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NBA: As US Presidential elections draw closer, players, coaches and teams urge everyone to vote

“We’ve got to get people to vote,” Doc Rivers, now the coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, said during these playoffs when he was coaching the Los Angeles Clippers.

NBA: Memphis Grizzlies rookie Ja Morant deletes and apologises for anti-police Instagram post

Morant's post came as the NBA, the NBPA and Nike were reportedly working on a deal to allow players to replace their names with social justice statements when the NBA season resumes on 30 July.

Coronavirus Outbreak: 16 NBA players test positive for COVID-19 as league nears restart

The NBA did not announce results of coronavirus testing on staffers and other members of team travel parties, all of whom are also part of the mandatory testing program.

NBA: Franchise owners approve 22-team season restart plan in Florida from 31 July

The 22-team NBA plan includes all teams that were holding playoff spots when the season was stopped, plus all other clubs within six games of a berth.

Coronavirus Outbreak: NBA in talks with Walt Disney Company to set up single-site resumption of league

NBA spokesman Mike Bass said the conversations were still exploratory, and that the site would be used not only for games but for practices and housing as well

Coronavirus Outbreak: NBA players to take 25 per cent paycut from 15 May amid COVID-19 pandemic

The NBA has reached an agreement with the National Basketball Players Association to withhold 25 per cent of each player’s salary from 15 May due to the shutdown of the sport because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus Outbreak: NBA says players will receive full paycheck on 15 April despite month-long suspension of league

The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association has been in talks for weeks about the status of salaries during the game’s shutdown

NBA: Former Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy labels All-Star Game 'an embarrassment,' calls for its elimination

Jeff Van Gundy coached in the 2000 All-Star game, his Eastern Conference team falling to Phil Jackson and the Western Conference 137-126.

Lockout forces NBA to scrap games through 15 December

The National Basketball Association has notified teams that regular season games through to Dec. 15 have been canceled because of the labor dispute that has locked out players for nearly five months, a league spokesman said on Tuesday.

NBA players reject offer, season in jeopardy

NBA players rejected the league's latest contract offer on Monday and will disband as a union, a move that could wipe out the entire NBA season with the sides taking their labor dispute into the court of law.