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NBPA approves plan to resume season at Disney World, sets plan for coronavirus testing - CBS Sports
Jun 05, 2020 1 min, 56 secs
After the league's owners approved a plan to finish out the remainder of the 2019-20 season at Disney World in Orlando during Thursday's Board of Governors call, the NBPA followed suit and approved the plan on Friday, it announced in a statement. The players' rep vote was unanimous, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania.

In a statement addressing the plan to resume the season, Silver said:.

While the COVID-19 pandemic presents formidable challenges, we are hopeful of finishing the season in a safe and responsible manner based on strict protocols now being finalized with public health officials and medical experts.  We also recognize that as we prepare to resume play, our society is reeling from recent tragedies of racial violence and injustice, and we will continue to work closely with our teams and players to use our collective resources and influence to address these issues in very real and concrete ways.".

Another major concern on the part of players was whether or not families would be able to join them in Orlando.

Neither players nor families will be allowed to leave the bubble.

The league is targeting a start date of July 31, where 22 of the 30 NBA teams are expected to participate in Orlando.

Teams will play an abbreviated version of the regular season that will consist of eight games, as well as a play-in tournament for the eighth seed in both conferences.

That creates a number of questions leading into the resumed season, including how teams will prepare after so much idle time.

As far as next season goes, Roberts indicated to players that a start date of Dec.

While most teams have already reopened their practice facilities to allow players to do individual workouts, the San Antonio Spurs remain the only team in the league who have not.

As one of the 22 teams competing in Orlando, though, that will surely happen soon so players can prepare for the remainder of the season.

The NBA suspended its season on March 11 after two members of the Utah Jazz, later revealed to be Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, tested positive for COVID-19

Since then, a number of players and league figures have tested positive, including Kevin Durant, Marcus Smart and New York Knicks owner James Dolan

But today's news is the greatest indication yet that the 2019-20 season will have a champion

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