Home » News » What rules for the Orlando workforce during the NBA resumption?

What rules for the Orlando workforce during the NBA resumption?

As we announced to you today on Inside Basket, the NBA could be confronted with a phenomenon of rebellious players before the NBA resumption in July. Indeed, some players could refuse to go to Orlando, without being penalized too heavily. In this hypothesis, the league has already started to activate on the issue of replacing these players. In view of the exceptional playing conditions which Orlando players will be confronted with, the NBA is adjusting and will also propose specific rules for the composition of rosters. Flexibility will be the key word.

Several measures have already been adopted. For example, the number of players that a roster can contain is revised upwards. Instead of 15, NBA teams will be able to contain 17 players in their team to complete the Orlando season. Players with two-way contracts (between the G-League and the NBA) are affected by this measure. Tacko Fall, the backbone of the Celtics. NBA franchises can also easily resolve the refusal of some players to play at the end of the season. A player who has not entered the bubble before the start of the season will be declared ineligible for the remainder of this very special exercise. Finally, if a player is declared positive and contaminated with the coronavirus, he may also be replaced by a free agent in the crowd.

In this case, replacement players may be appointed. They will have to be hired during the recruitment window already announced by the NBA, in the last third of July when the teams have already settled in DisneyLand. But not all NBA free agents will be available. To be eligible for this recruitment, the player must have obtained an NBA contract last season or during the current NBA season before the Covid-19 crisis. Thus, very popular unemployed people like JR Smith, Jamal Crawford or Nick Young will be eligible. This rule will cause a small free agency which will be interesting to follow.

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.