While the NHL is preparing to restart its season by leaving off seven of its 31 teams, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban wants all of the NBA’s 30 teams to be in action when basketball resumes.
Cuban wants each team to return for five to seven regular-season games, setting up a 20-team postseason that would include a six-team play-in tournament.
The emphasis on resuming the regular season is tied to the point at which the NBA’s regular season was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. When play was halted on March 11 after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19, NBA teams had played between 63 and 67 games of their 82-game schedule.
