The 2020-21 NBA season is set to begin Dec. 22, just two months after the league crowned its champion in the Orlando bubble and a month after the draft and free agency were condensed into a single week. It has been a whirlwind, so we are here with the Cliff’s Notes: Our 10 things you need to know from this offseason.
Lakers win the offseason
The reigning champion Los Angeles Lakers swapped Danny Green for Dennis Schroder in a pre-draft trade, and then opened free agency by plucking Montrezl Harrell — the guy who edged Schroder for Sixth Man of the Year honors — away from the L.