Will Hornets be allowed to practice? High health-safety bar will make it difficult.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The NBA and its players association appreciate the plight of the eight teams — including the Charlotte Hornets — not part of the season restart near Orlando, Fla.However, those eight teams won’t get to practice or scrimmage this summer without the strictest health assurances in the COVID-19 pandemic.Union executive director Michele Roberts said she wouldn’t agree to “any return to play that doesn’t have the same guarantees of safety and health” that the NBA will enforce on Disney’s Florida campus to resume the season.NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum said he agrees with Robe…

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