phxspurfan
03-27-2020, 09:14 PM
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28962005/what-nba-learn-china-attempt-restart-basketball-coronavirus-pandemic
tl;dr:
- only a round-robin schedule over a few weeks to get ready for the playoffs
- no fans present until at least the playoffs
- players checked for fever several times a day (quarantined obviously if they get sick)
- only playing in 1 or 2 host cities, either cities with few/no reported cases, or cities with very strong quarantines
I think it's a decent idea, tbh, given their state as past the peak of cases currently. Maybe the NBA can consider something like this in April?
- 15-20 or so games over a month in May - June, no fans
- playoffs in July, shortened to 5 game series, hopefully with fans but no fans if it's still raging
- fever checking and huge things of hand sanitizer everywhere, no high fives only corona elbow bumps
- cities: some shit in Montana, Utah, Phoenix or whatever has low cases and good hospitals, and multiple arenas preferred to host the games. No travelling allowed whatsoever (so Harden, Giannis also banned)
- LeBron banned for his offensive fouls, which initiate unnecessary contact
tl;dr:
- only a round-robin schedule over a few weeks to get ready for the playoffs
- no fans present until at least the playoffs
- players checked for fever several times a day (quarantined obviously if they get sick)
- only playing in 1 or 2 host cities, either cities with few/no reported cases, or cities with very strong quarantines
I think it's a decent idea, tbh, given their state as past the peak of cases currently. Maybe the NBA can consider something like this in April?
- 15-20 or so games over a month in May - June, no fans
- playoffs in July, shortened to 5 game series, hopefully with fans but no fans if it's still raging
- fever checking and huge things of hand sanitizer everywhere, no high fives only corona elbow bumps
- cities: some shit in Montana, Utah, Phoenix or whatever has low cases and good hospitals, and multiple arenas preferred to host the games. No travelling allowed whatsoever (so Harden, Giannis also banned)
- LeBron banned for his offensive fouls, which initiate unnecessary contact