NBA calendar: Every important date from now until the playoffs

Here's our guide to every key date and deadline that will shape roster decisions from now until the postseason.

September: Rosters are finalized for training camp

Sept. 5: Informal workouts begin

Sept. 15: Guarantee date

• Detroit's Eric Moreland: $500K to $750K

Sept. 25: First team meeting

Sept. 26: First practice

Sept. 26: Guarantee date

• Houston's Shawn Long: $0 to $50K

• New York's Chasson Randle: $0 to $50K

Oct. 1: Last date for restricted free agents to accept a qualifying offer

• Mason Plumlee, Nikola Mirotic, Alex Len and JaMychal Green

Oct. 14: NBA cut date (teams will incur a financial cost for players with $0 protection if not waived by 5 p.m.)

• A player with an Exhibit 10 must be waived for his team not to receive a cap hit. (Exhibit 10s are attachments to minimum contracts that allow for conversions to two-way contracts).

Oct. 15: Guarantee date

• Oklahoma City's Semaj Christon: $0 to $1.3M

• Milwaukee's Gary Payton II: $100K to $1.3 million

Oct. 16: Rosters are set

Oct. 16: Rookie extension deadline 6 p.m. ET

• Boston: Marcus Smart

• Chicago: Zach LaVine

• Denver: Gary Harris

• Houston: Clint Capela

• L.A. Lakers: Julius Randle

• Milwaukee: Jabari Parker

• Minnesota: Andrew Wiggins

• Oklahoma City: Doug McDermott

• Orlando: Aaron Gordon and Elfrid Payton

• Philadelphia: Joel Embiid and Nik Stauskas

• Phoenix: TJ Warren

• Portland: Noah Vonleh, Jusuf Nurkic and Shabazz Napier

• Toronto: Bruno Caboclo and Lucas Nogueira

• San Antonio: Kyle Anderson

• Utah: Dante Exum and Rodney Hood

Oct. 16: Last day to extend players with two years left

• Last day of Designated Player Veteran Extension eligibility

Oct. 16: Guarantee date

• Houston's Troy Williams: $1.3 million to $1.5 million

Oct. 17: Guarantee date

• Dallas' Dorian Finney-Smith: $100K to $150K

• Houston's Shawn Long: $50,000 to $250K

• Houston's Isaiah Taylor: $0 to $1.3 million

• Atlanta's Quinn Cook: $100K to $600K

Oct: 18: Guarantee date

• Orlando's Khem Birch: $25K to $408K

• Detroit's Eric Moreland: $750K to $1 million

• Memphis's Mario Chalmers: $25K to $1.5 million

• Minnesota's Marcus Georges-Hunt: $0 to $275K

• Miami's Rodney McGruder: $453K to $1.3 million

• Miami's Okaro White: $453K to $1.3 million

Oct. 19: Deadline for a waived player who was signed to an Exhibit 10 to sign with the G League affiliate

Oct. 19: Guarantee date

• New York's Chasson Randle: $50K to $250K

Oct. 31: Guarantee date

• Brooklyn's Spencer Dinwiddie: $50K to $250K

Oct. 31: Third- and fourth-year rookie option deadline

• Each player will also receive an additional 30 percent in salary that will not impact the salary cap.

Oct. 21: G League draft

Nov. 3: G League regular season starts

Nov. 10: Guarantee date

• New Orleans' Jordan Crawford: $250K to $750K

Nov 15: Philadelphia can renegotiate contract for Robert Covington

Dec. 5: Guarantee date

• Dallas' Dorian Finney-Smith: $150K to $200K

Dec. 15: Trade restrictions for free agents lifted (except those signed to 120 percent early-Bird or Bird rights deals)

Dec. 15: Guarantee date

• Atlanta's Luke Babbitt: $987K to $1.97 million

Jan. 5: 10-day contracts can be signed

Jan. 7: Contracts become guaranteed if not waived by 5 p.m. ET

Jan. 15: Trade restrictions for Bird free agents lifted

• Last day to sign a two-way contract

Feb. 8: Trade deadline

Feb. 16-18: All-Star Weekend

March 1: Playoff eligibility deadline

April 11: Regular season ends