2009/10 FBF - Important Dates
| . | May |
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| 19th - Tuesday | - 2009/10 FBF Lottery Draw (ESPN 7:30 pm ET) | |
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| . | June |
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25th - Thursday |
- 2009 NBA Annual Draft (ESPN 7:00 pm ET) | |
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| . | July |
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| 16th - Thurday | - NBA/FBF Salary Cap announced for 2009/10 | |
23rd - Thurday |
- First 2009/10 Player Salaries Update | |
| 23rd - Thurday | - Official 2009/10 Eligible Positions announced | |
27th - Monday |
- Trading opens for the 2009/10 season | |
| 27th - Monday | - Salary Cap & Roster restrictions lifted | |
| (Soft Cap Period, all teams have no roster restrictions) | ||
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| . | August |
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| 11th - Tuesday | - 2009/10 FBF Annual Draft begins (via E-mail/AIM) | |
| 15th - Saturday | - Completion of 2009/10 Annual Draft | |
| 31st - Monday | - Roster limits enforced | |
| . | . | (teams may have no more than 14 players and no less than 10 |
| . | . | players on "Active" rosters) |
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| . | September |
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| 8th - Tuesday | - 2009/10 FBF Free Agent Draft begins (via E-mail/AIM) | |
| 24th - Thursday | - Player Salaries locked for the 2009/10 Season | |
| 25th - Friday | - Soft Cap period ends, all teams must be at or under the Cap | |
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| . | October |
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| 1st - Thursday | - Pre-Season Previews begin | |
| 23rd - Friday | - First Free Agent pickups for 2009/10 (via E-mail) | |
| 26th - Monday | - Week #1 Lineups due | |
| 27th - Tuesday | - 2009/10 FBF Regular Season begins | |
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| . | January |
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| 24th - Sunday | - 2009/10 FBF Trading Deadline | |
| 24th - Sunday | - 2009/10 FBF Free Agent Deadline | |
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| . | February |
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| 19th - Friday | - 2009/10 FBF DL & IR Deadline | |
| 22nd - Monday | - 2009/10 FBF Regular Season ends | |
| 24th - Wednesday | - 2009/10 FBF Playoffs begin | |
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| . | April |
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| 14th - Wednesday | - The wait for the start of the 2010/11 FBF season begins | |
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- Dependant upon NBA dates announced in Aug/Sep 2009 | |
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