phxspurfan
04-21-2020, 03:05 PM
Good news for fans, NBA may resume soon to recover revenue (and crown the Lakers) ofc. NBA likely to cancel draft combine and SL, and may start next season late, around Xmas.
NBA regular-season schedule could be on the verge of a makeover if league resumes
TUE, APR 21 2020
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/21/nba-schedule-could-be-on-the-verge-of-a-makeover-if-league-restarts.html
Silver, who spoke to reporters in a conference call following the NBA’s board of governors discussion last Friday, said the league hasn’t considered canceling the remainder of the year, as it looks to salvage some of its lost revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Our revenue, in essence, has dropped to zero,” Silver said during the call. “That’s having a huge financial impact on the team business and the arena business.”
Silver also hinted at changes to the league schedule, saying “all rules are off at this point” while also confirming the NBA would play “significantly later than June” if games do resume.
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According to people close to league discussions, the NBA’s planning committee, which features several team general managers, have been pitching the idea to start games around Christmas for quite some time.
“Many times, at the start of the NBA season, we are competing with arguably the best Thursday Night Football game with the NBA on TNT, our marquee broadcast, and we get crushed and we wonder why,” Koonin said, according to ESPN. “It’s because, at the beginning of the season, there’s very little relevance for the NBA.”
“The diehard will always be there,” said Ponturo. “But the more casual fan would be just coming in around Christmas Day.”
NBA regular-season schedule could be on the verge of a makeover if league resumes
TUE, APR 21 2020
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/21/nba-schedule-could-be-on-the-verge-of-a-makeover-if-league-restarts.html
Silver, who spoke to reporters in a conference call following the NBA’s board of governors discussion last Friday, said the league hasn’t considered canceling the remainder of the year, as it looks to salvage some of its lost revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Our revenue, in essence, has dropped to zero,” Silver said during the call. “That’s having a huge financial impact on the team business and the arena business.”
Silver also hinted at changes to the league schedule, saying “all rules are off at this point” while also confirming the NBA would play “significantly later than June” if games do resume.
(...)
According to people close to league discussions, the NBA’s planning committee, which features several team general managers, have been pitching the idea to start games around Christmas for quite some time.
“Many times, at the start of the NBA season, we are competing with arguably the best Thursday Night Football game with the NBA on TNT, our marquee broadcast, and we get crushed and we wonder why,” Koonin said, according to ESPN. “It’s because, at the beginning of the season, there’s very little relevance for the NBA.”
“The diehard will always be there,” said Ponturo. “But the more casual fan would be just coming in around Christmas Day.”