‘A real shock to the system’: NBA players and the stresses of a trade deadline move

The NBA Board of Governors met again without a consensus opinion emerging on how many teams should be back on the floor for the planned late-July resumption of the pandemic-interrupted season, three people familiar with details of the call said Friday. The people, speaking on condition of anonymity to Sports Betting News because no details of the call were publicly released, said Commissioner Adam Silver is still collecting information on multiple options ranging from 16 to 30 teams returning to action when the season begins again at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex near Orlando, Florida. One person said the idea of bringing back 20 teams – possibly a few more, but not all 30 – continues to resonate as the most likely scenario, as of now.