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| League: |  NBA
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| Duration: | Regular season: October 18, 2022 – April 9, 2023 Play-in tournament: April 11–14, 2023 Playoffs: April 15, 2023 – May 29, 2023 Finals: June 1–12, 2023 | |
| No. of games: | 82 | |
| No. of teams: | 30 | |
| Regular season | ||
| Top seed: | Eastern Conference: Milwaukee Bucks (58–24) | |
| Western Conference: Denver Nuggets (53–29) | ||
| Season awards | ||
| MVP: | Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers) | |
| MIP: | Lauri Markkanen (Utah Jazz) | |
| DPOY: | Jaren Jackson Jr. (Memphis Grizzlies) | |
| COTY: | Mike Brown (Sacramento Kings) | |
| ROTY: | Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic) | |
| Playoffs | ||
| Eastern Conference Championship | ||
| Champions: | Miami Heat | |
| Series: | MIA: 4 - BOS: 3 | |
| Opponent: | Boston Celtics | |
| Western Conference Championship | ||
| Champions: | Denver Nuggets | |
| Series: | DEN: 4 - LAL: 0 | |
| Opponent: | Los Angeles Lakers | |
| Finals | ||
| Champions: | Denver Nuggets | |
| Series: | DEN: 4 - MIA: 1 | |
| Opponent: | Miami Heat | |
| Awards | ||
| Finals MVP: | Nikola Jokić | |
| Draft | ||
| 2022 NBA Draft | ||
| No. 1 pick: | Paolo Banchero | |
| Draft team: | Orlando Magic | |
| NBA All-Star Game | ||
| 2023 NBA All-Star Game | ||
| Date: | February 19, 2023 | |
| Host: | Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah | |
| Champions: | Team Giannis | |
| Score: | 184–175 | |
| Opponent: | Team LeBron | |
| MVP: | Jayson Tatum | |
| NBA seasons | ||
| <- 2021–22 NBA season | ||
| 2023–24 NBA season -> | ||
The 2022–23 NBA season was the 77th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the regular season began on October 18, 2022, and ended on April 9, 2023. The 2023 NBA All-Star Game was played on February 19, 2023, at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. The 2023 NBA playoffs began on April 15, 2023, and ended on June 12 with the Denver Nuggets defeating the Miami Heat in the 2023 NBA Finals to win their first NBA championship in franchise history.
Transactions[]
Retirement[]
- On July 21, 2022, J. J. Barea announced his retirement from professional basketball. He won an NBA championship with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011 and multiple gold medals with the Puerto Rican national team.
- On August 20, 2022, Gustavo Ayón retired from professional basketball. He played three seasons in the NBA and won multiple titles in the EuroLeague and Spanish League in his 16-year career.
- On September 3, 2022, Jodie Meeks retired from professional basketball. He played for seven teams in his 13-year career and won an NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors in 2019.
- On September 6, 2022, Toure' Murry retired from professional basketball. He played for three teams in two NBA seasons, as well as numerous teams overseas.
- On October 26, 2022, Gal Mekel announced his retirement from professional basketball. He played for two teams during his two-year NBA career.
- On November 29, 2022, Chandler Hutchison announced his retirement from professional basketball. He played for three teams during his four-year NBA career.
- On December 15, 2022, Tyrell Terry announced his retirement from professional basketball. He played for two teams during his two-year NBA career.
- On December 24, 2022, Jon Teske announced his retirement from professional basketball. Teske played three games for the Memphis Grizzlies in 2022.
- On March 31, 2023, LaMarcus Aldridge announced his retirement from professional basketball. He played for three teams during his 16-year NBA career, earned seven NBA All-Star honors, as well as five All-NBA selections.
- On May 4, 2023, Keith Langford announced his retirement from professional basketball. Langford played two games for the San Antonio Spurs in 2007.
- On May 22, 2023, Carmelo Anthony announced his retirement from the NBA. He played for six teams in 19 NBA seasons, earned 10 NBA All-Star honors, as well as six All-NBA selections, led the league in scoring during the 2012–13 season, was selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team, and played for USA basketball a record four times, which included a bronze medal and three gold medals.
