It looks like we’ll have to wait a bit longer for the NBA season to start. While speaking with CNN in a recent interview, the league’s commissioner Adam Silver said that the next NBA season will likely start in 2021.
The current season should wrap up in early November and the NBA previously hoped that the next season could start around Christmas. But based on new information and the uncertainty regarding the pandemic, the delay is the best possible option.
The decision still isn’t finalized and it’s subject to change, but Silver believes that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NBA would “be better off getting into January”.
The reason behind pushing back the NBA 2020/21 season is that the league hopes to stage a full season with fans in the stands.
“The goal for us next season is to play a standard season…an 82-game season and playoffs,” Silver said. “And further, the goal would be to play games in home arenas in front of fans, but there’s still a lot that we need to learn.”
The NBA has already postponed the NBA Draft, moving the event from October 16 to November 18.
