"Essentially, what I've told my folks over the last week is that we just should just accept that, at least for the month of April, we won't be in a position to make any decisions," Silver said in an interview that was live streamed on the NBA's Twitter account.

This was the assessment of PBA commissioner Willie Marcial, who added that he, along with the Board of Governors, are scheduled  to discuss their next steps in an online meeting this week.

Joining Bryant in the sport's pantheon are three-time NBA Finals MVP Tim Duncan, 15-time NBA All-Star Kevin Garnett, two-time NBA champion coach Rudy Tomjanovich and four-time Olympic medallist Tamika Catchings.

Seeing how hard it is for his villagemates in Cainta, Rizal to get access to poultry products due to the enhanced community quarantine, Ravena, without batting an eyelash, did his share.

During the Lakan Season of the Chooks-to-Go-backed league, the 6-foot combo guard started with Bacolod but transferred to Manila-Frontrow midseason after a "misunderstanding" with head coach Vic Ycasiano in his former team.

"The Larry H. Miller Group of Companies, of which the Utah Jazz are a part, unfortunately had to make difficult decisions to reduce a small percentage of our workforce," the Larry H. Miller Group, run by eh Jazz team owner, said in a statement to ESPN.

"Actually, lagi ko kino-compare yung calendar namin last year to this year. During this time last year, naglalaro na kami ng competitive basketball sa D-League e. We had a good run nun. Sayang nasira yung momentum ngayon," said Tan.

It will be a tough mission for the young Banal as he will be tasked to turn things around for a Golden Coolers squad that finished dead-last in the North Division with a disappointing 7-23 win-loss record in the Chooks-to-Go-backed league.

The council declined to give such benefits to winter sport participants whose seasons were played to near-conclusion, yet were robbed of national and regional championship tournaments by the shutdown of sport due to the deadly COVID-19 outbreak.

Nets general manager Sean Marks, the first New Zealand-born player in the NBA, said the four Nets players who had tested positive for the virus, reportedly including superstar forward Kevin Durant, now show no symptoms of of COVID-19.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said Wednesday he expects the NBA will have some sort of resumption to a season halted by coronavirus but has no clue when it might start.

Martin, whose mother Mary Ann Macaspac is Filipina, was included in the "23 for 23" pool of players by then-Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes, and was considered for the national team in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Los Angeles (AFP) - American business tycoon and New York Knicks owner James Dolan has been diagnosed with COVID-19, becoming the first US major sports owner to test positive for the virus, the Knicks announced Saturday night.

Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player to test positive for coronavirus, and all Utah Jazz players and staff have been cleared of coronavirus by the Utah Department of Health, the club announced Friday.

WITH UAAP Season 82 still on a hiatus, television coveror ABS-CBN has started to do encore presentations of the previous seasons' basketball and volleyball games.