Poll: Do You Think This Season Resumes?

[greece66]

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2882671-report-nba-players-owners-want-to-salvage-2019-20-season-no-matter-what

[SHAQATTACK]

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2882671-report-nba-players-owners-want-to-salvage-2019-20-season-no-matter-what

yeah yeah ....they need to find something constructive to do what they do is luxury ...and i want a pkg of toilet paper more no matter what  ,  i could care less about their basketball wishes until i can go to store and buy hamburger and TP

[saltlover]

The best chance to finish the season is to play it out in a country that is allowing sporting events to occur without fans.  So fly to China, Japan, or South Korea, quarantine everyone for as long as the country makes you, have 10-14 days or so to start to get players back in shape once quarantine is over, and then play the games.

You probably can’t add any other players to your roster from free agency, because they’d have to pass through quarantine.  But you could maybe get that to work to some degree.  The NBA should really look to China for this if they want to repair that relationship.  They probably couldn’t restart the season until mid-May, and it would mean being away from families for months during a global pandemic, which introduces a new set of hardships.

But they can’t play here.  Say you tear your knee — hospitals aren’t fixing ACLs right now, and won’t for awhile. It’s not just logistics of getting and keeping players, referees, and team officials healthy.  There are a host of secondary issues related to player safety and longevity that are affected too.

[celticsclay]

The best chance to finish the season is to play it out in a country that is allowing sporting events to occur without fans.  So fly to China, Japan, or South Korea, quarantine everyone for as long as the country makes you, have 10-14 days or so to start to get players back in shape once quarantine is over, and then play the games.

You probably can’t add any other players to your roster from free agency, because they’d have to pass through quarantine.  But you could maybe get that to work to some degree.  The NBA should really look to China for this if they want to repair that relationship.  They probably couldn’t restart the season until mid-May, and it would mean being away from families for months during a global pandemic, which introduces a new set of hardships.

But they can’t play here.  Say you tear your knee — hospitals aren’t fixing ACLs right now, and won’t for awhile. It’s not just logistics of getting and keeping players, referees, and team officials healthy.  There are a host of secondary issues related to player safety and longevity that are affected too.

Yea I guess this is probably the only way I could see this happening.

[footey]

I think season is done. Hope I’m wrong.

[hwangjini_1]

The best chance to finish the season is to play it out in a country that is allowing sporting events to occur without fans.  So fly to China, Japan, or South Korea, quarantine everyone for as long as the country makes you, have 10-14 days or so to start to get players back in shape once quarantine is over, and then play the games.

You probably can’t add any other players to your roster from free agency, because they’d have to pass through quarantine.  But you could maybe get that to work to some degree.  The NBA should really look to China for this if they want to repair that relationship.  They probably couldn’t restart the season until mid-May, and it would mean being away from families for months during a global pandemic, which introduces a new set of hardships.

But they can’t play here.  Say you tear your knee — hospitals aren’t fixing ACLs right now, and won’t for awhile. It’s not just logistics of getting and keeping players, referees, and team officials healthy.  There are a host of secondary issues related to player safety and longevity that are affected too.

just curious, but why fly them all the way across the pacific to not play in front of fans? that could be done in the US, no?

[nickagneta]

The best chance to finish the season is to play it out in a country that is allowing sporting events to occur without fans.  So fly to China, Japan, or South Korea, quarantine everyone for as long as the country makes you, have 10-14 days or so to start to get players back in shape once quarantine is over, and then play the games.

You probably can’t add any other players to your roster from free agency, because they’d have to pass through quarantine.  But you could maybe get that to work to some degree.  The NBA should really look to China for this if they want to repair that relationship.  They probably couldn’t restart the season until mid-May, and it would mean being away from families for months during a global pandemic, which introduces a new set of hardships.

But they can’t play here.  Say you tear your knee — hospitals aren’t fixing ACLs right now, and won’t for awhile. It’s not just logistics of getting and keeping players, referees, and team officials healthy.  There are a host of secondary issues related to player safety and longevity that are affected too.

just curious, but why fly them all the way across the pacific to not play in front of fans? that could be done in the US, no?

To get this done, you are going to need an state that will allow, at the minimum, 100 people to congregate in one place. And if you do it all in one state, that state needs multiple arenas for 30 teams to train and practice and possibly other arenas to play games. And you need the hotel capacity to hold 1500-2000 people minimum for long term stays without overcrowding buildings.   

