(REUTERS) - The National Basketball Association (NBA) has targeted Oct 12 as the last possible date to complete the 2019-20 season, which has been on hold since mid-March because of the Covid-19 pandemic, ESPN reported on Tuesday (June 2).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
- The National Basketball Association has targeted Oct 12 as the last possible date to complete the 2019-20 season, which has been on hold since mid-March because of the Covid-19 pandemic, ESPN reported on Tuesday .
The report, which was based on unnamed sources, said a timeline shared with teams showed Oct 12 as the latest the best-of-seven NBA Finals could finish and a proposal would go to a vote of the league's board of governors on Thursday.Both the NBA and players' association were still discussing details on a return-to-play format, the report said.
The NBA was the first North American sports league to suspend its season due to the Covid-19 pandemic after one of its players tested positive for the coronavirus in mid-March. Last month, the NBA said it was in talks with The Walt Disney Company about restarting the season at Disney World in Florida in late July.
The plan would see games held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, which is inside the Orlando resort and has hotels and three arenas, and would allow the league to limit outside exposure.
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