The NBA Draft is four days away. Free agency opens two days after that. Ten days later, training camps open. We are just more than a month away from the start of the NBA season.
It’s all coming at teams fast — and they want more information, more details from the league on what the season will look like. Teams know the dates (although not the game schedule) and the salary cap, but not much else and it’s frustrating front offices, reports Tim Bontemps at ESPN (this is a paid article).
“We know it’s hard, and they’re working on a lot of details,” one team president said. “They are listening to a lot of feedback from all of us. But at times we feel like we’re in the dark and that can get frustrating.”
The concerns range from player health to uncertain safety protocols to logistical challenges — such as a tight window to build rosters before play resumes — to general life annoyances, including scuttled vacation plans…
“Nobody knows the rules,” another executive said, “and [the league] is making it up as it goes along.”
Teams don’t know the dates yet for contract options to be picked up or for trade exceptions to expire, but both need to happen before free agency.
https://nba.nbcsports.com/2020/11/14/report-teams-frustrated-want-more-info-from-league-on-next-season/Interesting. I assumed that teams would have solid info, even if the general public didn’t.
Topic: Front Offices Feel In The Dark (Read 919 times)