October 1: Training camps open for remaining teams

October 19: Last day for players on fully non-guaranteed contracts to be waived and not count at all against a team’s 2024/25 cap

October 21: Last day of the 2024 offseason

• Roster limits decrease from 21 players to 18 (5:00 pm ET). Teams will be limited to carrying 15 players on standard contracts and three on two-way deals as of this deadline.
• Last day for teams to sign a player to a rookie scale extension (6:00 pm ET)
• Last day for teams to sign an extension-eligible veteran player with multiple seasons left on his contract to an extension. An extension-eligible veteran player on an expiring deal can still be extended after October 21
• Last day for teams to complete sign-and-trade deals
• Last day for teams to convert an Exhibit 10 contract into a two-way contract

October 22: 2024/25 regular season begins

October 26: NBA G League draft

October 28: NBA G League training camps open

October 31: Deadline for teams to exercise rookie scale options for 2025-26

November 8: NBA G League Tip-Off Tournament begins

November 12: NBA In-Season Tournament Begins

December 1: Priority order for waiver claims is now based on 2024-25 record, rather than 2023-24 record

December 3: NBA In-Season Tournament Group Play Concludes

December 10-11: NBA In-Season Tournament Quarterfinals

December 14: NBA In-Season Tournament Semifinals

December 15: Most offseason signees become eligible for inclusion in trades

December 17: NBA In-Season Tournament Finals

December 19-22: NBA G League Winter Showcase and Tip-Off Tournament 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 offseason signees become eligible for inclusion in trades

• Also the last day to apply for a disabled player exception.

February 1: Former 1st round picks who were stashed overseas may sign rookie scale NBA contracts for the 2025-26 season

February 6: NBA Trade Deadline (3pm ET)

February 7: The value of teams’ unused mid-level exceptions and bi-annual exceptions begins to prorate downward by 1/174th per day

February 14-16: NBA All-Star Weekend 2025 (San Francisco)

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 10: Last day for a team to use a disabled player exception

March 29: NBA G League regular season ends

April 1: NBA G League playoffs begin

April 10: Last day to waive a player on an expiring contract or a player with an option for 2025-26 (5pm ET)

April 13:

• Last day of the NBA regular season
• Last day players can sign contracts for 2024-25
• Last day two-way contracts can be converted to standard NBA contracts
• Luxury tax penalties calculated based on payroll as of this day