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Key 2024 NBA Preseason Dates, Deadlines

August twenty fourth 2024 at 1:18pm CST by Luke Adams

The most notable dates of the 2024 NBA offseason are behind us now that we’re properly away from the draft and the free agent interval. Nonetheless, there are nonetheless quite a few dates and deadlines to keep watch over within the coming weeks and months earlier than groups take the court docket for the 2024/25 common season.

Right here’s the breakdown:


August 31

  • Final day for groups to waive gamers and apply the stretch provision to their 2024/25 salaries.

September 24

  • Media day for the Celtics and Nuggets.

September 25

  • Coaching camps open for the Celtics and Nuggets.

September 30

  • Media day for the opposite 28 groups.

October 1

  • Coaching camps open for the opposite 28 groups.

October 4

October 12-13

  • Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame enshrinement weekend for the 2024 class.

October 18

October 19

  • Final day for gamers on absolutely non-guaranteed contracts to be waived and never depend in any respect towards a workforce’s 2024/25 cap. They have to clear waivers earlier than the primary day of the common season.

October 21

  • Final day of the 2024 offseason.
  • Roster limits lower from 21 gamers to 18 (4:00 pm CT). Groups shall be restricted to carrying 15 gamers on normal contracts and three on two-way offers as of this deadline.
  • Final day for groups to signal a participant to a rookie scale extension (5:00 pm CT).
    [RELATED: Players eligible for rookie scale extensions]
  • Final day for groups to signal an extension-eligible veteran participant with a number of seasons left on his contract (similar to Stephen Curry) to an extension. An extension-eligible veteran participant on an expiring deal (like Brandon Ingram) can nonetheless be prolonged after October 21.
  • Final day for groups to finish sign-and-trade offers.
  • Final day for groups to transform an Exhibit 10 contract right into a two-way contract.

October 22


Data from NBA.com and ESPN’s Bobby Marks was used within the creation of this publish.

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