Report: NBA is targeting a July 31 return to action, but has not yet settled on a format

It appears that the NBA now has a date in mind for a return to action from its coronavirus-necessitated shutdown. What it apparently doesn’t have yet is a concrete plan as to how exactly that will happen.The Athletic reported that commissioner Adam Silver told the league’s Board of Governors on Friday that he is targeting July 31 as the date when teams will begin play again.The NBA has been on hiatus since shutting down on the evening of March 11, when Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert be