NBA board expected to ok season restart plan

[mobilija]

What does this do for the Celtics seeding?
I can’t even remember where we were at end of season....

[Moranis]

What does this do for the Celtics seeding?
I can’t even remember where we were at end of season....

8ish regular season games still to be played.  Boston is currently the 3rd seed (Milwaukee has basically locked up 1 and Toronto is 2).  Could reasonably get as high as 2nd or as low as 6th, though 2nd, 5th, or 6th are unlikely and even dropping to 4th isn't all that likely.  The real question is who is going to be 6th as right now Indiana and Philadelphia have the same record and Miami is 2 games better.  All 3 pose interesting 1st round matchups but I'd prefer Miami.

[gift]

Kind of weird that they're doing 8 more regular season games AND a play-in for the 8th seed, but I'll take it.

[SparzWizard]

What happens with the Celtics' stash of draft picks for this year.

Idk if this even favors the Celtics or not. Definitely favors super teams now that they are fully healthy.

[Roy H.]

What happens with the Celtics' stash of draft picks for this year.

Idk if this even favors the Celtics or not. Definitely favors super teams now that they are fully healthy.

Draft pick wise, it helps.  Memphis can fall into the lottery.

[ozgod]

So will they do a new draw? Who will we and Philly be playing to finish off the regular season. As things stand we will be playing each other in the playoffs unless seedings change. I kind of want to play them, I think they will be a better yardstick for us than Miami.

[bdm860]

So will they do a new draw? Who will we and Philly be playing to finish off the regular season. As things stand we will be playing each other in the playoffs unless seedings change. I kind of want to play them, I think they will be a better yardstick for us than Miami.

According to this tweet, the schedule will go like this:

Vincent Goodwill
@VinceGoodwill
The plan is for teams to continue their schedule as planned, with the next 8 games. If team is scheduled to play Hawks/Bulls/Pistons, it moves onto the next game on schedule, league sources tell Yahoo Sport

And then one of the replies on twitter tried to map out what that might look like:

[SparzWizard]

So will they do a new draw? Who will we and Philly be playing to finish off the regular season. As things stand we will be playing each other in the playoffs unless seedings change. I kind of want to play them, I think they will be a better yardstick for us than Miami.

According to this tweet, the schedule will go like this:

Vincent Goodwill
@VinceGoodwill
The plan is for teams to continue their schedule as planned, with the next 8 games. If team is scheduled to play Hawks/Bulls/Pistons, it moves onto the next game on schedule, league sources tell Yahoo Sport

And then one of the replies on twitter tried to map out what that might look like:

A heavy schedule for Boston, having to play Milwaukee, Toronto, Brooklyn (possibly with Irving/Durant), Portland, Miami...

[blink]

So will they do a new draw? Who will we and Philly be playing to finish off the regular season. As things stand we will be playing each other in the playoffs unless seedings change. I kind of want to play them, I think they will be a better yardstick for us than Miami.

According to this tweet, the schedule will go like this:

Vincent Goodwill
@VinceGoodwill
The plan is for teams to continue their schedule as planned, with the next 8 games. If team is scheduled to play Hawks/Bulls/Pistons, it moves onto the next game on schedule, league sources tell Yahoo Sport

And then one of the replies on twitter tried to map out what that might look like:

A heavy schedule for Boston, having to play Milwaukee, Toronto, Brooklyn (possibly with Irving/Durant), Portland, Miami...

Yeah our schedule looks pretty tough, but Toronto's looks even harder.  I still am not convinced any of this is a good idea yet.

[keevsnick]

So will they do a new draw? Who will we and Philly be playing to finish off the regular season. As things stand we will be playing each other in the playoffs unless seedings change. I kind of want to play them, I think they will be a better yardstick for us than Miami.

According to this tweet, the schedule will go like this:

Vincent Goodwill
@VinceGoodwill
The plan is for teams to continue their schedule as planned, with the next 8 games. If team is scheduled to play Hawks/Bulls/Pistons, it moves onto the next game on schedule, league sources tell Yahoo Sport

And then one of the replies on twitter tried to map out what that might look like:

A heavy schedule for Boston, having to play Milwaukee, Toronto, Brooklyn (possibly with Irving/Durant), Portland, Miami...

Yeah our schedule looks pretty tough, but Toronto's looks even harder.  I still am not convinced any of this is a good idea yet.

Everybody's schedule is going to look tough when there are no games against the bottom 8 teams in the league. All in all if there's no Durant/Irving for the nets, which still seems most likely, the Celtics schedule isnt bad. 5 Games against teams still competing for the bottom playoff spots.

[Donoghus]

Here we go!  Real curious who that 1 vote was.

Adrian Wojnarowski
@wojespn
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Source: 29-1 vote
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Adrian Wojnarowski
@wojespn
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The NBA’s Board of Governors has voted to approve the league’s 22-team format to restart the 2019-2020 season in Orlando, source tells ESPN.

[bdm860]

Here we go!  Real curious who that 1 vote was.

Adrian Wojnarowski
@wojespn
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Source: 29-1 vote
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Adrian Wojnarowski
@wojespn
 · 2m
The NBA’s Board of Governors has voted to approve the league’s 22-team format to restart the 2019-2020 season in Orlando, source tells ESPN.

Don't forget this one:

NBA has set an August 25 Draft Lottery and October 15 Draft, sources say.

Gotta wonder who that 1 no vote was.


-Edit - Portland was the no vote according to Shams

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1268603134303232005

Sources: Portland was the lone team that voted against the 22-team format.

[Donoghus]

Here we go!  Real curious who that 1 vote was.

Adrian Wojnarowski
@wojespn
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1m
Source: 29-1 vote
Quote Tweet

Adrian Wojnarowski
@wojespn
 · 2m
The NBA’s Board of Governors has voted to approve the league’s 22-team format to restart the 2019-2020 season in Orlando, source tells ESPN.

Don't forget this one:

NBA has set an August 25 Draft Lottery and October 15 Draft, sources say.

Gotta wonder who that 1 no vote was.

Shams just said PORT.

[Donoghus]

Some more info from Shams.

Sources: The NBA informed the Board of Governors of scheduled dates:

- Training camp: June 30, July 7 travel to Orlando
- 2019-20 season: July 31
- Free agency: Oct. 18
- 2020-21 targets: Nov. 10 training camp, Dec. 1 opening night (can remain fluid)

[bdm860]

Some more info from Shams.

Sources: The NBA informed the Board of Governors of scheduled dates:

- Training camp: June 30, July 7 travel to Orlando
- 2019-20 season: July 31
- Free agency: Oct. 18
- 2020-21 targets: Nov. 10 training camp, Dec. 1 opening night (can remain fluid)

That "can remain fluid part", the players' union has a call on Friday, I'm guessing there might be some push back from the players there. 

At least 2 teams are looking at less than a month off between seasons, while a Christmas start at least gives players something closer to a 2 month break.  The players pushing back here would be my guess.

Or of course they just might be leaving the door open for more Corona virus issues, which might still be impacting large public gatherings by then.