NBA Geekly - Ep. 2: Scheduling Schematics

1.) NBA Schedule Released

- Further reduction of back-to-backs.

- 10:30 EST nationally televised games reduced from 57 games to 33 games.

- Not automatic that NBA Champs get a Christmas Day game.

- Raptors, Lakers, & Pelicans get the trifecta; opening day, Christmas day, and MLK Day nationally televised games.

- Which All-Star return are you most looking forward to?

2.) Six hours after Rich Paul published an article obliterating the NCAA via The Athletic, they amended their rule requiring agents for college players test the NBA waters to have a 4 year college degree.

3.) Which 2nd and 3rd year players do we expect to make big leaps?

4.) According to Mark Berman of the New York Post, "The 2020 free-agent pool is short on stars, but [the Knicks] could be one of the favorites for big fish Anthony Davis if the Lakers implode. Rich Paul, Davis’ agent, likes the idea of his client in New York, according to a source."

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