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7:38 PM ET The NBA season will resume with LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard and Zion Williamson highlighting a double-header to open the restart in Orlando, Florida. The NBA released its schedule for games in Orlando with the season resuming on July 30. Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans tip off the restart against the Utah
5:20 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic set to be part of American life indefinitely, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the league’s plan to return to play next month in a closed campus environment in Florida was the best option available to the league. “We know that COVID-19 will be with us
1:26 PM ET Associated Press The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association have finalized terms of the deal that will allow the league to restart the season at the Disney World campus near Orlando, Florida, next month. The league and union made the announcement Friday. Many of the details were already known, such as
12:32 PM ET Free-agent forward Ryan Broekhoff is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers for the rest of the season, agent Andy Shiffman of Priority Sports told ESPN. Broekhoff, 29, shot 40% on 3-pointers in 59 games over the past two seasons with the Dallas Mavericks. The Sixers are required to submit a roster to the
4:14 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons signed center Justin Patton on Friday, hoping the 2017 first-round pick can stay healthy and help the franchise’s turnaround. Patton had surgery for a broken foot in 2018 for the second straight year. Justin Patton has played for sparingly for the Timberwolves, Philadelphia and Oklahoma
11:11 AM ET Of the 302 NBA players to take tests on Tuesday, 16 have tested positive for the coronavirus, the NBA and NBPA announced in a joint statement Friday. Any player who tested positive will remain in self-isolation until he satisfies public health protocols for discontinuing isolation and has been cleared by a physician.
7:22 PM ET Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder praised star guard Donovan Mitchell for using his social media platform to push for social justice and cited some of the negative feedback as proof that significantly more progress must be made. Mitchell expressed dismay about racist comments some fans posted in response to his Instagram post
4:48 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA has shared with its players a comprehensive security plan to help enforce the health and safety protocols it announced last week and secure its campus at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex for the resumption of the 2019-20 season, league sources told ESPN. The league will use
1:55 PM ET Dallas Mavericks center Willie Cauley-Stein informed the team that he will opt out of the restart of the NBA season, opening up a roster spot the Mavs intend to fill by signing point guard Trey Burke, sources said. Cauley-Stein, who expects to become a father in July, averaged 5.2 points and 4.6