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Sources: NBA board expected to OK restart plan
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Friday, 29 May 2020 17:20
The NBA is planning a Thursday vote of the league's board of governors -- with owners expected to approve commissioner Adam Silver's recommendation on a format to restart the season in Orlando, Florida, sources tell ESPN.The NBA has been examining several plans for a return to play, but numerous members of the board of governors tell ESPN that there's growing…
Majority of NBA GMs want to restart with playoffs
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Friday, 29 May 2020 13:01
As the NBA's board of governors met Friday afternoon to assess options for how to restart the season, the league's general managers have expressed their preference to go straight to the playoffs.In a survey of all 30 general managers, which was viewed by ESPN, 16 said they would prefer the league come back with just the typical 16 playoff teams,…
Jackson speaks at rally; cop faces murder charge
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Friday, 29 May 2020 13:01
Former NBA player Stephen Jackson spoke at a rally Friday afternoon in Minneapolis in remembrance of his friend George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in police custody after pleading that he could not breathe."I'm here because they're not gonna demean the character of George Floyd, my twin," Jackson told supporters. "A lot of times, when police do things…
Wizards' Beal: Trade rumors 'a sign of respect'
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Friday, 29 May 2020 08:10
Even in the middle of a pandemic, when nobody is playing, Bradley Beal's name still emerged in trade rumors.The New York Daily News last week reported that the Brooklyn Nets have had "internal discussions" about pursuing the 26-year-old Wizards guard, who signed a two-year, $72 million extension in October."It's not the first time I've heard this kind of talk," Beal…
President Chris Paul -- the point guard at a time of crisis
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Friday, 29 May 2020 04:56
MICHELE ROBERTS HAD just stepped out of an Uber when her phone started buzzing.It was a little after 8 p.m. on March 11, and the National Basketball Players Association executive director had left her New York office after meeting with NBA commissioner Adam Silver to discuss the next steps amid the growing coronavirus crisis.She figured she had already missed tipoff…
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