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How Adam Silver, the NBA's stars and owners negotiated these playoffs

AS THE NBA'S plans to restart its season at Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, were coming into focus last week, Chris Paul and Bob Iger went for a walk.

Paul, the president of the NBA Players Association, and Iger, the executive chairman of the Walt Disney Company, the parent company of ESPN and owner of the complex that will house the 22 teams restarting the 2019-20 season, are close friends who have known each other for years.

"u200bChris and I probably text one another about seven times a week, and talk four times a week," Iger said.