The NBA is officially on the verge of returning as the Board of Commissioners voted to approve the league’s proposal to return on July 31 to finish out the 2019-20 regular season and head into the playoffs.
While only 22 teams will be invited to ESPN World Wide of Sports complex on the Walt Disney World grounds in Orlando, Fla., each will have an opportunity to make the postseason, which will be its normal format with a potential play-in tournament to decide the eighth seed in each conference.
What that does mean though is that the season is over for eight teams, so their focus now shifts to the 2020 NBA Draft Lottery and 2020 NBA Draft.