2011/12 FBF - Important Dates
| . | May |
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| 17th - Tuesday | - 2011 FBF Lottery Draw (ESPN 7:30 pm ET) | |
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| . | June |
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23rd - Thursday |
- 2011 NBA Annual Draft (ESPN 7:00 pm ET) | |
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| . | July |
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| 4th - Monday | - FBF 2011/12 Membership Renewals begin | |
26th - Tuesday |
- First 2011/12 Player Salaries Update | |
| 27th - Wednesday | - Official 2011/12 Eligible Positions announced | |
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| . | August |
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| 2nd - Tuesday | - Salary Cap & Roster restrictions lifted | |
| (Soft Cap Period, all teams have no roster restrictions) | ||
2nd - Tuesday |
- Trading opens for the 2011/12 season | |
| 23rd - Tuesday | - 2011/12 FBF Annual Draft begins (via E-mail/AIM) | |
| 29th - Tuesday | - Completion of 2011/12 Annual Draft | |
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| . | December |
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| 8th - Thursday | - Partial Roster limits enforced | |
| . | . | (teams may have no more than 14 players and no less than 10 |
| . | . | players on "Active" rosters) |
| 9th - Friday | - NBA Free Agency begins | |
| 12th - Monday | - FBF Salary Cap announced for 2011/12 | |
| 13th - Tuesday | - 2011/12 FBF Free Agent Draft begins (via E-mail/AIM) | |
| 15th - Thursday | - Completion of 2011/12 Free Agent Draft | |
| 17th - Saturday | - Player Salaries locked for the 2011/12 Season | |
| 19th - Monday | - First Free Agent pickups for 2011/12 | |
| . | . | (teams will be allowed 2 signings each, in Draft order) |
| 20th - Tuesday | - Soft Cap period ends, all teams must be at or under the Cap | |
| 20th - Tuesday | - Partial Roster limits enforced | |
| . | . | (teams must have 2 players at that qualify at each position) |
| 23rd - Friday | - Week #1 Lineups due | |
| 25th - Sunday | - 2011/12 FBF Regular Season begins | |
| 31st - Saturday | - Regular Weekly Free Agent pickups begin for 2011/12 | |
| . | . | (teams will be allowed 2 signings each week) |
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| . | January |
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| 1st - Sunday | - Pre-Season Previews** | |
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| . | February |
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| 18th - Saturday | - 2011/12 FBF Free Agent Deadline | |
| 19th - Sunday | - 2011/12 FBF Trading Deadline | |
| 26th - Sunday | - All Star Game | |
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| . | March |
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| 10th - Saturday | - 2011/12 FBF IR Deadline | |
| 12th - Monday | - 2011/12 FBF Regular Season ends | |
| 14th - Wednesday | - 2011/12 FBF Playoffs begin | |
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| . | April |
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| 27th - Friday | - The wait for the start of the 2012/13 FBF season begins | |