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Silver: ‘Best guess’ is next season won’t start until January ... in front of fans

In an interview with Bob Costas on CNN, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he thinks it’s more likely that the 2020-21 season will start instead in January 2020 ... at the earliest.

But he said he’s hopeful that when the league does re-start, fans will be part of the experience.

“I continue to believe that we’re going to be better off getting into January,” Silver said in a discussion during the “Citizen by CNN” event. “The goal for us next season is to play a standard season ... an 82-game season and playoffs. And further, the goal would be to play games in home arenas in front of fans, but there’s still a lot that we need to learn.