All the details have yet to be ironed out, and in the time between now and July 31 there will be room to complain, but the NBA has been waiting for the right moment to proclaim its league is back.
Thursday, following an expected vote of support by the league’s Board of Governors to commissioner Adam Silver’s 22-team plan, the NBA will be able to breathe a sigh of relief in some form after being on the bench for 85 days.
Some teams and fan bases won’t be happy about certain circumstances, but basketball is back.