NBA gives teams, players more detailed schedule for restart

NBA gave teams a more definitive timetable for restart to pandemic-interrupted season Friday, including required coronavirus testing that is set to begin this month and mandatory individual workouts in early July before training camps.

league is still working on completing health and safety protocols that will essentially become rulebook for restart at Disney campus near Orlando, Florida -- and told teams that talks with National Basketball Players Association on those issues are continuing.

But with those mattters apparently far eugh along to determine a schedule of sorts, league gave teams go-ahead to immediately start allowing two assistant coaches to deal with voluntary player workouts. rule had been one coach with one player since teams were given green light to re-open facilities for voluntary workouts last month.

NBA head coaches can be one of those two coaches involved in voluntary sessions starting June 23, though social distancing and or rules league applied in response to pandemic would still apply.

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league also said it is still working on plans for eight teams — Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Golden State, Minnesota and New York — that will t be part of restart at Disney. Those teams can keep ir facilities open for w for voluntary workouts until told orwise.

rest of league’s timetable, as of w and with caveat that it is still considered tentative until health protocols are done and agreements with Disney are signed, includes:

July 1 through July 7, 8 or 9 — Required individual workouts for players on 22 participating teams, with end date coinciding with which day that team would arrive at Disney campus.

July 7, 8 and 9 — Arrivals at Disney campus in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

July 9-29 — Team training camps at Disney, which would follow initial health and safety screenings upon arrival.

July 21 or 22 — Start date for three intersquad scrimms for each team. scrimms will be scheduled by NBA and will have NBA referees.

July 30-August 14 — Seeding games at Disney. Games will resume. NBA is still working on completing schedule for those eight games per team, and matchups will be based on regular-season games that remained

Aug. 15-16 — two-game play-in series to determine . 8 seed in each conference, if necessary.

Aug. 17 — Playoffs begin. This date would move up to Aug. 15 or 16 if play-in series are unnecessary. playoffs are all scheduled as traditional best-of-seven series.

Aug. 30 — A limited number of family members and guests of remaining teams will be permitted to arrive at Disney for first time. y would stay on Disney property. y will t be permitted until this point in schedule.

Aug. 31-Sept. 13 — Conference semifinals.

Sept. 15-28 — Conference finals.

Sept. 30-Oct. 13 — NBA Finals. league originally planned an Oct. 12 end date, though that has w been adjusted.