The NBA and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) have agreed to extend the deadline for either side to terminate the league’s collective bargaining agreement (CBA) to Oct. 15, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
ESPN Sources: For the second time, NBA and NBPA agree to push back 60-day window that preserves right of each side to terminate the Collective Bargaining Agreement in wake of the pandemic. The new negotiating deadline on modications to the CBA for 2020-2021 is October 15.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 25, 2020
Woj further cited a desire to finish the season without interruption and hope that the league’s big-picture financial picture will be clearer by October as motivation for this decision.