Has the 2020 off-season started yet? After the longest NBA season ever, we have yet to get to the start of the NBA off-season. As the NBA and its players negotiate around what the salary structure and season look like for the 2020-2021 season, only one date appears set in stone: the 2020 NBA draft, which is coming a scant 3.5 weeks away on Wednesday, Nov 18th. (The NBA knows not to try to go head-to-head with Thursday night football). Meanwhile, rumors have percolated (Brian Windhorst and Zack Lowe report), that free agency will commence soon after the draft, immediately followed by training camps, with a proposed 72 game season start date of Dec.