The NBA intends to resume its season on July 30.
It remains to be seen how many players will be part of it.
The latest development: A conference call among 80-plus NBA players on Friday night—details of which were first reported by The Athletic—led by Nets guard Kyrie Irving. Irving, according to a player on the call, came out strongly against going to Orlando to resume the season. Irving’s position: NBA players should not become the distraction that takes away from the social justice movement that has swept through the U.