New on SI: Report: NBA Owners Approve Plan to Resume Season in Orlando

When the NBA returns, it will adopt a 22-team format and hold games in Orlando.

The NBA's Board of Governors approved a plan Thursday to resume the season in Orlando with a 22-team format when the league is able to return,

according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. 

Wojnarowski reports the board voted 29–1, with The Athletic's Shams Charania adding Portland was the lone franchise that voted against the 22-team format.

The NBA will be instituting the 22-team format at Orlando's Walt Disney World Resort that includes 13 Western Conference teams and nine Eastern Conference teams. The top 16 teams in the Eastern and Western conference will be joined by the Pelicans, Spurs, Kings, Suns and Wizards. 

According to The Athletic, the regular season will resume July 31, with the NBA finals set to occur in early-to-mid October.

The 2020 NBA draft is reportedly set for October 15 with NBA free agency set to begin October 18.

The league's participants will take part in eight regular-season games and a possible play-in tournament. 

According to ESPN, the league is planning on having daily testing for the coronavirus within its campus environment. Per ESPN, if a player tests positive for COVID-19, the league is intending to remove the player from the team and treat them individually, while continuing to allow other non-infected players to continue play. 

According to the New York Times' Marc Stein, the NBPA has scheduled a virtual meeting with its membership this Friday afternoon and plans on reviewing the plan. 

On March 11, the NBA suspended its play until further notice following the positive coronavirus test of Jazz center Rudy Gobert. The test result was reported shortly before tip-off of a Jazz-Thunder game in Oklahoma City. 

According to the Associated Press, the list of NBA players who were known to have tested positive for COVID-19 grew to 10 players, though, commissioner Adam Silver said that the actual total was even higher.

The ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex is more than 250 acres and is home to multiple arenas. In recent years it has hosted the Jr. NBA World Championship, among other events.