NBA commissioner Adam Silver does not expect the 2020-21 season to begin in 2020.
Silver told CNN’s Bob Costas on Tuesday that his “best guess” is the NBA will not begin next season until at least January. A Christmas start date is still the ideal scenario, but that scenario is increasingly unlikely.
Silver is operating with the goal to play a standard 82-game season in front of fans at NBA arenas in 2021.
The NBA’s plan to restart the 2019-20 season in Orlando originally came with the news that the league intended to begin the following season on Dec.