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Report: Raptors to Travel Directly to Florida for Phase I of NBA Return

While the NBA has reportedly informed players to return to their team's home market by June 22 to begin mandatory testing on June 23, the Toronto Raptors will travel directly to Naples, Florida and use the Alico Arena at Florida Gulf Coast University as their practice facility, according to an NBPA-issued manual, as obtained by The Athletic's Shams Charania.

In traveling directly to Florida, the Raptors, the lone NBA team to play outside of the United States, are the only team in the league reporting straight to Florida.

According to The Athletic, the NBPA informed players on Tuesday that, "It is critical that every player understand that he has the right to choose not to return to play.