NBA CALENDAR 2022-23
2022 SUMMARY OF EVENTS
January 5: First day 10 Day Contracts can be signed
Janurary 10: Contract Guarantee Date
January 10: Exception Poration Begins
January 15: Trade waiting period – re-signed players
January 15: Last Day to Apply for Disabled Player Exception
January 15: Last Day to Sign a Player to a Two-Way Contract
January 20: Two-Way Contracts become guaranteed
February 1: Exhibit 3 Guarantee Date
February 10: Trade Deadline (3PM ET)
February 20: NBA All-Star Game
February 28: Last Day Contracts can be Renegotiated
March 1: Last day waived players are eligible for the playoffs
March 10: Disabled Player Exceptions Expire
April 10: Last day of Regular Season
April 12-15: Play-in Tournament
April 16: Playoffs Begin
May 16-22: NBA Draft Combine
May 17: NBA Draft Lottery
June 1: Deadline For Early Entry Withdraw From The NBA Draft (Retain NCAA Eligibility)
June 2: NBA Finals Begin
June 13: Deadline For Early Entry Withdraw From The NBA Draft (Includes International Players)
June 19: Last Possible Day of the NBA Finals
June 23: NBA Draft – Class of 2022
June 29: Deadline to Issue a Qualifying Offer to Eligible Restricted Free Agents
June 29: Last Day For Decisions On Player, Team, And Early Termination Options
June 30: Last Day Of the 2021-22 NBA League Year
June 30: Last Day for Players Eligible for Veteran Extensions in 2021-22 to Sign Them
June 30: Teams Can Begin Negotiating With Free Agents (5:00pm CT)
July 1: Official Start of the 2022-23 League Year
July 1: 2022 Free Agency Opens
July 1: Free Agent Moratorium
July 6: Free Agent Moratorium Ends
July 13: Deadline to Withdraw Qualifying Offer
July 7-17: NBA Summer League 2022
August 31: Last Day for Teams to Unilaterally Withdraw Qualifying Offers to Restricted Free Agents
September 5: Last day for teams to issue required tenders to unsigned second-round picks
October 17: Last day rookie scale contracts can be extended (6PM ET)
October 18: 2022-2023 Regular Season Begins
October 31: Last day for teams to exercise team options on rookie scale contracts (Y3 & Y4)
November 15: First League Payday
December 15: Players signed September 15 or earlier can now be traded
December 17: NBA Mexico City Game, Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs (Mexico City, Mexico)
December 19-22: NBA G League Winter Showcase and Showcase Cup Championship Game
December 27: NBA G League regular season begins (32 games per team)
2023 SUMMARY OF EVENTS
January 5: 10-day contracts may now be signed
January 7: Last Day to Waive before Cut-Down Date (5pm EST)
January 10: All standard NBA contracts are guaranteed for the remainder of the season
January 10: Cut-Down Date & Exceptions Start Pro-Rating Down
January 15: DPEs, 2-Ways and More Trade Options
January 19: NBA Paris Game, Chicago Bulls vs. Detroit Pistons (Paris, France)
January 20: All two-way contracts are guaranteed for the remainder of the season
February 1: 1st round draft picks playing basketball outside NBA may sign a Rookie Scale contract taking effect the following season
February 9: NBA Trade Deadline (3 p.m. ET)
February 17-19: NBA All-Star 2023 (Salt Lake City, UT)
February 17-22: NBA All-Star break
February 28: Last day contracts can be renegotiated
March 1: Playoff Eligibility Waiver Deadline
March 10: Disabled Player exceptions expire
March 25: NBA G League regular season ends
March 28: NBA G League Playoffs 2023 begin
April 9: NBA regular season ends
April 10: Rosters set for 2023 NBA Playoffs (3 p.m. ET)
April 11-14: 2023 NBA Play-In Tournament
April 15: 2023 NBA Playoffs begin
April 23: NBA Early Entry Eligibility Deadline (11:59 p.m. ET)
May 1-2: NBA Conference Semifinals begin (possible move-up to April 29-30)
May 16-17: NBA Conference Finals begin (possible move-up to May 14-15)
May 16: 2023 NBA Draft Lottery
June 1: 2023 NBA Finals Begin
June 12: NBA Draft Early Entry Entrant Withdrawal Deadline (5 p.m. ET)
June 22: 2023 NBA Draft
June 24: Last day to exercise Player Option
June 29: Deadline for all other Options
June 29: Deadline to tender/extend a Qualifying Offer
June 30: Salary Cap Year Ends
Deadline for all other Options
Deadline to Tender/Extend a Qualifying Offer
Legend:
Awards Miscellaneous NBA Draft Playoffs Preseason Rosters