Big news! We might get to see Knicks basketball in 2020 again!
(Barely, but still.)
NBA Twitter was alight when ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, The Athletic’s Shams Chanaria and the NY Times’ Marc Stein came out of the woodwork all at once to announce the NBA’s plan to potentially start the season on Christmas day:
The NBA is planning to continue discussions with NBPA on 2020-2021 start plans that would include an opening night in the days prior to Christmas, 70-to-72 regular season games and a play-in tournament, sources tell ESPN.