The 2022–23 NBA season is just around the corner with almost every team holding its Media Day activities on Monday.
A lot has happened—and was thought to be happening—since the Warriors defeated the Celtics in the NBA Finals. Nets star Kevin Durant requested a trade, but then elected to stay in Brooklyn … for now. The Jazz traded both of their former franchise centerpieces, with Rudy Gobert now with the Timberwolves and Donovan Mitchell now a Cavalier. Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver announced his intention to sell the teams following a months-long investigation, one week after NBA commissioner Adam Silver dealt him a one-year ban and $10 million fine. And just last week, Boston announced that coach Ime Udoka has been suspended for the season for what the franchise termed “a violation of team policies.”
The NBA’s first preseason game is on Friday, Sept. 30, when the Warriors face off against the Jazz in Japan, and the Clippers play Israeli team Maccabi Ra’anana in Seattle. The regular season then begins on Tuesday, Oct. 18, when the 76ers visit the Celtics and the Lakers play the reigning champion Warriors.
