If you're wondering why none of the games in round 1 were played, I know the reason (not)...
The players have refused to sign the new bargaining agreement, snapping after multiple seasons of getting offered progressively less and less money for their relative skills. The entire players union is out there in the streets holding their signs and marching and other stuff people do whilst on strike. We ain't getting a single minute of Basketball this season until either the players or the people in charge of offering wages to players relent.
Ok, not really. But until the BB's come on to explain what's happened and fix it, that's the best explanation for this delay.