Union asks NBA players if they want to return

The National Basketball Players Association began polling members Tuesday about whether they want to play again this season.

Players were told their responses to the yes-or-no text would be kept confidential. One player said he thinks the percentage of players in favor of finishing the season is about “70-30.”

“But 30 percent is a big number,” the player said. “And what do you say to somebody who says, ‘You know what, I just don’t feel safe?’ It’s hard to argue that.”

In other news:

• The Thousand Oaks, Calif., sports academy that was coowned by the late Kobe Bryant has retired his “Mamba” nickname to the rafters and returned to its original name of Sports Academy nearly four months after the basketball icon’s death in a helicopter crash.

• The Orlando Magic didn’t reopen team facilities Tuesday for voluntary workouts as they’d tentatively planned last week. The team now tentatively plans to reopen today.

• Alabama State named former NBA point guard Mo Williams as its head coach.

Ron Jenkins / Associated Press Texans receiver Randall Cobb donated $10,000 to the Houston Food Bank during an event orchestrated by Alex Bregman.