2021 NBA Draft timeline released

[f1do]

The 2021 NBA Draft will be held on July 29th. The lottery will be held on June 22nd.

The draft will take place exactly one week after a potential Game 7 of The Finals on July 22nd.

The league will conduct a Draft Combine from June 21st through June 27th.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wireta...-For-June-22nd

[rednecksbasketball]

And as Jazz fans, we will be bored because I am 100% sure we are trading the one pick we have.

[f1do]

Being kind of a geek about this stuff, I'll be interested but mainly in following what other teams are doing. This is what I'm reviewing currently.

Team	2021-22 Committed Salary	2020-21 Standing
Knicks	$49,819,421	#7 East
Thunder	$51,537,673	#13 West
Spurs	$58,614,283	#8 West
Hornets	$83,125,939	#4 East
Mavericks	$90,873,002	#7 West
Pelicans	$91,418,170	#12 West
Cavaliers	$92,435,355	#14 East
Hawks	$93,496,087	#5 East
Magic	$95,363,678	#13 East
Kings	$97,919,058	#11 West
Rockets	$97,948,399	#14 West
Raptors	$97,997,588	#11 East
Bulls	$99,304,124	#10 East
Grizzlies	$99,586,048	#9 West
Pistons	$102,311,907	#15 East
Heat	$112,272,515	#6 East
Pacers	$119,792,364	#9 East
Lakers	$121,241,196	#4 West
Suns	$124,828,321	#2 West
Nuggets	$125,536,010	#5 West
Wizards	$125,649,920	#12 East
Trail Blazers	$127,138,335	#6 West
76ers	$129,424,511	#2 East
Timberwolves	$131,265,754	#15 West
Jazz	$133,284,745	#1 West
Celtics	$136,474,816	#8 East
Bucks	$144,479,868	#3 East
Clippers	$147,871,185	#3 West
Warriors	$164,466,655	#10 West
Nets	$166,475,640	#1 East

According to Spotrac, both the Nets and Warriors are luxury tax payers for 2020-21, and already are set to exceed the luxury tax threshold again in 2021-22 (Warriors with 11 players, Nets with 8). At the same time, the Knicks, Thunder, and Spurs will all have between $66 million and $75 million under the salary cap. Add in how Covid-19 has really messed with the financials of the NBA and this off-season could really be interesting.

While this is only scratching the surface of an off-season analysis, a quick check on the Jazz show that the Jazz will have 11 players under contract with free agents in Mike Conley, Georges Niang, Juwan Morgan, and Ersan Ilyasova. They have their own draft pick (currently 30th). The Jazz currently would be less than $18 mill from the luxury tax threshold. Would they go over to re-sign Mike Conley and any supplemental players? Do they need to move a contract like Bogdanovic, Ingles, or Favors to make the roster fit? Even if they do trade a pick, things should be interesting.