SALT LAKE CITY, UT - JANUARY 25: Rudy Gobert #27 of the Utah Jazz dunks during a game against the Dallas Mavericks at Vivint Smart Home Arena on January 25, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo: Getty)
Since suspending the NBA season on March 12, NBA league owners and executives met Sunday to discuss the earliest possible return date for the league to resume operations. According to league sources, the best-case scenario for the league to continue its season would be a mid-to-late June return.
The NBA made its decision to postpone games following the positive coronavirus results revealed for Jazz Center Rudy Gobert prior to tip-off in Oklahoma City’s arena. The next day commissioner Adam Silver.
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“Our world has changed since Wednesday’s [board of governors] call,” one team president told ESPN. “The reality isn’t lost on anyone right now.”
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