When will the NBA restart?
According to The Athletic, one optimistic estimate is mid-June.
“The NBA is still in daily meetings with league officials and basketball operations teams. In addition, they also maintain regular conference calls with team owners, presidents and general managers. According to a source, an optimistic estimate a few weeks ago was that the season may be possible.
Restart in mid-June,” the report read.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has previously publicly stated that they will not restart the game until the public health department approves it.
If the NBA can really find an isolated city to concentrate games, then a preliminary plan is that all teams will be quarantined for two weeks first.
During that period, players can use the training hall to work out individually, then start a two-week training camp, followed by a condensed version of the regular season, and finally the playoffs.
It is reported that all games will be played without fans, and many team executives have prepared for the postponement of the NBA Draft-it may be postponed until September at the latest.
No earlier than August 1 at the earliest.
Another option under discussion is the playoffs, where the No. 7 team in each division and the teams behind them participate in a playoff.
Determine the final two playoff spots.
But these plans are still under discussion, and they are all very simple plans. Xiao Hua also understands that all timetables must be determined according to the situation of the new crown virus epidemic.
Prior to this, senior officials of 12 professional sports leagues, including Silver, had a phone call with US President Donald Trump.
Trump’s attitude is to hope that sports games can resume as soon as possible, and even in August and September, fans can be considered to enter the stadium to watch the game.
Silver has made it clear that they will still follow the instructions of the public health department, but this call at least made it clear to everyone that anything is possible.
Lone Ranger owner Mark Cuban also said in an interview earlier that based on the current form, he estimates that the game can restart in mid-June in the most optimistic case.
But Cuban also mentioned that it is only his personal opinion, not the final plan determined by science. When the game restarts will ultimately depend on scientific guidance.