NBA considering a 7 to 14 day pause amidst the growing rate of positive cases within the league

[Joseph Kony]

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And later on today:

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Seems like a stoppage is inevitable

[tonight...you]

Not surprising. Whether through negligence, or otherwise... This was going to happen.

[Mugen]

I don't see how they can't at this point tbh.

[Dex]

Not a good sign. The season just started 3 weeks ago.

What the hell is waiting a week or two going to fix? They will start back up again, and it will be the same song and dance in another month.

[apalisoc_9]

These dumbassess scheduled a 72 game season that starts in december with COVID, Fatigue, etc.

They even scheduled dumbass back to backs.

They should have cur the games to 50ish, spread the games for less exposure and more important reduce travel.

People will still get covid this way, but it significantly reduces the chances of fans watching Luke Kennard score 60 just because theres no players around

[DAF86]

How could the NFL, with more teams and bigger rosters, go a full season without interruptions, but the NBA needs to stop a couple of weeks in?

[RD2191]

How could the NFL, with more teams and bigger rosters, go a full season without interruptions, but the NBA needs to stop a couple of weeks in?
probably because nfl teams play once a week

[K...]

How could the NFL, with more teams and bigger rosters, go a full season without interruptions, but the NBA needs to stop a couple of weeks in?

less travel, only 16 games to prepare for

[apalisoc_9]

How could the NFL, with more teams and bigger rosters, go a full season without interruptions, but the NBA needs to stop a couple of weeks in?retarded how they thought 72 games works. Lol

Teams are travelling like crazy in a very condensed schedule. They expected things to be fine. They needed to reduce the games to 50ish

[baseline bum]

This season was a stupid idea as they planned it. They should have done it in the bubble again.

[Seventyniner]

This is what I thought was going to happen in the bubble. It appears the bubble really was necessary after all.

I doubt the paused games get made up. It was hard enough to cram in 72 games and try to end the season in late summer, I don't see room to make up the games unless the end of the season gets delayed.

[exstatic]

How could the NFL, with more teams and bigger rosters, go a full season without interruptions, but the NBA needs to stop a couple of weeks in?

The NFL got almost their whole season in before the new variant, 60% more contagious, made its way to our shores.

[baseline bum]

This is what I thought was going to happen in the bubble. It appears the bubble really was necessary after all.

I doubt the paused games get made up. It was hard enough to cram in 72 games and try to end the season in late summer, I don't see room to make up the games unless the end of the season gets delayed.

All but two have to get made up or the NBA doesn't get paid in full on their TV deal.

[exstatic]

This is what I thought was going to happen in the bubble. It appears the bubble really was necessary after all.

I doubt the paused games get made up. It was hard enough to cram in 72 games and try to end the season in late summer, I don't see room to make up the games unless the end of the season gets delayed.

They’ve got to do 70, one way or another, to pay out the local TV deals.

[Seventyniner]

Shows what little I know about the TV deals. Back-to-back-to-backs and/or season going into September or October here we come, I guess. It's hard to imagine there being only one pause.

[MultiTroll]

I'm sure none of the players are banging random ho's and spreading.

[Robz4000]

NBA gonna end up getting players and/or personnel killed by the Rona.

[GAustex]

That don’t have to play

[DesignatedT]

NBA gonna end up getting players and/or personnel killed by the Rona.

College football just played an entire season with ZERO serious hospitalizations or deaths from Covid..

[Robz4000]

College football just played an entire season with ZERO serious hospitalizations or deaths from Covid..

As has been said in this thread, there's a lot less exposure for football players since they only have to play/travel once a week. Both the NFL and NCAA are finishing their seasons before this new variant spreads around too.

[Dex]

College football just played an entire season with ZERO serious hospitalizations or deaths from Covid..

Teams only played 7-12 games, and that was once a week. Cases still popped up all over.

The Spurs have already played more games in three weeks than half of the CFB players.

[Chillen]

Not going to buy NBA league pass this season. If there are games that will not be played it's not worth it imo.

[daslicer]

I'm sure none of the players are banging random ho's and spreading.

This is probably a huge factor too.

[tim_duncan_fan]

Less time for Derrick to miss, tbh lol

[illusioNtEk]

NBA gonna end up getting players and/or personnel killed by the Rona.



