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This from Agent Wojianowski, participants on a board of governor's call Tuesday, with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver left the virtual meeting feeling increasingly positive about the league's momentum toward a resumption in play this season, sources told ESPN.

He was on an L.A. radio show earlier and said everyone involved in the owners, the riffs, the coaches, the players are starting to accept the risk that will come with returning to play,

but understanding that this virus isn't going away anytime soon.

Not in the near future and without a vaccine, not even by next season.

So, like, look, I understand that some people came into the week or in the last couple weeks like,

well, you know, we just bag the NBA season.

We start next year.

Like, yeah, you're going to have the same problems next year.

Up until this point, there have been doubts about the NBA coming back because a large portion

of the NBA season has been played. Half the league knows they won't be in the playoffs.

And with most of the teams also know they don't really have a chance of winning the championship.

Playing without fans limits the amount of money they're able to make and it only increased costs.

And players already agreed to a certain pay cut,

so they felt comfortable knowing the money that was still going to come in and the money

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