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Trail Blazers: We were tricked into starting the season in January or February

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National Basketball Associations (NBA) Christian Portland Trail Blazers basketball player Christian McColum has harshly criticized the league for 2020/2021. early start of the season.

It has already been reported that the first game of the next championship will be played on December 22, which will allow the NBA to avoid financial losses of several hundred million dollars. At the same time, it will mean that the teams that played in the finals – the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat – will have much less time to rest than usual.

2019/2020. The season ended on October 13, so there will be a little more than two months between the past and the next championship. By comparison, the season usually starts in mid-October and ends in June, so the off-season lasts for four months.

“It simply came to our notice then. The season didn’t have to start so early. We were told that there was no option at all for the season to begin in December. It was not possible for the games to start before Christmas. In the past, it was January or February. Lebronam [Džeimsam] and “Heat will only be 70 days,” the 29-year-old American was harsh.

Last season, the defender participated in 70 main tournament matches, with an average of 22.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.4 assists. In five “play-off” fights, he averaged 23.2 points, 5.8 balls under the baskets and 3.2 rebounds.

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