Everyone cares more about money and there "freedoms"

[gambit1990]

don't pause, don't suspend.

get everyone ready to bubble.

[gambit1990]

bubble for a month or two.

[tbdog]

The players said the bubble was hard because family weren't allowed. They were isolated. It was only for like 2 months. Imagine 6 months of it? More time for the corona to get in the bubble too. At this point in time, I would suggest the league continues and have a play in tournament that's much bigger.

[Chillen]

What about the vaccine? any of the NBA players or coaches got it yet?

[cd021]

This season was a stupid idea as they planned it. They should have done it in the bubble again.

It cost $200 million to do that and that took like three months. During 72 games + playoffs would probably be triple that. Plus players seeming seriously hated the experience.

[ragas]

What about the vaccine? any of the NBA players or coaches got it yet?

That's how it will end. Money matters.

[exstatic]

Shows what little I know about the TV deals. Back-to-back-to-backs and/or season going into September or October here we come, I guess. It's hard to imagine there being only one pause.

They may have to shut it down, quarantine, and go back into the bubble. With no fans, there’s really no difference.

[exstatic]

It cost $200 million to do that and that took like three months. During 72 games + playoffs would probably be triple that. Plus players seeming seriously hated the experience.

Which would they hate more, going back to Orlando, or having the season and their paychecks cancelled?

[baseline bum]

Which would they hate more, going back to Orlando, or having the season and their paychecks cancelled?

I'm surprised the NBA got this far with how much travel is necessary for it. Went from the best run to the stupidest run league in a couple of months.

[Darius Bieber]

I don't think any arenas have allowed fans in the stadium anyways.. So there's no ticket or concession sales for any teams... Might as well just do the bubble again. Less travel costs. How many courts does ESPN at Disney have? I know they only had about half the teams in the Bubble last year and didn't have the lowest ranked teams there, so would it cause issues if the entire league were to play there?

[exstatic]

I don't think any arenas have allowed fans in the stadium anyways.. So there's no ticket or concession sales for any teams... Might as well just do the bubble again. Less travel costs. How many courts does ESPN at Disney have? I know they only had about half the teams in the Bubble last year and didn't have the lowest ranked teams there, so would it cause issues if the entire league were to play there?

They’d have to play games all day, every day. I think they have two courts. Maybe they can construct more?

[baseline bum]

I don't think any arenas have allowed fans in the stadium anyways.. So there's no ticket or concession sales for any teams... Might as well just do the bubble again. Less travel costs. How many courts does ESPN at Disney have? I know they only had about half the teams in the Bubble last year and didn't have the lowest ranked teams there, so would it cause issues if the entire league were to play there?

The bubble was all but 8 teams last year. They should bring it back but have teams bring their own floors so it still looks like you're watching a Lakers home game or a Spurs home game etc.

EDIT: maybe not on the teams own floors since there are only 3 arenas

[Leetonidas]

bubble isn't going to happen in the RS...100% guarantee it. the logistics of getting this many teams to a bubble for 6+ months in quarantine? not going to happen imo. too many complained about being a bubble for 2 months, no one is going to want to be there for 6, and players' families arent going to uproot their lives for half a year to live in a hotel bubble environment

[baseline bum]

bubble isn't going to happen in the RS...100% guarantee it. the logistics of getting this many teams to a bubble for 6+ months in quarantine? not going to happen imo. too many complained about being a bubble for 2 months, no one is going to want to be there for 6, and players' families arent going to uproot their lives for half a year to live in a hotel bubble environment

If it keeps them from losing the season they'll do it, too much money at stake. The English strain could be a big monkey wrench into the league's original plans for the season.

[daslicer]

The players said the bubble was hard because family weren't allowed. They were isolated. It was only for like 2 months. Imagine 6 months of it? More time for the corona to get in the bubble too. At this point in time, I would suggest the league continues and have a play in tournament that's much bigger.

These guys are spoiled to the core. Guys in the military have to go several months to even a year without seeing their families. Sure it will suck ass for six months not seeing your family but the NBA can give visitation rights to these guys families to visit them or even allow them to live with them in the bubble.

