By Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The National Basketball Association will return to play this summer, the latest big-league sport to pivot back to an active season after being shut down by the coronavirus pandemic.
On Thursday, the league’s Board of Governors approved a plan under which 22 teams would each play eight regular-season games in Orlando, according to media reports.
The league will then move quickly into post-season play. The return is worth millions of dollars in advertising and subscriber fees to two big media companies, Walt Disney and AT&T, each of which have years-long rights deals to show NBA games on ESPN, ABC and TNT.
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