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NBPA chief: Players want to play, need certainty
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Tuesday, 26 May 2020 14:07
In team-by-team virtual calls with players this week, National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts said the "overwhelming" sentiment has been that "they really want to play" and resume the 2019-20 NBA season, most likely in late July at Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida."It's time. It's time," Roberts told ESPN. "It's been two and a…
Lillard: I won't play if no chance for playoffs
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Tuesday, 26 May 2020 14:07
Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard says he won't compete in a restarted NBA season if Portland does not have a legitimate shot to make the playoffs."If we come back and they're just like, 'We're adding a few games to finish the regular season,' and they're throwing us out there for meaningless games and we don't have a true opportunity to…
Cuban's plan: Tourney for NBA's final 2 seeds
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Tuesday, 26 May 2020 14:07
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has suggested a plan to the NBA league office that would include all 30 NBA teams playing five to seven regular-season games before a play-in tournament to determine the final two playoff seeds, he told ESPN on Tuesday.Cuban considers it a must for all 30 teams to participate in the resumption of the NBA season,…
MJ in '11: No Dream Team for me if Isiah picked
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Tuesday, 26 May 2020 14:07
Old audio of Michael Jordan has surfaced in which he says he told NBA executive Rod Thorn, who was part of the USA Basketball selection committee, that he wouldn't play on the Dream Team in 1992 if Detroit Pistons star point guard Isiah Thomas was also selected to the team."Rod Thorn called me, and I said, 'Rod, I won't play…
Where NBA teams disagree on restart plans
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Tuesday, 26 May 2020 19:59
The final, fleeting fight for 30 teams to resume the NBA's season is raging through these last days of indecision. Hours of commissioner Adam Silver's time are being spent engaging owners and high-level executives who are making the case for how the league should march into the summer's playoffs, including those desiring the entire league to descend upon Orlando, Florida.Some…
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