I am not sure there will be anyplace in the contiguous US that will be allowing that anytime soon.

And what happens if players want to take family? That's more people, more hotel rooms that these people are accustomed to be staying in.

I don't see the logistics being able to happen here for quite some time.
 
For what it's worth, I think there is a better chance of the season getting cancelled than there is teams and players willing to go spend two months in China playing games to finish this season.

[saltlover]

The best chance to finish the season is to play it out in a country that is allowing sporting events to occur without fans.  So fly to China, Japan, or South Korea, quarantine everyone for as long as the country makes you, have 10-14 days or so to start to get players back in shape once quarantine is over, and then play the games.

You probably can’t add any other players to your roster from free agency, because they’d have to pass through quarantine.  But you could maybe get that to work to some degree.  The NBA should really look to China for this if they want to repair that relationship.  They probably couldn’t restart the season until mid-May, and it would mean being away from families for months during a global pandemic, which introduces a new set of hardships.

But they can’t play here.  Say you tear your knee — hospitals aren’t fixing ACLs right now, and won’t for awhile. It’s not just logistics of getting and keeping players, referees, and team officials healthy.  There are a host of secondary issues related to player safety and longevity that are affected too.

just curious, but why fly them all the way across the pacific to not play in front of fans? that could be done in the US, no?

As long as there is community spread in the US, which seems likely for several months, there is no way to guarantee that you won’t have to suddenly quarantine half of the teams for weeks.  One positive test of anyone associated with the games and it all has to shut down.  And again, injuries requiring hospitalizations happen in basketball.  You simply can’t play any reasonable number of games without one being needed, be it a head injury, knee, etc.  It’s just not responsible to send an injured player into the US hospital system for the next few months if it could be otherwise avoided, both for the public and the player himself, who’s treatment could be delayed, potentially causing long-term impacts for the rest of his career.

They just can’t play here.

[celticsclay]

The best chance to finish the season is to play it out in a country that is allowing sporting events to occur without fans.  So fly to China, Japan, or South Korea, quarantine everyone for as long as the country makes you, have 10-14 days or so to start to get players back in shape once quarantine is over, and then play the games.

You probably can’t add any other players to your roster from free agency, because they’d have to pass through quarantine.  But you could maybe get that to work to some degree.  The NBA should really look to China for this if they want to repair that relationship.  They probably couldn’t restart the season until mid-May, and it would mean being away from families for months during a global pandemic, which introduces a new set of hardships.

But they can’t play here.  Say you tear your knee — hospitals aren’t fixing ACLs right now, and won’t for awhile. It’s not just logistics of getting and keeping players, referees, and team officials healthy.  There are a host of secondary issues related to player safety and longevity that are affected too.

just curious, but why fly them all the way across the pacific to not play in front of fans? that could be done in the US, no?

As long as there is community spread in the US, which seems likely for several months, there is no way to guarantee that you won’t have to suddenly quarantine half of the teams for weeks.  One positive test of anyone associated with the games and it all has to shut down.  And again, injuries requiring hospitalizations happen in basketball.  You simply can’t play any reasonable number of games without one being needed, be it a head injury, knee, etc.  It’s just not responsible to send an injured player into the US hospital system for the next few months if it could be otherwise avoided, both for the public and the player himself, who’s treatment could be delayed, potentially causing long-term impacts for the rest of his career.

They just can’t play here.

Yep this is all spot on. TP

[mmmmm]

The best chance to finish the season is to play it out in a country that is allowing sporting events to occur without fans.  So fly to China, Japan, or South Korea, quarantine everyone for as long as the country makes you, have 10-14 days or so to start to get players back in shape once quarantine is over, and then play the games.

You probably can’t add any other players to your roster from free agency, because they’d have to pass through quarantine.  But you could maybe get that to work to some degree.  The NBA should really look to China for this if they want to repair that relationship.  They probably couldn’t restart the season until mid-May, and it would mean being away from families for months during a global pandemic, which introduces a new set of hardships.

