The NBA and the NBPA both put forth their preferred start dates for the 2020-21 NBA season last week. They weren’t in agreement, so the two parties had to extend the date to renegotiate the collective bargaining agreement to Nov. 6.
This is the fourth time the date has been extended since the league entered its hiatus. The reason the terms of the CBA have to be re-evaluated is because games were canceled last year. Now, the league and the players are working through new arrangements for another season that will be played during a pandemic, if not in a bubble.