
If you're a Warriors fan you've circled Wednesday as an important date -- the NBA Draft lottery. What else is on the calendar?
May30 -- NBA draft lottery
June18 -- Withdrawal deadline for draft early entrants
28 -- NBA draft
29 -- Final day to exercise team, player, and early termination options
30 -- 201112 salary cap year ends. Final day to sign a player to extension, final day to extend qualifying offer to a potential restricted free agent
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July1 -- 201213 salary cap year and July moratorium begin
11 -- July moratorium ends and new salary cap figures take effect. Teams can sign free agents, make trades, and extend contracts. Seven-day amnesty period begins
16 -- First-round draft picks become free agents if not offered a contract
23 -- Final day to withdraw qualifying offer to restricted free agent without player approval
27 -- 2012 London Olympics open
August12 -- 2012 London Olympics close.
September6 -- Second-round draft picks become free agents if not offered a contract.
October1 -- Final day for a restricted free agent to accept a qualifying offer.
29 -- Final day of offseason. Roster size reduced to 15-player maximum. Final day to make sign-and-trade transactions, and to waive non-guaranteed summer contracts.
31 -- Last day rookie scale contracts can be extended, and last day option years on rookie contracts for the 201314 season can be exercised.