Okay, so now that the draft lottery is complete, I have a pretty good idea of the schedule for season one. Here it is:

Draft - Round 1: Tuesday, May 12th - 6:30-9:30pm EST

More info on the draft here: https://fanspo.com/nba/s/nba_mocks/p/Loy2D-ObW0yVB5/2026-nba-off-season-mock-draft-info

Draft - Round 2: Wednesday, May 13th - 6:30-8:00pm EST

Option decisions, cap holds, guaranteeing contracts: May 14th - May 15th

Free Agency: May 16th - May 18

Last chance signings and trades: May 19th

I’m not sure about anything after that, but May 19th at 12:00 am will likely be the transaction deadline. The sim would be sometime that week. We would stop for ~24 hours at the trade deadline, then sim the rest of the season.