NBA Taking Steps In Right Direction For Resuming Its Season

Prior to the NBA season being suspended on March 11, the league had just a few more weeks in its regular season, and we were about to know who would hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy as the champion of the NBA for the 2019-2020 season. Obviously, because of the coronavirus pandemic, fans have been eagerly waiting for the return of basketball. It appears though that the NBA is making strides toward a return.

On Tuesday, league commissioner Adam Silver spoke with the NBA Board of Governors, with those on the call saying that there were steps in the right direction for restarting the season. 

One of the main focuses of the call was examining how other sports leagues, both in the United States and abroad, are trying to resume their respective seasons.

The league has thrown out the idea of playing the remainder of its season in a bubble city with Disney World appearing to be the leading candidate for that( Disney has come out and said that they would be willing to host the NBA and its players for it to finish the season). It has also been reported that if the league were to restart, teams would need about three weeks to have a mini training camp to get back into playing shape. Teams have begun to reopen their facilities for players to partake in individual, socially distant workouts, but not all have jumped on to the bandwagon. 

There seems to be a split among players about restarting the season, with players like LeBron James, Steph Curry, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and others saying that they want the season to start soon. While others are still a little skeptical.

There are still a lot of questions that would need to be answered, one of which includes testing. The NBA has come out and said that they would need a significant number of tests, something that is not available as of right now. Granted things could change in the coming weeks, but if the NBA wants to come back sooner rather than later, there is still a lot of work left to do, but the foundation is set.