Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>The NBA has announced its return, 85 days after suspending the season because of the .On Thursday, the NBA's board of governors for 22 teams to return to play, starting July 31 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.As players rejoin their teams and prepare to trek to Florida, here is everything known about the plans, everything yet to be resolved and the challenges that must be sorted out.OK, the NBA has a return-to-play plan in place. What's next?Before the NBA can come back, teams must...…Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>The NBA has announced its return, 85 days after suspending the season because of the .On Thursday, the NBA's board of governors for 22 teams to return to play, starting July 31 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.As players rejoin their teams and prepare to trek to Florida, here is everything known about the plans, everything yet to be resolved and the challenges that must be sorted out.OK, the NBA has a return-to-play plan in place. What's next?Before the NBA can come back, teams must...WW…

Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>Over the past three months, the NBA's league office has exhausted itself in stitching together a comprehensive plan to conclude the 2019-20 season. In the front offices of the league's 30 franchises, though, a more complicated problem has clouded the horizon:What will the 2020-21 season look like?Even as the NBA establishes its bubble in Orlando, Florida, several dates are rushing toward it. Owners have established Dec. 1 as the target to start next season's games.But the date of more immediate concern to teams is Oct. 18 -- the proposed start...…Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>Over the past three months, the NBA's league office has exhausted itself in stitching together a comprehensive plan to conclude the 2019-20 season. In the front offices of the league's 30 franchises, though, a more complicated problem has clouded the horizon:What will the 2020-21 season look like?Even as the NBA establishes its bubble in Orlando, Florida, several dates are rushing toward it. Owners have established Dec. 1 as the target to start next season's games.But the date of more immediate concern to teams is Oct. 18 -- the proposed start...WW…

Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>Editor's note: This story originally published on May 1 and has been updated following the news of the NBA entering talks about resuming its season at Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.After 10 weeks of suspension of the NBA season due to the , the idea of a bubble site where games could be played has taken the next step. with The Walt Disney Company about finishing the remainder of its season at Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, in late July, NBA spokesperson Mike Bass said Saturday."The NBA, in...…Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>Editor's note: This story originally published on May 1 and has been updated following the news of the NBA entering talks about resuming its season at Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.After 10 weeks of suspension of the NBA season due to the , the idea of a bubble site where games could be played has taken the next step. with The Walt Disney Company about finishing the remainder of its season at Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, in late July, NBA spokesperson Mike Bass said Saturday."The NBA, in...WW…

Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>In its first statement on the matter in months, China's CCTV said Tuesday it has no intention of resuming the airing of NBA games as the relationship between the sides remains icy in the wake of last fall.The NBA on Monday named Michael Ma as the new CEO of NBA China. Ma comes from an influential Chinese media family -- his father, Ma Guoli, is regarded as the father of CCTV Sports, having run it for 16 years.Michael Ma's hiring led to speculation in China that the connection could help reunite the television giant with the NBA, which has been...…Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>In its first statement on the matter in months, China's CCTV said Tuesday it has no intention of resuming the airing of NBA games as the relationship between the sides remains icy in the wake of last fall.The NBA on Monday named Michael Ma as the new CEO of NBA China. Ma comes from an influential Chinese media family -- his father, Ma Guoli, is regarded as the father of CCTV Sports, having run it for 16 years.Michael Ma's hiring led to speculation in China that the connection could help reunite the television giant with the NBA, which has been...WW…

Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday the league has discussed having players receive COVID-19 vaccines to educate and influence the public regarding their safety and effectiveness."There have been discussions. It's something we're particularly focused on," Silver said at a virtual conference hosted by Sportico."In the African American community, there's been enormously disparate impact from COVID ... but now, somewhat perversely, there's been enormous resistance [to vaccinations] in the African American community for understandable...…Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday the league has discussed having players receive COVID-19 vaccines to educate and influence the public regarding their safety and effectiveness."There have been discussions. It's something we're particularly focused on," Silver said at a virtual conference hosted by Sportico."In the African American community, there's been enormously disparate impact from COVID ... but now, somewhat perversely, there's been enormous resistance [to vaccinations] in the African American community for understandable...WW…

Skip to navigation<>China's CCTV announced it plans to televise Game 5 of the NBA Finals live, the first NBA game on broadcast television there in more than a year.The state-run network, which started carrying NBA games in the early 1990s, pulled all such games from its programming in the wake of general manager Daryl Morey's tweet supporting protests in Hong Kong on Oct. 4, 2019.In its statement, CCTV cited the NBA's assistance with fighting COVID-19 in the country as a reason for restoring broadcasts. The league donated more than $1 million and medical equipment to China earlier...…Skip to navigation<>China's CCTV announced it plans to televise Game 5 of the NBA Finals live, the first NBA game on broadcast television there in more than a year.The state-run network, which started carrying NBA games in the early 1990s, pulled all such games from its programming in the wake of general manager Daryl Morey's tweet supporting protests in Hong Kong on Oct. 4, 2019.In its statement, CCTV cited the NBA's assistance with fighting COVID-19 in the country as a reason for restoring broadcasts. The league donated more than $1 million and medical equipment to China earlier...WW…

Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>Chris Herro didn't want to send the text, didn't even want to pick up the phone. But he was the father of a 19-year-old, worried and couldn't stop himself.It was 11:30 on a summer night, and his son, , had been drafted a few weeks earlier by the . Tyler had driven down from his home near Milwaukee to Chicago after getting an invitation from new teammate , a 29-year-old NBA All-Star, and they were having their first night on the town. And, well, Chris wasn't quite sure about all this."As a parent, you hear stories about Jimmy and you just want to...…Skip to main contentSkip to navigation<>Chris Herro didn't want to send the text, didn't even want to pick up the phone. But he was the father of a 19-year-old, worried and couldn't stop himself.It was 11:30 on a summer night, and his son, , had been drafted a few weeks earlier by the . Tyler had driven down from his home near Milwaukee to Chicago after getting an invitation from new teammate , a 29-year-old NBA All-Star, and they were having their first night on the town. And, well, Chris wasn't quite sure about all this."As a parent, you hear stories about Jimmy and you just want to...WW…