The dates of travel to the Disney World campus in Orlando for the NBA restart are out, per Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium (Twitter link). All 22 NBA squads will travel between the July 7 and 9. The NBA season has been paused since Jazz center Rudy Gobert was diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 11.
On July 7, the Jazz, Magic, Nets, Nuggets, Suns, and Wizards will arrive. On July 8, the Celtics, Clippers, Grizzlies, Heat, Kings, Mavericks, Pelicans and Thunder will touch down. Finally, the Bucks, Lakers, Pacers, Raptors, Rockets, Sixers, Spurs, and Trail Blazers will get to Orlando on July 9.
In a separate tweet (link), Charania announces that the NBA’s bench dress code for team personnel and inactive players and has been adjusted. Instead of being mandated to wear sport coats or suits, players will be allowed to wear polo shirts (either short- or long-sleeve) for “team business,” and coaches are now permitted to don short- or long-sleeve NBA polos as well. Former NBA commissioner David Stern instituted the previously extant dress code in the 2005/06 season.
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