that was the sonics move https://www.kiro7.com/sports/on-thi...ttle-sonics-moved-to-oklahoma-city/547725919/
That means playoffs start on a Tuesday. I prefer a weekend start with back to back quadruple doubles. Oh well.
My suspicion is the same as with Bojan Bogdanovic: this is a way to avoid the risk of getting coronavirus. A lot of players are likely to be VERY anxious. A significant proportion of the general population is totally freaked out by Covid-19, and NBA players have very little recourse to get out of being forced to go play.
In LMA's case, it may be well-founded fear. Don't forget, he has (had?) a heart condition. That's the most significant underlying cause of COVID deaths.
Obviously we have no clue yet how they're going to make up the schedule for the 8 games, but if it is just next 8, S.A.'s schedule would be: Denver Memphis N.O. Utah Utah Denver Sacramento N.O.