The NBA and NBPA have reportedly yet to discuss the possible reduction of player salaries due to the coronavirus suspension, according to The New York Times.

The NBA’s collective bargaining agreement allows the league to reduce player salaries by 1/92.6th for each game missed because of, among other things, epidemics:

It could also spark an all-out brawl with the players’ union. The league’s collective bargaining agreement allows the N.B.A. to reduce player salaries by 1/92.6th for each game missed because of, among other things, epidemics.

The league and union have not yet had any discussions about whether the N.B.A. will do so, according to a person familiar with the situation, in large part because it is still unclear whether this season’s games will be played later or, as no one could have imagined, never played at all.

“Of course it’s possible,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said on Thursday. “We just don’t know more at this point.”

If player salaries fall short of the basketball related income, the NBA must distribute the difference of that amount to players.

The NBA will be suspended for at least 30 days, that much we do know.

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