I think the NBA really screwed up with the schedule... they should've had more consecutive games against the same opponent, no back to backs against different opponents, less travel. Maybe it gets so bad they just cancel and do regional bubbles or such...
yeah i have little hope for this season though regardless mostly due to below... i agree. The scheduling and lack of minimizing logistics is going to be a giant obstacle course. they could have alleviated many double flights. pressure to get the season going i presume....
Couple days ago they said 48 players tested positive in the league with training camp startup....they aren't going to mention names after what Gobert dealt with when this all started
Went to FM earlier today, wasn't too bad. Btw, 2/3rds cup is not the same as 2 and 1/3rd cups...don't ask me how I know.
Better to deal with this now rather than in the middle of the season, I suppose. Just establish that herd immunity before the season is underway. I'm only partially joking. Hope the positive tests are asymptomatic.
I trust the organization to put players first and follow through with back testing, tracing, etc....I think we'll get through it ok but the league should take a look at their game plan moving ahead
I don't think you are too far off. Based on the NFL and college football, most of these athletes and coaches are only missing two weeks at the most.
Zach probably, Nurk definitely not. Nurk had a compound fracture of his tibia and fibula... that surgery and hospitalization would go down ASAP that P might seem like it could be later but it wouldn't because the Blazers would find whatever hospital had an ER, get the necessary (in this case limb saving) surgery done and then if needed get him to a private rehab facility where team employees could monitor his recovery. The good thing in this sport is that I don't think an NBA basketball related injury has ever needed an ICU bed (Rudy Tomjanovich may have had to go to an ICU but that was due to assault on the court) that means although an injury like Nurk's may need emergency surgery most if not all of those injuries could be recovered from at a facility that wouldn't be effected by all of the beds taken up by COVID patients.
The thing is, I'm on your side this time my friend. When you see the amount of games postponed in the NFL (an outdoor sport) where the games take place a week apart and then look at this compact, travel filled schedule in the NBA (an indoor sport). "Not gonna happen" the way the NBA plans is almost a certainty. This schedule doesn't allow for postponements... that's obviously why the second half hasn't been scheduled yet. So I guess I may be naive to presume that this schedule is the NBA's actual plan, maybe it's just their very ambitious and very tentative Plan A. They probably have a very very different and possibly (even in their opinion) more likely plan B. The bubble showed that the league office is not naive and is very shrewd when it comes to this stuff so we'll just have to buckle up and see what happens.
There have been many that got covid that missed some work and went right back to work. NBA player's can d0 the same.
It wouldn't be crazy to see a 2020-21-22 season as these delays will compound. Another bubble for the playoffs at the very least. Either way, still excited to watch some live NBA again.
