With the 2023/24 NBA season underway, our calendar of important 2023 preseason dates and deadlines can be retired in favor of a list of the key in-season dates for the ’23/24 campaign.
Here’s a breakdown of the deadlines and events that will influence player movement for the next several months across the NBA:
October 28
- NBA G League draft.
October 30
- NBA G League training camps open.
October 31
- Deadline for teams to exercise rookie scale options for 2024/25.
November 3
- NBA in-season tournament begins.
November 10
- NBA G League Showcase Cup begins.
December 1
- Priority order for waiver claims is now based on 2023/24 record, rather than 2022/23 record. Teams with the worst records receive the highest waiver priority.
December 7
- NBA in-season tournament semifinals.
December 9
- NBA in-season tournament finals.
December 15
- Most offseason signees become eligible for inclusion in trades.
December 19-22
- NBA G League Winter Showcase and Showcase Cup championship.
December 27
- NBA G League regular season begins.
January 5
- First day teams can sign players to 10-day contracts.
January 7
- Last day to waive non-guaranteed NBA contracts (including two-way contracts) before they become guaranteed for the rest of the season. Salaries officially guarantee on January 10 if players haven’t cleared waivers before that date.
January 15
- Most other offseason signees become eligible for inclusion in trades.
- Last day to apply for a disabled player exception.
February 1
- Former first-round picks who were stashed overseas may sign rookie scale NBA contracts for the 2024/25 season.
February 8
- Trade deadline (2:00pm CT).
February 9
- The value of teams’ unused mid-level exceptions and bi-annual exceptions begins to prorate downward by 1/174th per day.
February 16-18
- All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis.
February 29
- Last day for contract renegotiations.
March 1
- Last day a player can be waived by one team and remain eligible to appear in the postseason for another team.
- Last day for a restricted free agent to sign an offer sheet.
March 4
- Last day for a team to sign a player to a two-way contract.
March 11
- Last day to use a disabled player exception.
March 30
- NBA G League regular season ends.
April 2
- NBA G League playoffs begin.
April 11
- Last day to waive a player on an expiring contract or a player with an option for 2024/25 (4:00pm CT).
April 14
- Last day of the NBA regular season.
- Last day players can sign contracts for 2023/24.
- Last day two-way contracts can be converted to standard NBA contracts.
- Luxury tax penalties calculated based on payroll as of this day.
April 15
- Playoff rosters set (2:00pm CT).
April 16-19
- NBA play-in tournament.
April 20
- NBA playoffs begin.
Larry Coon’s Salary Cap FAQ and NBA.com were used in the creation of this post.