Draft[]
The 2022 NBA Draft took place on June 23, 2022, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Paolo Banchero was selected with the first overall pick.
Free agency[]
With the previous season's NBA Finals ending in mid-June for the first time since 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic, the period for free agency will return to its normal July 1 starting date, along with the July moratorium period before players can actually begin signing new contracts.
Coaching changes[]
| Team | 2021–22 season | 2022–23 season |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Hornets | James Borrego | Steve Clifford |
| Los Angeles Lakers | Frank Vogel | Darvin Ham |
| Sacramento Kings | Alvin Gentry (interim) | Mike Brown |
| Utah Jazz | Quin Snyder | Will Hardy |
| Boston Celtics | Ime Udoka (suspended) | Joe Mazzulla (interim) |
- On April 11, 2022, the Los Angeles Lakers fired Frank Vogel after missing the playoffs. In his three seasons with the team, Vogel led the team to two playoff appearances and the NBA Championship in 2020.
- On April 11, 2022, the Sacramento Kings relived interim coach Alvin Gentry of his duties. Gentry was named the interim coach after the team fired Luke Walton in November 2021.
- On April 22, 2022, the Charlotte Hornets fired James Borrego after four years with the team with no playoff appearances.
- On May 9, 2022, the Sacramento Kings hired Golden State Warriors assistant head coach Mike Brown to become the Kings' new head coach.
- On June 3, 2022, the Los Angeles Lakers hired Darvin Ham as their new head coach.
- On June 5, 2022, Quin Snyder resigned from his position as head coach of the Utah Jazz after eight seasons with the team.
- On June 24, 2022, the Charlotte Hornets hired Steve Clifford as their head coach for the second stint.
- On June 29, 2022, the Utah Jazz hired Will Hardy as their head coach.
- On September 22, 2022, the Boston Celtics suspended head coach Ime Udoka and named his assistant Joe Mazzulla as interim head coach. On February 16, Mazzulla was named permanent head coach.
- On November 1, 2022, the Brooklyn Nets and head coach Steve Nash agreed to part ways, and Jacque Vaughn served as interim head coach until November 9, when he was named permanent head coach.
- On February 21, 2023, the Atlanta Hawks fired Nate McMillan, who spent three seasons with the team. Joe Prunty, the team's assistant coach, was named the interim head coach. On February 26, the Hawks hired Quin Snyder as their head coach.
Preseason[]
The NBA often hosts preseason games in non-NBA markets, with the following being played domestically:
| Date | Teams | Arena | Location | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 3 | Los Angeles Clippers vs. Portland Trail Blazers | Climate Pledge Arena | Seattle, Washington | [1] |
| October 5 | Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Dallas Mavericks | BOK Center | Tulsa, Oklahoma | [2] |
| Los Angeles Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns | T-Mobile Arena | Paradise, Nevada | [3] | |
| October 6 | Los Angeles Lakers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves | |||
| October 7 | Charlotte Hornets vs. Boston Celtics | Greensboro Coliseum | Greensboro, North Carolina | [4] |
| October 14 | New Orleans Pelicans vs. Atlanta Hawks | Legacy Arena | Birmingham, Alabama | [5] |
International games[]
| Date | Teams | Arena | Location | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30 | Golden State Warriors vs. Washington Wizards | Saitama Super Arena | Tokyo, Japan | [6] |
| October 2 | ||||
| Toronto Raptors vs. Utah Jazz | Rogers Place | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | [7] | |
| October 6 | Atlanta Hawks vs. Milwaukee Bucks | Etihad Arena | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | [8] |
| October 8 | ||||
| October 14 | Toronto Raptors vs. Boston Celtics | Bell Centre | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | [7] |
Regular season[]
The regular season schedule was released on August 17, 2022.[9]
International games[]
After nearly three years without an international regular season game due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NBA brought back the NBA Global Games with two regular season matchups:
| NBA Mexico City Game 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Teams | Arena | Location | Reference |
| December 17 | Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs | Mexico City Arena | Mexico City, Mexico | [10] |
| NBA Paris Game 2023 | ||||
