In advance of a Board of Governors call Thursday that is reportedly expected to culminate in owners approving a final plan for resuming the 2019-20 season, details on the league’s proposed regular season resolution and play-in tournament have emerged via multiple outlets.
Those 22 teams will be the current 16 playoff teams, plus all non-playoff teams within six games of their conference’s eighth seed – i.e. the Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Phoenix Suns, Washington Wizards (via Wojnarowski)
Each of the 22 teams invited will play out eight regular season games for seeding purposes (via Wojnarowski).
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