Adam Silver and his team within the league office have a decision tree that will guide the NBA's choices when attempting to either complete the 19-20 season or cancel it, sources tell Kevin O'Connor of The Ringer.

“What’s been hard for people to understand is the amount of flexibility that Adam has,” said one source with knowledge of discussions in the league office. “He doesn’t need to make a decision until he has as much information as possible based on where we are as a country and where the NBA is as a league.”

The NBA still hopes to complete as much of the regular season and playoffs as possible if it is safe to do so. If the restart continues to face an extended delay, however, then some number of regular season games would be canceled.

If the regular season is canceled outright, the NBA would begin with the playoffs with 16 teams included.

“It’s the responsibility of the league to explore all of our options for a return to play this season,” NBA chief communications officer Mike Bass said in a statement to The Ringer.