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A sign at the entrance to ESPN's Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World is seen Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla. The NBA has told the National Basketball Players Association that it will present a 22-team plan for restarting the season at Disney. (AP Photo/John Raoux) **FILE**

What’s next for the NBA? A plan for testing is the big key

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

A sign marking the entrance to ESPN's Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World is seen Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla. The NBA has told the National Basketball Players Association that it will present a 22-team plan for restarting the season at Disney. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

NBA owners approve 22-team season restart plan

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

NCAA sets new schedule for NBA draft entrants to withdraw

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Washington Wizards' Jerome Robinson, left, celebrates with Rui Hachimura after making a 3-point shot during the fourth quarter of the team's NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Washington. The Wizards won 110-106. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez) ** FILE **

NBA approves return-to-play format with 22 teams, including Wizards

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

A sign at the entrance to ESPN's Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World is seen Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla. The NBA has told the National Basketball Players Association that it will present a 22-team plan for restarting the season at Disney. (AP Photo/John Raoux) **FILE**

AP source: NBA presents players with plan for season restart

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal (3) dribbles the ball during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat, Sunday, March 8, 2020, in Washington. The Heat won 100-89. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Washington Wizards part of 22-team NBA return that could be finalized Thursday

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 13, 2016, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant smiles during the first half of his last NBA basketball game, against the Utah Jazz in Los Angeles. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was gearing up for a great year: not just the certain election of NBA superstars like Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan, but also a chance to unveil a completely renovated museum. Because of the coronavirus outbreak, the reopening has been pushed back two months to July 1 and the induction ceremony is being postponed, either to October or the spring. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Hoops Hall mulls date for Bryant, Class of 2020 induction

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press

In this May 14, 1998, file photo, Washington Wizards general manager Wes Unseld announces the trade of Chris Webber to the Sacramento Kings for Mitch Richmond and Otis Thorpe at the MCI Center in Washington. Unseld died Tuesday, June 2, 2020, after a series of health issues, most recently pneumonia. The Washington Wizards will honor him with a #41 patch worn on players' uniforms throughout the rest of the 2020 season. (AP Photo/Brian K. Diggs) ** FILE **

Wes Unseld, Hall of Famer and NBA champion in DC, dies at 74

By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press

AP Sportlight

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FILE - In a Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020 file photo, Houston Rockets forward Thabo Sefolosha (18), left, and Denver Nuggets guard PJ Dozier (35) in the second half of an NBA basketball game, in Denver. Time has not healed all wounds for Sefolosha, the NBA veteran who says he was attacked by a group of New York Police Department officers in April 2015 while they were arresting him outside a nightclub in the city’s Chelsea neighborhood. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

AP Interview: Floyd’s death opens old wounds for Sefolosha

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal, center, handles the ball under pressure from Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland (10) and center Andre Drummond, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Wizards season up in the air as NBA mulls return scenarios

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2019, file photo, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during a news conference at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City. Something is finally clear in the uncertain NBA. Players believe they’re going to play games again this season. The obvious questions like how, where and when remain unanswered. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

AP sources: No consensus yet on NBA return-to-play plan

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

The road to the entrance of Walt Disney World has few cars Monday, March 16, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) **FILE**

Hub cities emerging as popular option for NBA, NHL to resume during pandemic

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Washington Wizards guard John Wall (2) gestures after he made a three-point basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

John Wall wants to help Ward 8 with rent relief: ‘We haven’t forgotten about you’

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Washington Wizards guard John Wall, right, watches from the bench next to guard Jordan McRae, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

John Wall says he’s ‘110% healthy,’ weighs in on NBA’s possible restart

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, file photo, Georgetown head coach Patrick Ewing looks on during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Seton Hall, in Washington. In a statement issued by Georgetown on Friday, May 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File) **FILE**

Patrick Ewing, Georgetown coach, released from hospital, recovering from COVID-19

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

What Would Have Been: Zack against Mets and Motor City golf

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

In this March 12, 2020, file photo, a crowd is shown along Main Street USA in front of Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. .(Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, FIle)

NBA says it is talking with Disney about resuming season

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

In this Sept. 11, 2009, file photo, Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan makes a statement during a media availability before his enshrinement in the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. The Utah Jazz have announced that Jerry Sloan, the coach who took them to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 on his way to a spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame, has died. Sloan died Friday morning, May 22, 2020, the Jazz said, from complications related to Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. He was 78. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File) **FILE**

Jerry Sloan, Utah Jazz great and Hall of Fame coach, dies at 78

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

In this Oct. 23, 2019, file photo, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during a news conference at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City. Something is finally clear in the uncertain NBA. Players believe they’re going to play games again this season. The obvious questions like how, where and when remain unanswered. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) **FILE**

NBA seems on the cusp of a comeback plan

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press