Over half of the NBA franchises have returned to training and the season is expected to resume at some point in late July.
if they are to be cleared to return, but are also conscious of the potentially damaging look that conducting mass testing among players could have at a time when widespread tests for the general public remain unavailable in most of the 50 states.
"The NBA, in conjunction with the National Basketball Players Association, is engaged in exploratory conversations with The Walt Disney Company about restarting the 2019-20 NBA season in late July at Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida as a single site for an NBA campus for games, practices and housing," league spokesperson Mike Bass said.
"You can check in but you can never leave until you're [cleared]. I think we can handle that. I think we've got a handle on the science." "That's first and foremost. [...] We will not do anything unless we feel like we can protect all the [players] and essential personnel."
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