan on Thursday. Some NBA teams and players that went deep into the 2020 NBA Playoffs wanted next season to start later, likely around Martin Luther King Day in mid-January. The vast majority of teams, including the eight teams that were not a part of the re-started 2019-20 season, wanted to start the season in late-December.