2022-23 National Basketball Association Key Dates

>2023

• May 16-17: NBA Conference Finals begin
• May 16: NBA Draft Lottery 2023 presented by State Farm, 8 ET (ESPN)
• June 1: NBA Finals 2023 Game 1, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
• June 4: NBA Finals 2023 Game 2, 8 p.m. ET (ABC)
• June 7: NBA Finals 2023 Game 3, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
• June 9: NBA Finals 2023 Game 4, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
• June 12: NBA Draft Early Entry Entrant Withdrawal Deadline (5 p.m. ET)
• June 12: NBA Finals 2023 Game 5, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
• June 15: NBA Finals 2023 Game 6, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC) [if necessary]
• June 18: NBA Finals 2023 Game 7, 8 p.m. ET (ABC) [if necessary]
• June 22: NBA Draft 2023 presented by State Farm

Previous Dates

> 2022-23 Season

• June 30, 2022: NBA teams can begin negotiating with free agents (beginning at 6 p.m. ET)
• July 2-3, 2022: California Classic Summer League (San Francisco, CA)
• July 5-7, 2022: Salt Lake City Summer League (Salt Lake City, UT)
• July 6, 2022: NBA teams may begin signing free agents to contracts (12:01 p.m. ET)
• July 7-17, 2022: NBA 2K23 Summer League 2022 (Las Vegas, NV)
• Sept. 9-10, 2022: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Weekend (Springfield, MA)
• Sept. 23, 2022: First allowable date for players participating in preseason games outside North America
  to report to their teams (no earlier than 11 a.m. local time)
• Sept. 24, 2022: Training camps open for all teams participating in preseason games outside North
  America
• Sept. 26, 2022: First allowable date for all other veteran players to report to their teams (no earlier than
  11 a.m. local time)
• Sept. 27, 2022: NBA training camps open
• Sept. 30, 2022: NBA preseason games begin
• Sept. 30 & Oct. 2, 2022: NBA Japan Games, Golden State Warriors vs. Washington Wizards (Tokyo, Japan)
• Oct. 6 & 8, 2022: NBA Abu Dhabi Games, Atlanta Hawks vs. Milwaukee Bucks (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
• Oct. 14, 2022: NBA preseason ends
• Oct. 17, 2022: Rosters set for start of 2022-23 NBA regular season (5 p.m. ET)
• Oct. 18, 2022: Start of 2022-23 NBA regular season
• Oct. 22, 2022: 2022-23 NBA G League Draft
• Oct. 24, 2022: NBA G League training camps open
• Nov. 3, 2022: Rosters set for NBA G League Showcase Cup (5 p.m. ET)
• Nov. 4, 2022: NBA G League Showcase Cup begins (18 games per team)
• Dec. 17, 2022: NBA Mexico City Game, Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs (Mexico City, Mexico)
• Dec. 19-22, 2022: NBA G League Winter Showcase and Showcase Cup Championship Game
• Dec. 27, 2022: NBA G League regular season begins (32 games per team)
• Jan. 5, 2023: 10-day contracts may now be signed
• Jan. 10, 2023: All standard NBA contracts are guaranteed for the remainder of the season
• Jan. 19, 2023: NBA Paris Game, Chicago Bulls vs. Detroit Pistons (Paris, France)
• Jan. 20, 2023: All two-way contracts are guaranteed for the remainder of the season
• Feb. 9, 2023: NBA Trade Deadline (3 p.m. ET)
• Feb. 17-19, 2023: NBA All-Star 2023 (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Feb. 17-22, 2023: NBA All-Star break
• March 1, 2023: Playoff Eligibility Waiver Deadline
• March 25: NBA G League regular season ends
• March 28: NBA G League Playoffs 2023 begin
• April 9: NBA regular season ends
• April 10: Rosters set for NBA Playoffs 2023 (3 p.m. ET)
• April 11-14: NBA Play-In Tournament 2023
• April 15: NBA Playoffs 2023 begin
• April 23: NBA Early Entry Eligibility Deadline (11:59 p.m. ET)
• May 1-2: NBA Conference Semifinals begin

2023-24 Key Dates

> 2024

• Feb. 16-18, 2024: NBA All-Star 2024 (Indianapolis, IN)