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Quick turnaround: NBA, NBPA agree to start season Dec. 22 with 72-game regular season

The next NBA season is on course to start next month.

The NBA and National Basketball Players Association announced Monday they've reached an agreement "in principle" to start the 2020-21 season Dec. 22 and have a 72-game regular season as well as have "adjustments to certain provisions of the current collective bargaining agreement impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic."

The agreement is subject to a vote by the league’s Board of Governors.

Back in August, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said starting the season December 1 felt "a little bit early" to him, but the season will start next month after all.