2024-25 NBA Schedule: Key dates for fantasy basketball, games to watch

The 2024-25 NBA season begins on Tuesday, October 22, and on August 15, basketball heads were treated to an entertaining schedule release by several teams across the Association. Shoutout to the Minnesota Timberwolves’ social team, who dropped the best schedule reveal video. Today, I’ll detail how the schedule impacts fantasy basketball and some marquee games to watch throughout the regular season.

📆 Key Yahoo fantasy basketball dates to know

Mock Drafts Start: Thursday, August 22 (next Thursday!!)

Live Drafts Start: Thursday, August 22

Live Drafts End: Sunday, March 9

Game Start Date: Tuesday, October 22

Game End Date: Sunday, April 13

Default Trade Deadline: Thursday, March 6

Default Playoffs Start: Monday, March 17 (Week 20)

Default Playoffs End: Sunday, April 6 (Week 22)

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📅 Key NBA dates to know

League Start: Tuesday, October 22

Emirates NBA Cup: November 12 – December 17

NBA All-Star Weekend: February 14-16 (San Francisco, CA)

League End: April 13

Play-In Tournament: April 15-18

Playoffs Start: April 19

NBA Finals Start: June 5

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🗓️ NBA Schedule Takeaways

I recommend starting the fantasy playoffs as early as Week 18 (March 3) and no later than Week 20 (March 17). Talk to your commish, because the last thing you want to do is play through the end of the season when tanking teams throw in the towel or playoff contenders rest their main guys ahead of the postseason.

While it’s conceivable that we’ll continue to see less load management with so many contract incentives tied to participation, it’s concerning that the average number of back-to-back games per team increased to 14.9%. However, removing all four games in five-night scenarios is significant when factoring in travel and rest for players. Shoutout to Tim Reynolds for taking the time to do this analysis.

11 teams play the most back-to-back games (16): Hawks, Cavaliers, Nuggets, Rockets, Clippers, Bucks, Pelicans, Thunder, Suns, Kings and Wizards. (Kawhi Leonard’s knees are not thrilled by this news.)

Six teams play the fewest back-to-backs (13): Celtics, Bulls, Mavericks,…

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Publish date : 2024-08-16 14:39:30

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