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FILE - In this March 2, 2020 file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach J.B. Bickerstaff gives instructions to players in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz in Cleveland. Even if the NBA doesn't resume this season, and at this point no one knows for sure, the Cavaliers believe it’s time to start getting ready for the next one. “Any minute that we can get working with each other is beneficial to us,” Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff said Wednesday, May 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Cavaliers step cautiously into hopeful return to NBA season

By TOM WITHERS - Associated Press

In this Oct. 23, 2019, file photo, the Miami Heat and the Memphis Grizzlies practice before an NBA basketball game in Miami, Fla. If so inclined, NBA teams like Miami, Orlando and Utah could all be back in the gym for voluntary workouts in small groups starting Friday when the league ban on such things expires. None of them will be reopening that day. There's a clear desire for basketball to resume but, perhaps mindful of how rushing back too quickly hurt other leagues around the world, the NBA seems to be taking very cautious baby steps back to the court. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File) **FILE**

NBA players, staff asked to help virus researchers

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2020, file photo, Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray arrives at the Vivint Smart Home Arena before the start of their NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City. f so inclined, NBA teams like Miami, Orlando and Utah could all be back in the gym for voluntary workouts in small groups starting Friday, May 8, when the league ban on such things expires. None of them will be reopening that day. There's a clear desire for basketball to resume but, perhaps mindful of how rushing back too quickly hurt other leagues around the world, the NBA seems to be taking very cautious baby steps back to the court. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Analysis: The NBA is proceeding with extreme caution

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Ex-Wake Forest center Olivier Sarr transferring to Kentucky

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AP Sportlight

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FILE - This is a March 14, 2020, file photo showing the Wells Fargo Center, home of the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team and the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team. The Philadelphia Flyers and 76ers are set to offer refunds or credits for unplayed regular-season games at their shared arena because of the coronavirus pandemic. While neither the NHL or NBA has officially canceled the remainder of the season, or decided when and where the season may resume, both organizations on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, decided to address the ticket status for games scheduled for the Wells Fargo Center. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

76ers GM: Injured Simmons ‘close or ready’ to NBA return

By DAN GELSTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 16, 1998, file photo, NBA Champions, from left: Ron Harper, Dennis Rodman, Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan and coach Phil Jackson are joined on stage by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, second from right, during a city-wide rally in Chicago to celebrate the Chicago Bulls 6th NBA championship. Jordan described his final NBA championship season with the Chicago Bulls as a “trying year.” “We were all trying to enjoy that year knowing it was coming to an end,” Jordan told Good Morning America on Thursday, April 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser, File)

Lesson learned: Around Jordan, teammates saw price of fame

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

AP Sportlight

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UCLA forward Jalen Hill (24) grabs a rebound next to Southern California forward Isaiah Mobley (15) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

UCLA’s Jalen Hill withdraws name from NBA draft

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FILE - In this June 13, 2019, file photo, Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team executive Marc Eversley smiles while talking to reporters during a pre-draft workout at the Sixers Training Complex in Camden, N.J. New Chicago Bulls general manager Marc Eversley addresses the media for the first time since he was hired this week to replace the fired Gar Forman. Eversley -- who will work under new executive vice president of basketball operations -- becomes the franchise's first black GM after four seasons in Philadelphia's front office. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)

Marc Eversley joins Bulls as GM from 76ers’ front office

By ANDREW SELIGMAN - Associated Press

In this March 11, 2020 photo, fans leave the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif., after the NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings was postponed at the last minute over an &quot;abundance of caution&quot; after a player for the Jazz tested positive for the coronavirus. A person with knowledge of the situation says NBA players will be allowed to return to team training facilities starting Friday, May 1 provided that their local governments do not have a stay-at-home order prohibiting such movement. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) ** FILE **

NBA pushes back draft combine, draft lottery

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

In this March 25, 2020, fikle photo, medical personnel from BayCare test people for the coronavirus in the parking lot outside Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. Nobody can say with precise certainty how many coronavirus tests that the NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball would need before those leagues can resume playing games. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File) **FiLE**

For sports, coronavirus testing remains a major hurdle

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Thursday’s Sports in Brief

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A team attendant uses protective gloves to wipe down seats in the players' bench area during an NBA basketball game between the San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Mavericks in San Antonio, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

NBA team presidents operating with intent to resume season

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2020, file photo, Mickey and Minnie Mouse perform during a parade as they pass by the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Florida tourism officials say cases of the new coronavirus are having little visible impact on the state's biggest industry so far. Disney officials said in a statement that extra hand sanitizers were being placed throughout its four parks and more than two dozen hotels. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

NBA looks at finishing season at Disney World

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James (23) dribbles during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) ** FILE **

LeBron James against NBA canceling season, wants basketball back ‘as soon as it’s safe’

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Knicks keep general manager Scott Perry for next season

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

Utah guard Timmy Allen declares for NBA draft

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FILE - In this July 27, 1998, file photo, Chicago Bulls star Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra are shown arriving at the opening of the Planet Hollywood restaurant in Montreal. Carmen Electra’s relationship with former Chicago Bulls star Dennis Rodman became a focal point of the “The Last Dance” — the ESPN and Netflix documentary series built around Michael Jordan’s final season with the Chicago Bulls in 1997-98. They wed in November 1998, filed for annulment nine days later, reconciled but divorced in April 1999. Watching the A-list relationship blossom back to life on the documentary helped her appreciate the wild time in her life when Rodman and the Bulls had a hold on her heart. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press via AP, File)

The Worm Turns: Electra recalls ‘bad boy’ Rodman’s courtship

By DAN GELSTON - Associated Press

FILE- In this Feb. 15, 2020 file photo, Creighton's Damien Jefferson (23) plays in an NCAA college basketball game in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. Jefferson has declared for the NBA draft, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, becoming the third player for the Bluejays to explore the possibility of turning professional. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Damien Jefferson is 3rd Creighton player to enter NBA draft

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