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Inside the Paul George free agency showdown: How the Sixers landed the nine-time All-Star

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IN 2019 THE NBA amended the official start of its free agent negotiating period to begin at a more reasonable hour: 6 p.m. ET on June 30 instead of midnight ET on July 1. The idea was to allow for the first round of calls and meetings to be done in time for everyone to sleep on their decisions.

It was all done with good intentions. But weather-related travel delays have no such empathy.