NBA owners are expected to vote Thursday to approve commissioner Adam Silver’s recommended format for the season, with a target start date of July 31.

The NBA Board of Governors will hold a vote on Thursday, with team owners expected to approve commissioner Adam Silver’s recommended format of re-starting the 2019-20 season in Orlando, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

The league has set July 31 as a target date for the return of the season, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.

That plan will reportedly entail the season resuming entirely in Orlando, involving 20 to 22 teams that will receive invitations from the league. Teams would presumably be determined based on the current standings.

In a league-wide survey of each general manager, 75% of responses favored a play-in tournament to determine the final playoff seeds. The other quarter of respondents voted for a World Cup style group stage. The survey showed that the NBA’s