Majority of NBA GMs vote to restart season by going straight to playoffs - ESPN

In a survey of all 30 general managers, which was viewed by ESPN, 16 said they would prefer the league come back with just the typical 16 playoff teams, with the teams and seedings based on the standings when the season was suspended March 12.

In addition to preferring a return with just playoff teams, there also was a slight preference to keep the traditional playoff format, which received 16 votes.

When asked how many teams should participate in one of these expanded playoff formats, there were 15 votes for 20 teams, while seven voted for 24, five for 18 and three for 22.

Only three teams said they would vote against adding two-way players to playoff rosters, while 19 said they would support it if rosters remain the same size.

Among questions regarding a return of all 30 teams and a resumption of the regular season, 18 of the 30 teams voted for getting all teams to 72 games -- meaning all 30 teams would play 5-9 more games.

Twelve teams voted for getting all teams to 76, which would require teams to play 9-13 games.

Those votes fell in line with a question asking what the minimum number of regular-season games needed for a return to play was, with 12 teams voting for five and nine voting for 10 or more.