2024 Schedule
More information forthcoming
Before you attend
- All participants are highly encouraged to familiarize themselves with governing rules for NBA transactions per the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement. The NTDC Board will reach out with specific sections of Larry Coon’s CBA FAQ to review. The FAQ can be found here.
- Groups will each be assigned NBA teams and instructed to come up with a plan outlining the timeline to contention, player targets, and suggested moves two weeks in advance.
- Participating students will also receive the “virtual round” that will consist of quiz-like CBA questions on some of the basic provisions roughly two weeks in advance.
- Teams will receive contact info for other teams to begin to “tamper” and begin preliminary negotiations roughly one week in advance.
- While initial negotiations are encouraged, no official trades can be made until the Five (5)-hour period on Friday, November 8. All agreements made are not enforced unless at least one representative from each team comes to the mock NBA board with the official trade.
Tentative Schedule
This schedule is subject to changes.
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Afternoon
Informal meet and greet, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law tour
Friday, November 8, 2024
Morning
Check-in and breakfast
Early afternoon
Event walk-through
Afternoon
Official trade period starts
Later afternoon
Trade period ends
Students create team presentations outlining their moves for the judges
Executive court cocktail reception (Judges only)
8 p.m. | Location TBD
The Executive Court Cocktail Reception is a networking event designed to thank the NBA executives that took the time to judge the competition and to bring together the influential minds of the sports, business, and legal sectors. This cocktail reception will feature esteemed law firms, sports agencies, team executives, and ambitious law students. Information on the attending executives, firms, and business entities will be posted on the NTDC website on a rolling basis. The event will be a terrific platform for sponsors to engage with top-tier lawyers, front office sports luminaries, agents, and other business leaders.
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Morning
Check-in and breakfast
Presentation submissions
Early afternoon
Break for lunch following morning presentations
Afternoon
Remaining presentations
Later afternoon
NBA Trade Deadline Competition Trophy Ceremony
7 p.m. | Beus Center for Law and Society
The NTDC Trophy Ceremony is the highlight of a fully immersive experience where students have showcased their acumen in operating an NBA team during a simulated trade deadline. This celebratory event is both an award presentation and a gateway to the sports industry for more than 100 students at a variety of programs across the nation. The event is catered, providing an elegant backdrop as we honor the hard work of all participants and announce the winners who have excelled in showcasing their knowledge of the NBA, player analytics, scouting, strategic decision-making, the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and negotiations.
