The 2020-21 NBA season might still be just that if the league’s new proposal for the season goes through. According to ESPN, sources are saying the NBA is pursuing a pre-Christmas start date (around Dec. 21) and reducing the regular-season schedule to 72 games with a goal to finish the season before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. There also would not be an All-Star game, but the play-in tournament would return.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA is proposing several changes to next season that include a 72-game regular season, a play-in tournament and the likelihood of no All-Star Game or All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis, sources said.