The NBA has regular-season games on Halloween, Christmas, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Inauguration Day and President’s Day. As for today, Election Day, the NBA and the leader of its players prefer the focus be on the polls and not the court as the President of the United States and local government officials are elected. “It was important,” New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum, who is also the president of the NBA Players Association, told Andscape about being off on Election Day. “It was something that [the NBPA] talked about and I was vocal about. There is an importance of us being able to spread information to others. It’s important for us to take the time off to make sure everybody goes out and votes and point a spotlight to that.”