Last Updated on May 13, 2020
As the NBA continues to formulate a plan for how to proceed both during and post CoronaVirus, ESPN’s NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that more of the league’s owners and executives believe a return to league play is near.
Among factors league's studying in ramp-up to final decision: Understanding trajectory of new cases, understanding who's getting severely ill and why, developments in testing and how other sports are handling positive tests among participants and continuing to play, sources say. https://t.co/tkbh9poiQD
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 13, 2020
Here’s the crux of the report according to Woj:
Owners and executives on the call were encouraged about the league’s progress toward minimizing health risk upon a return and the league office’s positive conversations with the National Basketball Players Association about the players’ desire to eventually restart the season, sources said.
Undoubtedly, the subject of testing and health procedures came up over the call, with the goal in mind that A) the league’s safety for both team officials and players would be comfortable, and B) that even with a positive test, that would not completely bring the return of the league to a halt.
Once the NBA formalizes a return to play, the league indicated to teams that the plan would be to standardize coronavirus testing among the 30 teams, sources said. https://t.co/tkbh9poiQD
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 13, 2020
Adam Silver told those on the NBA’s Board of Governors call Tuesday that if a positive test would "shut us down, we probably shouldn't go down this path,” sources said. https://t.co/tkbh9poiQD
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 13, 2020
Additionally, Woj reports that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has described the return to play as a “bubble-isolation plan,” with Silver’s words being, “a campus environment.”
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