The 2022–23 NBA seasNBA NBA on is NBA NBA NBA the 77th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the NBA regular season started out on OcNBA tober 18, 2022, and is scheduled to end on April nine, 2023. The 2023 NBA All-Star Game is scheduled to be performed on February NBA 19, 2023, at Vivint Arena in NBA Salt Lake City.[1] The playoffs are then scheduled to start on April 15, 2023, and finishing with the NBA Finals in June 2023. The Golden State Warriors are the defending NBA champions.Transactions[edit]Retirement[edit]
- On July 21, 2022, J. J. Barea announced his retirement from professional basketball. He gained an NBA championship with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011 and more than one gold medals with the Puerto Rican national crew.[2]
- On August 20, 2022, Gustavo Ayón retired from professional basketball. He played three seasons in the NBA and won multiple titles within the EuroLeague and Spanish League in his sixteen-yr career.[3]
- On September three, 2022, Jodie Meeks retired from professional basketball. He played for seven groups in his 13-yr profession and gained an NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors in 2019.[4]
- On September 6, 2022, Toure’ Murry retired from professional basketball. He played for three groups in two NBA seasons, as well as severa teams overseas.[five]
- On September 23, 2022, Andre Iguodala announced his aim to retire on the cease of the season, after gambling for 19 seasons, performed for four groups winning four NBA titles with the Warriors.
Draft[edit]
The 2022 NBA draft passed off on June 23, 2022, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.[6] Paolo Banchero became selected with the primary ordinary pick by using the Orlando Magic.Free organisation[edit]
With the previous season’s NBA Finals finishing in June for the primary time considering that 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic commenced, the length without spending a dime corporation returned to its everyday July 1 starting date, along with the July moratorium duration before gamers can begin signing new contracts.[7]
In July 2022, the Philadelphia 76ers had been charged with violating the league’s moratorium in loose corporation discussions with P. J. Tucker and Danuel House and ultimately had 2d round alternatives rescinded by using the league.[8][9]Coaching modifications[edit]Off-season[edit]
- On April eleven, 2022, the Los Angeles Lakers fired Frank Vogel after missing the playoffs. In his 3 seasons with the team, Vogel led the team to 2 playoff appearances and the NBA championship in 2020.[10]
- On April 11, 2022, the NBA Sacramento Kings relieved meantime head coach Alvin Gentry of his duties. Gentry became named period in-between head train after the crew fired Luke Walton in November 2021.[11]
- On April 22, 2022, the Charlotte Hornets fired James Borrego after four years with the group without a playoff appearances.[12]
- On May nine, 2022, the Sacramento Kings hired Golden State Warriors assistant coach Mike Brown to come to be the Kings’ new head educate.[thirteen]
- On June 3, 2022, the Los Angeles Lakers hired Darvin Ham as NBA their new head educate.[14]
- On June 5, 2022, Quin Snyder resigned from his role as head train of the Utah Jazz after 8 seasons with the group.[15]
- On June 24, 2022, the Charlotte Hornets employed Steve Clifford as their head coach for the second one stint.[sixteen]
- On June 29, 2022, the Utah Jazz hired Will Hardy as their head NBA teach.[17]
- On September 22, 2022, the Boston Celtics suspended head train Ime Udoka and named his assistant Joe Mazzulla as interim head teach.[18][19]
In-season[edit]
- On November 1, 2022, the Brooklyn Nets and head educate Steve Nash agreed to component approaches,[20] and Jacque Vaughn served as intervening time head train till November 9, while he was named permanent head teach.[21]
Preseason[edit]
The NBA frequently hosts preseason video games in non-NBA markets, with the subsequent being played locally:International video games[edit]
Preseason contests within the NBA Global Games back for the first time for the reason that 2019 preseason, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.Regular season[edit]
The everyday season agenda was launched on August 17, 2022.[30]By conference[edit]
Notes
- * – Division chief
International video games[edit]
After nearly 3 years without an international everyday season sport because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NBA brought lower back the NBA Global Games with ordinary season matchups:Statistics[edit]Individual statistic leaders[edit]Individual recreation highs[edit]Team statistic leaders[edit]Awards[edit]
Beginning with this season, the crew who finished with the great universal regular season file could acquire the NBA Maurice Podoloff Trophy, named in honor of Maurice Podoloff, who served as the commissioner of the NBA from 1946 to 1963. The Podoloff Trophy changed into initially given to the NBA’s Most Valuable Player of the normal season until 2021. The MVP trophy became then renamed in honor of Michael Jordan, a 5-time winner and frequently considered the NBA best participant in league records. A new award, the Clutch Player of the Year Award, turned into also brought to honor players who satisfactory come thru for their teammates within the grab. This trophy changed into named after Jerry West.
The league also announced up to date trophy designs for the Coach of the Year Award, Defensive Player of the Year Award, Executive of the Year Award, Most Improved Player Award, Rookie of the Year Award, Sixth Man of the Year Award, Sportsmanship Award, and the Teammate of the Year Award. The Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Player, Rookie of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year trophies had been then renamed in honor of Hakeem Olajuwon, George Mikan, Wilt Chamberlain, and John Havlicek respectively.[32][33]Players of the Week[edit]
The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week.Players of the NBA Month[edit]
The following gamers were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the NBA Month.Rookies of the Month[edit]
The following gamers had been named the Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month.Coaches of the Month[edit]
The following coaches were named the Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month.Media[edit]
This is the 7th 12 months of a nine-yr cope with ABC, ESPN, TNT, and NBA TV.[43] ESPN continues to air Wednesday and Friday night time video games for most of the season and games for the duration of selected Sunday nights during the second one half of of the season. ABC air NBA Saturday Primetime on 8 decided on Saturdays, and NBA Sunday Showcase on three decided on Sundays in the form of doubleheaders.[forty four] TNT maintains to air Tuesday games all season and Thursday video games throughout the second half of the season.[forty five] NBA TV will air selected video games not broadcast on ABC, ESPN, or TNT, in the main on Mondays all season and Thursdays in the first half of of the season.[forty six]
Five Christmas Day video games are scheduled this season. For the first time ESPN and ABC will simulcast they all.[31] They will have to compete with NFL Christmas Day video games for visitors, with the NFL planning its tripleheader for the primary time on that day.[forty seven]
Four games might be held on Martin NBA Luther King Jr. Day, with TNT and NBA TV each airing of them.[31]
January 24–28 has been designated as “NBA Rivals Week” with eleven overall nationally televised video games offering “conventional and budding rivalries among groups and players”.[31] In addition to the regular Tuesday and Thursday doubleheaders on TNT, and ESPN’s Wednesday doubleheader, NBA TV will have a doubleheader on that Friday, January 27, and ABC will have a tripleheader on that Saturday, January 28.[31]
ESPN can even air a doubleheader on the final day of the regular season, April 9, presenting games with playoff implications.[31]
In September 2022, Ted Leonsis’s Monumental Sports & Entertainment sold out NBCUniversal’s ownership stake in NBC Sports NBA Washington, which contains proclaims of the Washington Wizards and the NHL’s Washington Capitals, both Monumental-owned groups. Monumental first of all took minority ownership of the community in 2016. NBC will offer transitional company, technical, and distribution assist up to 18 months after the sale, and Monumental plans to rebrand the community after the 2022–23 season.[forty eight][forty nine]