| January 19 | Chicago Bulls vs. Detroit Pistons | Accor Arena | Paris, France | [10] |
Media[]
This will be the seventh year of a nine-year deal with ABC, ESPN, TNT, and NBA TV.[11] ESPN will continue to air Wednesday games throughout the season, Fridays for most of the season, and games during selected Sundays during the second half of the season. ABC will air NBA Saturday Primetime on eight selected Saturdays during the second half of this season, and NBA Sunday Showcase on three selected Sundays in February–early March.[12] TNT will continue to air Tuesday games all season and Thursday games during the second half of the season.[13] NBA TV will air selected games not broadcast on ABC, ESPN, or TNT, primarily on Mondays.[14]
Five Christmas Day games are scheduled this season, with ESPN airing all five and ABC simulcasting three of them.[10] They will have to compete with NFL Christmas Day games for viewers, with the NFL planning its tripleheader for the first time on that day.[15]
Four games will be held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with TNT and NBA TV each airing two of them.[10]
January 24–28 has been designated as "NBA Rivals Week" with 11 total nationally televised games featuring NBA rivalries. 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.[10]
ESPN will also air a doubleheader on the final day of the regular season, April 9, featuring games with playoff implications.[10]
Notable occurrences[]
- The NBA and NBPA announced a pension plan for former American Basketball Association (ABA) players who played at least three seasons in the league.[16]
- The Board of Governors approved the permanent adoption of the NBA Play-In Tournament that had been in place for the previous two seasons. Previously, the Board approved the tournament on a season-by-season basis.[17]
- The league instituted a new penalty for the "take foul". The offensive team will be allotted one free throw and retain possession with this penalty in place. The defensive player who commits the foul will be assessed one common personal foul. Previously, the penalty was a common personal foul on the offending player in addition to a side out for the offensive team if they were not in the bonus.[18]
- Following the death of 11-time champion Bill Russell, the NBA announced it would permanently retire the number 6 across the league, the first time a player's number has been retired across the league.[19] However, players who had the number 6 beforehand can keep their number unless they voluntarily change it or retire.[20]
- The NBA will honor Russell with a jersey patch. Every team will wear a commemorative patch on the right sleeve of their jerseys. Every NBA court will honor Russell with a clover-shaped logo featuring the No. 6 on the sideline.[19]
- In commemoration of Election Day in the United States, the league did not schedule regular season games on November 8 to encourage civic engagement.[21] Typically, the league does not schedule games for Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and the NCAA men's basketball championship game.
- Between January 24–28, 2023, the NBA will debut "NBA Rivals Week", which will feature 11 nationally televised games across ABC, ESPN, TNT, and NBA TV featuring "classic and budding rivalries between teams and players".[10]
- On September 13, 2022, the NBA and WNBA suspended Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver for one year after an independent investigation determined that he used the n-word multiple times, sexually harassed and assaulted multiple male and female employees, and engaged in demeaning behavior towards employees.[22][23] On September 21, Sarver announced he was exploring selling both the Suns and WNBA's Phoenix Mercury franchises.
References[]
- ↑ "Clippers, Trail Blazers to play preseason game in Seattle". National Basketball Association. June 29, 2022. https://www.nba.com/news/clippers-and-trailblazers-to-play-preseason-game-in-seattle.
- ↑ "Thunder Announces Preseason Game in Tulsa". National Basketball Association. March 22, 2022. https://www.nba.com/thunder/news/release-tulsa-220322.
- ↑ "Los Angeles Lakers to play 2 preseason games in Las Vegas". June 1, 2022. https://www.fox5vegas.com/2022/06/01/los-angeles-lakers-play-2-preseason-games-las-vegas.
- ↑ "Charlotte Hornets to host Boston Celtics in NBA preseason game at Greensboro Coliseum". National Basketball Association. July 14, 2022. https://greensboro.com/sports/charlotte-hornets-to-host-boston-celtics-in-nba-preseason-game-at-greensboro-coliseum/article_5595362a-039a-11ed-af8a-4b721862634a.html.
