The NBA’s board of governors and players’ association will hold separate meetings on Thursday expected to culminate with an arrangement on starting the 2020-21 campaign on Dec. 22 and playing a reduced 72-game calendar, sources told ESPN. The National Basketball Players Association is planning to take a formal vote of the team player representatives late Thursday, and sources told ESPN that everything is progressing toward an agreement on a pre-Christmas start to the season. The NBPA is holding team conference calls this week, including several on Wednesday, that detail discussions with the league on a salary escrow for players in […]