NBA Commissioner Adam Silver held a conference call with players on Friday to discuss a potential return to the season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
While the league is still ways away from a potential return, plans are being set into motion. One possibility is that the 2019-20 season will return from suspension in “bubbles” at both Walt Disney World in Florida and the Las Vegas Strip.
Silver’s call with players were more informational than anything. Players have concerns over returning to the court while the U.S. is still the epicenter of the pandemic and with widespread testing still unavailable to the masses.
The U.S. conducted just six million tests from January through the end of April. That’s a very small percentage of the population. As it relates to the NBA, tens of thousands of tests will need to be conducted if the Association is able to resume its season.
The NBA is now apparently looking to model its return-to-play plan after Germany’s Bundesliga soccer league, according to Raptors general manager Bobby Webster.
“Along with the NBA, we are all following that and I think if they are a couple of weeks in front of us, it will be hopefully useful and directional for us to look at,” Webster told reporters recently, via Sportsnet. “Everyone is looking at that. Definitely the German league is starting up, or at least the training part, and looking at leagues that are currently playing without fans (Korea) just operationally, what does it look like. It’s not exactly the same situation as us, but I think we are learning and we will learn from both situations.”
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Originally posted on Sportsnaut | By Vincent Frank | Last updated 5/9/20