But they can’t play here.  Say you tear your knee — hospitals aren’t fixing ACLs right now, and won’t for awhile. It’s not just logistics of getting and keeping players, referees, and team officials healthy.  There are a host of secondary issues related to player safety and longevity that are affected too.

just curious, but why fly them all the way across the pacific to not play in front of fans? that could be done in the US, no?

As long as there is community spread in the US, which seems likely for several months, there is no way to guarantee that you won’t have to suddenly quarantine half of the teams for weeks.  One positive test of anyone associated with the games and it all has to shut down.  And again, injuries requiring hospitalizations happen in basketball.  You simply can’t play any reasonable number of games without one being needed, be it a head injury, knee, etc.  It’s just not responsible to send an injured player into the US hospital system for the next few months if it could be otherwise avoided, both for the public and the player himself, who’s treatment could be delayed, potentially causing long-term impacts for the rest of his career.

They just can’t play here.

'Doubtful that China would let them play there, either.  Aside from probably not wanting to risk bringing in another incursion of COVID-19 from the disease-ridden USA, they are probably more than a little sore at the US over Trump's recent 'China Virus' crap and of course at the NBA over the Hong Kong situation a few months back.

I just don't see anything like this happening.

Stick a fork in it, folks.  It's done.

[PhoSita]

But they can’t play here.  Say you tear your knee — hospitals aren’t fixing ACLs right now, and won’t for awhile. It’s not just logistics of getting and keeping players, referees, and team officials healthy.  There are a host of secondary issues related to player safety and longevity that are affected too.

this is a layer i hadn't considered.


yeah i think this season is toast.  we'll be lucky if next season is able to start this calendar year.  especially given how far behind the US already is in terms of testing and suppressing the spread of the contagion.

[JBcat]

The best chance to finish the season is to play it out in a country that is allowing sporting events to occur without fans.  So fly to China, Japan, or South Korea, quarantine everyone for as long as the country makes you, have 10-14 days or so to start to get players back in shape once quarantine is over, and then play the games.

You probably can’t add any other players to your roster from free agency, because they’d have to pass through quarantine.  But you could maybe get that to work to some degree.  The NBA should really look to China for this if they want to repair that relationship.  They probably couldn’t restart the season until mid-May, and it would mean being away from families for months during a global pandemic, which introduces a new set of hardships.

But they can’t play here.  Say you tear your knee — hospitals aren’t fixing ACLs right now, and won’t for awhile. It’s not just logistics of getting and keeping players, referees, and team officials healthy.  There are a host of secondary issues related to player safety and longevity that are affected too.

just curious, but why fly them all the way across the pacific to not play in front of fans? that could be done in the US, no?

To get this done, you are going to need an state that will allow, at the minimum, 100 people to congregate in one place. And if you do it all in one state, that state needs multiple arenas for 30 teams to train and practice and possibly other arenas to play games. And you need the hotel capacity to hold 1500-2000 people minimum for long term stays without overcrowding buildings.   

I am not sure there will be anyplace in the contiguous US that will be allowing that anytime soon.

And what happens if players want to take family? That's more people, more hotel rooms that these people are accustomed to be staying in.

I don't see the logistics being able to happen here for quite some time.
 
For what it's worth, I think there is a better chance of the season getting cancelled than there is teams and players willing to go spend two months in China playing games to finish this season.

What about this idea.  Pick a region of the country where the numbers have really leveled off(monitor over the next 2, 3 months), and use college arenas over that region.  Say if it’s only 10 to 15 colleges some teams can share a “home” court.  No fans still, and if testing is really ramping up across the nation maybe you can test players before each game and practice.  Travel is limited to only this region.

[celticsclay]

The best chance to finish the season is to play it out in a country that is allowing sporting events to occur without fans.  So fly to China, Japan, or South Korea, quarantine everyone for as long as the country makes you, have 10-14 days or so to start to get players back in shape once quarantine is over, and then play the games.

You probably can’t add any other players to your roster from free agency, because they’d have to pass through quarantine.  But you could maybe get that to work to some degree.  The NBA should really look to China for this if they want to repair that relationship.  They probably couldn’t restart the season until mid-May, and it would mean being away from families for months during a global pandemic, which introduces a new set of hardships.

But they can’t play here.  Say you tear your knee — hospitals aren’t fixing ACLs right now, and won’t for awhile. It’s not just logistics of getting and keeping players, referees, and team officials healthy.  There are a host of secondary issues related to player safety and longevity that are affected too.

just curious, but why fly them all the way across the pacific to not play in front of fans? that could be done in the US, no?