- ↑ "New Orleans Pelicans to host preseason game in Birmingham, AL". National Basketball Association. June 21, 2022. https://www.nba.com/pelicans/news/new-orleans-pelicans-preseason-atlanta-hawks-birmingham-squadron-october-14.
- ↑ "Warriors, Wizards to play 2-game preseason slate in Japan in 2022". National Basketball Association. March 14, 2022. https://www.nba.com/news/warriors-wizards-to-play-2-game-preseason-slate-in-japan-in-2022.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Raptors Will Face Jazz & Celtics in Preseason Games in Edmonton & Montreal". National Basketball Association. August 3, 2022. https://www.si.com/nba/raptors/news/toronto-raptors-announce-preseason-games-montreal-edmonton.
- ↑ "Bucks, Hawks to play 2 preseason games in Abu Dhabi". National Basketball Association. May 10, 2022. https://www.nba.com/news/bucks-hawks-to-play-2-preseason-games-in-abu-dhabi.
- ↑ Template:Cite tweet
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 "NBA announces schedule for 2022–23 regular season" (in en-US). August 17, 2022. https://pr.nba.com/2022-23-nba-schedule/.
- ↑ "NBA announces 9-year TV deal with ESPN, Turner Sports". October 5, 2014. https://www.si.com/nba/2014/10/06/new-nba-tv-deal-worth-24-billion. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- ↑ "Bang! ESPN and ABC’s Star-Studded 2022-23 NBA Television Schedule". ESPN Press Room. August 17, 2022. https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2022/08/bang-espn-and-abcs-star-studded-2022-23-nba-television-schedule/. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
- ↑ "NBA on TNT features opening-night matchups, 65 games overall in 2022-23". NBA.com. August 17, 2022. https://www.nba.com/news/2022-23-nba-on-tnt-regular-season-schedule. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
- ↑ "NBA TV schedule" (in en-US). https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/nba-tv-schedule/.
- ↑ "NFL Plans Christmas Day Tripleheader For 2022 Schedule, Tweaking The NBA’s Traditional Big Day". Deadline Hollywood. April 22, 2022. https://deadline.com/2022/04/nfl-plans-christmas-day-tripleheader-tweaking-nba-traditions-1235008495/. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ↑ "NBA, NBPA announce recognition payments for former ABA players". National Basketball Association. July 12, 2022. https://www.nba.com/news/nba-nbpa-announce-recognition-payments-for-former-aba-players. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ↑ "NBA adopts Play-In Tournament on full-time basis". National Basketball Association. July 12, 2022. https://www.nba.com/news/nba-adopts-play-in-tournament-on-full-time-basis. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ↑ "NBA Board of Governors approves heightened penalty for 'transition take foul'". National Basketball Association. July 12, 2022. https://www.nba.com/news/nba-board-of-governors-approves-heightened-penalty-for-transition-take-foul. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "NBA, NBPA announce league will permanently retire No. 6 in honor of Bill Russell". Yahoo! Sport. https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-nbpa-announce-league-will-permanently-retire-no-6-in-honor-of-bill-russell-191707733.html.
- ↑ "NBA players who currently wear No. 6 jersey". 2022-08-11. https://www.nba.com/news/nba-players-who-currently-wear-no-6-jersey.
- ↑ "NBA to not schedule any games on Election Day". ESPN. August 16, 2022. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34407823/nba-avoids-scheduling-regular-season-games-election-day.
- ↑ "NBA statement about independent investigation regarding Robert Sarver and the Phoenix Suns organization" (in en-US). September 13, 2022. https://pr.nba.com/nba-statement-about-independent-investigation-regarding-robert-sarver-and-the-phoenix-suns-organization/.
- ↑ "Suns’ owner Sarver suspended from NBA/WNBA for one year, fined $10 million" (in en-US). https://sports.yahoo.com/robert-sarver-suspended-nba-wnba-163858663.html.