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SAN FRANCISCO — With the coronavirus grinding sports, including the NBA, to a halt, there will be more than just players missing checks, but also support staff and arena workers.

With Mavericks owner Mark Cuban leading the way by saying he will make sure his hourly employees are paid through the end of the month, many are calling for other teams to follow suit.

“Gotta take care of the non salary arena staff etc,” Nets point guard Spencer Dinwiddie wrote Thursday morning on Twitter.

The NBA suspended the season late Wednesday night to try to protect players, personnel and fans from the COVID-19 pandemic. While the players will be missing game checks, there are many more people involved that make far less and will be even more impacted.

“There’s going to be hourly employees that aren’t working,” Cuban said on ESPN. “And so, we talked again this morning with our folks at the AAC [American Airlines Center] and getting the numbers. For the next four Mavs games we have a program where — the next four would-have-been Mavs games — we’ll pay our employees, our hourly employees, as if they worked.

“When some of the things were coming up that we might not play games — this was yesterday — I reached out to the folks at the arena and our folks at the Mavs to find out what it would cost to support, financially support, people who aren’t going to be able to come to work.

“You know, they get paid by the hour, and this was their source of income … We’ve already started the process of having a program in place. I don’t have any details to give, but it’s certainly something that’s important to me.”

In a press conference Thursday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said New York City is concerned about people’s loss of livelihood, especially if businesses will be cutting back or shutting down in the coming days. He added the state ban on gatherings over 500 people — NBA games, for example — could last for months.

Some have called for NBA players to kick in and help defray the lost income by the people who work their games; after all, they are millionaires. Kevin Love donated $100,000 to Cavaliers arena and support staff affected by the suspension, according to The Athletic. But Dinwiddie pointed out that there are billionaires who sign their checks — and those of the hourly workers.

“I understand the fixation on the M word referenced above. Believe me, I do,” Dinwiddie tweeted. “But you do know there’s a B word that’s literally 1000x more powerful…”

Nets owner Joe Tsai responded to Dinwiddie’s tweet late Thursday night and appears ready to help.

“Hear hear @SDinwiddie_25 we’re working on a plan!,” wrote Tsai, an e-commerce billionaire.

The Nets have nine home games left on the regular-season schedule.

With the Nets flying back from California on Thursday as the NBA Board of Governors deliberated on the league’s next course of action, Dinwiddie vouched for Tsai’s altruism.

“He’s definitely a world class individual,” Dinwiddie tweeted, followed up by another clarifying his point.

“No I’m advocating that everybody should pitch in to help everybody else. It’s about the human race. Highlighting any single demographic does a disservice to the cause as a whole. I was simply reminding you that there is a class that sits on top of the ecosystem. It ain’t us…”