Importants Dates for 2017-18

All Times Central

2018
January 5       Teams can start signing players to 10-day contrctas
January 10      Guaranteed contract date 
January 15      Last day to sign players to 2-way contracts
February 8      Trade Deadlinw
February 16-18  All-Star Weekend at LA
March 1         Playoff eligibility waiver deadline (players released 
                after this date can not play in the playoffs for another team)
April 11        2017-18 Regular season ends
April 14        2018 NBA Playoffs begin
April 22        NBA draft early entry deadline
May 15          Draft lottery
May 31          NBA Finals start
June 11         NBA draft early entry withdrawl deadline
June 21         2018 NBA Draft
July 1          Free agency date (all 2017-18 contracts expire)
July 1          Start of the July Moratorium