NBA Insider Suggests League Will Make Playoff Plan With 1 Player In Mind

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The NBA hasn’t revealed its official plan to resume the 2019-20 season, but it appears the league wants to have one of its brightest stars on the biggest stage possible.

On Friday morning, ESPN insider Brian Windhorst shared an interesting rumor floating around the NBA. He’s being led to believe that the playoff plan for this summer will keep Zion Williamson in mind.

New Orleans doesn’t own one of the top eight seeds in the Western Conference. However, the Pelicans only trail the Grizzlies by 3.5 games, so the league could potentially invite 20 teams to Orlando for the postseason if it wants.

“One of the things I’ve been hearing as I talk to people in the league is the league is going to set up this playoff plan to make sure Zion Williamson is involved,” Windhorst said on Get Up. “Paranoia is at the top of the list with anything in the NBA. In this case, there are a number of reasons why the league would want to have 20 or 24 teams, but most of those scenarios include having Zion in the postseason.”