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The NBA’s return to play is now official, with the Board of Governors voting today to approve a 22-team format in Orlando, Florida to begin late next month:

Source: 29-1 vote https://t.co/NT87g6EENp

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 4, 2020

Shams Charania reported that Portland was the lone team to vote against the proposal. The Blazers are currently 3.5 games behind Memphis in the west and need to make up some ground to sneak into the eight seed or force a play-in game.

Additionally, the draft is scheduled for mid-October while the lottery will take place in August. We’ll get the full details soon, and learn about the specific arrangements and rule adjustments (if any) to make up for the lack of postseason home court advantage.

Until then, here are five thoughts on the Sixers and where they stand:

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God willing, we’ll have official confirmation of the NBA’s return to play when the Board of Governors holds a conference call this afternoon.

The BOG is expected to approve a 22-team format that will begin next month in Orlando, with squads playing eight regular season games to finish the year before advancing to the playoffs.

This gives your team, your town, your 76ers an opportunity to move up to the 4th or 5th seed, which would determine whether they play the Celtics or Heat in the first round (or somebody else if there’s a big shakeup). There is no home court advantage with 22 teams moving to a neutral location, but the league, according to ESPN, is discussing the following ideas in order to create some sort of alternative benefit for the higher seeds:

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The NBA has a Board of Governors meeting set for tomorrow, and Shams Charania says Adam Silver will propose a 22-team return to play, which means the stinky New York Knicks would be done for the year.

Shams at The Athletic:

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According to Shams:

NBA commissioner Adam Silver and the league office informed Board of Governors that July 31 is a target date for return of season, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 29, 2020

Two more months feels like a long way away. We’d be looking at a four and a half month break going back to the March 12th postponement date.

Ah whatever, Bundesliga and UFC tomorrow.

The NBA recently sent a survey to general managers asking about a variety of options for a return to play. 

It’s not an official vote, but more about due diligence and information collecting as the league figures out the best way to wrap up the postponed 2019-2010 season.

Today Shams Charania revealed some results of that survey:

Sources: NBA has sent GMs the results from GM survey:

– 53% of GMs chose advancing directly to playoffs; 27% for resuming abbreviated season with play-in
– 60% voted for 72-game season
– "Playoffs Plus": 83% voted 20 or more teams
– Non-playoff teams split on resuming season

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 29, 2020

Shams also mentioned the following in an ensuing tweet:

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Wanna see the Sixers sweep the Lakers?

NBC Sports Philadelphia is replaying the entire 1983 NBA Championship series this weekend, with one game tonight, one game tomorrow, and then games three and four on Sunday.

Here’s the full schedule:

Moses Malone was an absolute beast in this series. Awesome team featuring Dr. J, Mo Cheeks, Andrew Toney, Marc Iavaroni, and Bobby Jones and Clint Richardson coming off the bench.