Last Friday, the NBA shared with the world its schedule for the restart of the 2019-20 NBA season. Should everything proceed according to plan, each team, including the defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors (never gets old, typing that) will play eight “seeding games,” starting July 30 in Orlando. These eight games will help determine final seeding for the NBA Playoffs, scheduled to begin mid-August.
So: Eight games to get in shape. To make sure everyone is, and stays, healthy. To re-establish chemistry, to define roles for the playoffs, to work on new sets and plays that might make the difference between a playoff win or an early exit.