CUBAN SAYS NBA RETURN MUST INCLUDE ‘ALL 30 TEAMS’

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has suggested a plan to the NBA league office that would include all 30 NBA teams playing five to seven regular-season games before a play-in tournament to determine the final two playoff seeds.

Cuban told ESPN Tuesday, he considers it a must for all 30 teams to participate in the resumption of the NBA season, tentatively planned to take place at Walt Disney World in Florida, because of the financial impact of fulfilling local television contracts.

In Cuban's proposal, the top 10 teams from each conference would qualify for the postseason. There would be two play-in matchups to decide the 15th and 16th seeds.