To get this done, you are going to need an state that will allow, at the minimum, 100 people to congregate in one place. And if you do it all in one state, that state needs multiple arenas for 30 teams to train and practice and possibly other arenas to play games. And you need the hotel capacity to hold 1500-2000 people minimum for long term stays without overcrowding buildings.   

I am not sure there will be anyplace in the contiguous US that will be allowing that anytime soon.

And what happens if players want to take family? That's more people, more hotel rooms that these people are accustomed to be staying in.

I don't see the logistics being able to happen here for quite some time.
 
For what it's worth, I think there is a better chance of the season getting cancelled than there is teams and players willing to go spend two months in China playing games to finish this season.

What about this idea.  Pick a region of the country where the numbers have really leveled off(monitor over the next 2, 3 months), and use college arenas over that region.  Say if it’s only 10 to 15 colleges some teams can share a “home” court.  No fans still, and if testing is really ramping up across the nation maybe you can test players before each game and practice.  Travel is limited to only this region.

Does anyone think there is a point it just kind of becomes poor taste to be worrying about this? I feel like in Italy right now if someone was pushing hard for a way to get soccer games going it would not go over pretty well.

[JBcat]

The best chance to finish the season is to play it out in a country that is allowing sporting events to occur without fans.  So fly to China, Japan, or South Korea, quarantine everyone for as long as the country makes you, have 10-14 days or so to start to get players back in shape once quarantine is over, and then play the games.

You probably can’t add any other players to your roster from free agency, because they’d have to pass through quarantine.  But you could maybe get that to work to some degree.  The NBA should really look to China for this if they want to repair that relationship.  They probably couldn’t restart the season until mid-May, and it would mean being away from families for months during a global pandemic, which introduces a new set of hardships.

But they can’t play here.  Say you tear your knee — hospitals aren’t fixing ACLs right now, and won’t for awhile. It’s not just logistics of getting and keeping players, referees, and team officials healthy.  There are a host of secondary issues related to player safety and longevity that are affected too.

just curious, but why fly them all the way across the pacific to not play in front of fans? that could be done in the US, no?

To get this done, you are going to need an state that will allow, at the minimum, 100 people to congregate in one place. And if you do it all in one state, that state needs multiple arenas for 30 teams to train and practice and possibly other arenas to play games. And you need the hotel capacity to hold 1500-2000 people minimum for long term stays without overcrowding buildings.   

I am not sure there will be anyplace in the contiguous US that will be allowing that anytime soon.

And what happens if players want to take family? That's more people, more hotel rooms that these people are accustomed to be staying in.

I don't see the logistics being able to happen here for quite some time.
 
For what it's worth, I think there is a better chance of the season getting cancelled than there is teams and players willing to go spend two months in China playing games to finish this season.

What about this idea.  Pick a region of the country where the numbers have really leveled off(monitor over the next 2, 3 months), and use college arenas over that region.  Say if it’s only 10 to 15 colleges some teams can share a “home” court.  No fans still, and if testing is really ramping up across the nation maybe you can test players before each game and practice.  Travel is limited to only this region.

Does anyone think there is a point it just kind of becomes poor taste to be worrying about this? I feel like in Italy right now if someone was pushing hard for a way to get soccer games going it would not go over pretty well.

You are probably right.  For me personally it’s one of the last things I think about during the day, but if there is a safe way to do it without compromising anyone’s health sports is an outlet for people during difficult times.

[PhoSita]

Does anyone think there is a point it just kind of becomes poor taste to be worrying about this? I feel like in Italy right now if someone was pushing hard for a way to get soccer games going it would not go over pretty well.

I get it, but we also can't spend all day just feeling awful about all the people who are sick and/or dying.


Everybody understands there are bigger issues right now.

At the same time, even in the best of circumstances millions of people around the world look to sports not just for entertainment but for joy, excitement, and a feeling of community / solidarity with their fellow humans.  We could REALLY use some of that right now and the nature of this crisis is such that we DEFINITELY CAN'T and it's not clear when we'll be able to enjoy sport of any kind again.

Totally valid for people to want to talk, complain, or scheme about that -- in my opinion.