The NBA’s offseason will move at a quick pace prior to a projected start date that falls around Christmas Day. But that pace might not include a frenzied free agency period that NBA fans have grown accustomed to. According to recent analysis from ESPN NBA contributor Bobby Marks, only four teams will enter the offseason with available cap space.
As a result of that landscape, that is combined with the uncertainty of coronavirus-related impacts on revenue, Marks explained that offseason spending could be cut in half.
Unlike the 2019 offseason, during which $1.1 billion was spent for the 2019-20 season, we are projecting only $450 million in free-agent salary that would count toward 2020-21.