Players Set To Meet Again On Thursday To Discuss Options

After an eventful day and an emotional meeting on Wednesday, NBA players at the Orlando campus have made plans to meet again on Thursday morning to further discuss their options for how to proceed with the postseason, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (via Twitter).

According to Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer (Twitter link), the players’ meeting is set for 11:00 am eastern time. That means it will coincide with the Board of Governors meeting happening at the same time.

As we relayed earlier tonight, while most teams voted to finish the 2019/20 season, Lakers and Clippers players voted to boycott the rest of the playoffs. Star forwards LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard were among the loudest voices on that front, tweets Brad Turner of The Los Angeles Times.

Since the results of that vote surfaced, reports have indicated that it was more of an informal polling and that no decisions have been finalized yet. However, those teams’ willingness to bow out of the rest of the season figures to put pressure on team owners as they determine their own plan of action on Thursday.

While a number of players hoped to leave Wednesday night’s meeting with a plan of action for next steps following the boycott of the day’s playoff games, the meeting “turned dysfunctional” after the coaches left, a source tells Pompey (Twitter link). One player tells Jeff Goodman of Stadium that there were “a lot of emotions in the meeting rather than coming up with a solution,” while another described it as “heated” (Twitter links).

I think tomorrow will be better,” the first player said to Goodman. “I’m confident we will play, but tomorrow is a big meeting.”

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