How Does the NFL Trade Deadline Work?

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The NFL trade deadline is the last point in the regular season when two clubs can make a trade. The league’s calendar sets a date and a cutoff time. Before it passes, clubs can agree to send a player’s contract, draft picks, or a combination of assets to another club. Once it passes, a team can still change its roster through other permitted moves, such as signing an available free agent. What closes is the opportunity to acquire a player through a trade with another club for the rest of that season. The cutoff sits around the middle of the season, when clubs have had time to learn what their rosters can do and still have games left to play. In 2024, NFL owners moved the deadline back one week, to follow the Week 9 games, after the regular season expanded to 17 games. The NFL Football Operations calendar lists November 10 at 4 p.m. New York time for the 2026 season. The date matters because two clubs can talk about a deal for days without reaching terms they can submit in time. A t...
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How Does Overtime Work in NBA Basketball?

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Conceptual illustration of a basketball and hourglass on an indoor court

When an NBA game is tied after the fourth quarter, the teams play an extra five-minute period called overtime. If the score is still level when that period ends, another overtime is played. The process continues until one team finishes a period ahead.

Regulation quarters last 12 minutes, so overtime is much shorter than a normal quarter. The teams keep attacking the same baskets they used in the fourth quarter. They have a two-and-a-half-minute break before overtime, and each team is allowed two team timeouts during an overtime period, according to the NBA’s scoring and timing rules.

Five minutes on the game clock can take longer in real time. Officials stop the clock when they whistle, and successful baskets also stop it during the last two minutes of overtime. The first basket does not automatically win: both teams continue playing until the period is complete.

 

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