NBA 2022 Important Dates, NBA Key Dates: The 2021–22 NBA season is the 76th season of the National Basketball Association. The NBA returned to a full 82-game regular season in its normal mid-October to mid-April schedule for the first time since the 2018–19 NBA season, after two abbreviated seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
NBA 2022 Important Dates
2021-22 Key Dates
- April 2: NBA G League Regular Season ends
- April 5: NBA G League Playoffs begin
- April 10: Regular Season ends
- April 12-15: NBA Play-In Tournament
- April 11: Rosters set for NBA Playoffs 2022 (3 p.m. ET)
- April 12-15: Play-In Tournament
- April 16: NBA Playoffs 2022 begin
- April 24: NBA Early Entry Eligibility Deadline (11:59 p.m. ET)
- May 2-3: Conference Semifinals begin (possible move up to April 30/May 1)
- May 16-22: NBA Draft Combine (Chicago)
- May 17: NBA Draft Lottery 2022 presented by State Farm
- May 17-18: Conference Finals begin (possible move up to May 15-16)
- June 2: NBA Finals 2022 Game 1
- June 5: NBA Finals 2022 Game 2
- June 8: NBA Finals 2022 Game 3
- June 10: NBA Finals 2022 Game 4
- June 13: NBA Finals 2022 Game 5 (If necessary)
- June 16: NBA Finals 2022 Game 6 (If necessary)
- June 19: NBA Finals 2022 Game 7 (If necessary)
- June 13: NBA Draft Early Entry Entrant Withdrawal Deadline (5 p.m. ET)
- June 19: The Finals 2022 latest possible date
- June 23: NBA Draft 2022 presented by State Farm
- Aug. 2: Teams can begin negotiating with free agents (beginning at 6 p.m. ET)
- Aug. 3-6: Utah Jazz Summer League (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Aug. 6: NBA Teams may begin signing free agents to contracts (12:01 p.m. ET)
- Aug. 8-17: MGM Resorts NBA Summer League (Las Vegas, NV)
- Sept. 11: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement (Springfield, MA)
- Sept. 27: NBA Media Day
- Sept. 28: NBA Training Camps open
- Oct. 3: NBA Preseason games begin
- Oct. 15: NBA Preseason ends
- Oct. 18: Rosters set for NBA Opening Day (5 p.m. ET)
- Oct. 19: Start of the 2021-22 NBA Regular Season
- Nov. 5: NBA G League Showcase Cup begins
- Dec. 19-22: NBA G League Winter Showcase and Showcase Cup Championship Game
- Dec. 27: NBA G League 36-game regular season begins
- Jan. 5: 10-day contracts may now be signed
- Jan. 10: All Standard NBA contracts are guaranteed for the remainder of the season
- Jan. 20: All Two-Way Contracts are guaranteed for the remainder of the season
- Feb. 10: NBA Trade Deadline (3 p.m. ET)
- Feb. 18-20: NBA All-Star 2022 (Cleveland, OH)
- Feb. 18-23: NBA All-Star break
- March 1: Playoff Eligibility Waiver Deadline
NBA Key Dates 2022-23
2022-23 Key Dates> 2022
- July 7-17: NBA Summer League (Las Vegas)
- Sept. 30 & Oct. 2: Warriors, Wizards to play in NBA Japan Games 2022 Presented by Rakuten
> 2023
- Feb. 17-19: NBA All-Star 2023 (Salt Lake City, UT)
2023-24 Key Dates > 2024
- Feb. 16-18: NBA All-Star 2024 (Indianapolis, IN)
