The NBA is moving toward a restart of the 2019-20 season.
Minor hurdles remain, but the NBA plans to resume games on July 31 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex outside of Orlando, Florida, with 22 teams, then begin a full 16-team postseason with the Finals stretching into October.
The league has acknowledged that any restart plan is imperfect, so it settled on what it believes preserves the integrity of competition while providing necessary health and safety conditions for players and essential personnel.
Let's take a look at the winners and losers of the NBA's format, which was approved by owners on Thursday:
Winners
NBA: This comes with a caveat.