The Board of Governors approved resuming the season June 4, with expectations of playing in a bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
The past few weeks of negotiations have centered around stringent health and safety protocols, as well as the league's effort to combat systemic racism and promote social justice.
All of this is extremely important, as players around the league have expressed concern about distracting from the social justice movement by playing basketball.
The league and Players Association clearly took these concerns to heart.
The NBPA restated its goal of finding tangible and sustainable ways to address racial inequality across the country. Commissioner Adam Silver and NBPA executive director Michele Roberts both released statements Friday commending the efforts.
This also means Rockets fans are even closer to seeing the squad compete for an NBA title.
The Lakers, Bucks and Clippers are the chalk favorites to win, but Vegas isn't sleeping on the Rockets as a betting favorite.
The NBA announces the team schedules Friday night. There will be eight "seeding" games for the 22 participating teams before the playoffs.
Individual workouts become mandatory July 1, but no more than eight players can be a the facilities at a time.
Teams arrive at the Disney complex July 7-9.