LOS ANGELES: The National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to allow as many as 17 players per team when the season restarts at the end of next month, US media reported on Thursday.
The total will include 15 players with standard contracts and two others per team that are under two-way deals.The NBA has been shutdown since March 11 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Twenty-two of the NBA's 30 teams are scheduled to resume the season at the end of next month at the Disney Resort sports complex in Orlando, Florida.
The date of the restart is July 31, but ESPN reported that the latest plan was to move it up to July 30. AFP