Representatives from the National Basketball Players Association voted Thursday night to approve a 72-game schedule for the 2020-21 season that will begin Dec. 22.
“Additional details remain to be negotiated and the NBPA is confident that the parties will reach agreement on these remaining issues relevant to the upcoming season,” the players union said in a statement released late Thursday night.
A large chunk of what remains to be negotiated are the financial amendments that will be made to the league’s collective bargaining agreement. Those discussions, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, are expected to last into next week.