[Leetonidas]

If it keeps them from losing the season they'll do it, too much money at stake. The English strain could be a big monkey wrench into the league's original plans for the season.


the players association would need to agree to it also, and given it took like 200M to get a couple months done you can probably more than triple that amount given the amount of teams. i just dont see it happening tbh. NBA would likely pause the season and vaccinate the players before entering another bubble. maybe for the playoffs but i dont see a regular season bubble happening for 60 games

[Leetonidas]

These guys are spoiled to the core. Guys in the military have to go several months to even a year without seeing their families. Sure it will suck ass for six months not seeing your family but the NBA can give visitation rights to these guys families to visit them or even allow them to live with them in the bubble.

dude, who cares. this is not the military. using the military as a comparison to the NBA makes zero sense and it's not a good point at all

[daslicer]

dude, who cares. this is not the military. using the military as a comparison to the NBA makes zero sense and it's not a good point at all

Well you care. No it's a great comparison. They are getting millions of dollars to be pampered at 5 star hotels in the bubble. Just making a point things could be worse. Guys in the military have to deal with worse.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

When a strain mutates doesn’t that mean the virus is getting weaker?

[baseline bum]

the players association would need to agree to it also, and given it took like 200M to get a couple months done you can probably more than triple that amount given the amount of teams. i just dont see it happening tbh. NBA would likely pause the season and vaccinate the players before entering another bubble. maybe for the playoffs but i dont see a regular season bubble happening for 60 games

That ain't happening. Probably will be waiting until summer before we'll be done with vaccinating all the 65+ and high risk people.

[exstatic]

When a strain mutates doesn’t that mean the virus is getting weaker?

No, and we’re lucky it didn’t get more deadly. It’s roughly 60% more contagious.

[exstatic]

That ain't happening. Probably will be waiting until summer before we'll be done with vaccinating all the 65+ and high risk people.

Yup. The NBA took major shit for having 100s of players tested every day, while there were almost no tests available to the general public. Silver already said they wouldn’t line jump for the vaccine.

[Darius Bieber]

They’d have to play games all day, every day. I think they have two courts. Maybe they can construct more?


The bubble was all but 8 teams last year. They should bring it back but have teams bring their own floors so it still looks like you're watching a Lakers home game or a Spurs home game etc.

EDIT: maybe not on the teams own floors since there are only 3 arenas

It looks like their HP Field House could be configured to have four courts, same with their AdventHealth Arena. That's looking at an 8 court max for 8 concurrent games. Looking at the schedule, NBA's busiest nights have 11-12 games that day, could easily be doable at two arenas with multiple courts and they wouldn't have to have games all day long. Maybe time slots from 4PM with the last games ending at 12AM or so.

[John B]

I have nothing against re-starting in 14 days. It should help the Spurs regroup and bring a healthier team together.

[Leetonidas]

Well you care. No it's a great comparison. They are getting millions of dollars to be pampered at 5 star hotels in the bubble. Just making a point things could be worse. Guys in the military have to deal with worse.

No I don't care about the military in this situation :lol you're the one that brought it up. What I'm telling you is that it's completely irrelevant to bring that up like you're making a point. Dudes in the military signed up for that. Comparing the top 1% of all ball players in the world who are all young millionaires to people in the military is dumb as hell. People in the military also die for their job. Should nba players be willing to die for the nba too?

[cd021]

Which would they hate more, going back to Orlando, or having the season and their paychecks cancelled?
Its kinda too late now, tbh. The season NBAPA and the league agreed to no bubble. They're going to just have to make this work. The bubble worked but it isn't realistic with 30 teams and over 1000 total games being played in Disney over at least 5 months.

[daslicer]

No I don't care about the military in this situation :lol you're the one that brought it up. What I'm telling you is that it's completely irrelevant to bring that up like you're making a point. Dudes in the military signed up for that. Comparing the top 1% of all ball players in the world who are all young millionaires to people in the military is dumb as hell. People in the military also die for their job. Should nba players be willing to die for the nba too?

:lol Again you responded so you cared. if you didn't care you wouldn't have responded. Like I said again my example is all about perspective. These guys having to be in a bubble for six months isn't going to kill them and that's why I used the military example to give perspective.

[cd021]

A big problem for the NBA is the poor vaccine rollout. With people getting vaccinated, the number of cases would gradually decline but at this current rate its going to take months for that to really happen. The NBA is trying to operate during a time when cases are exploding, this was always going to be the likely outcome given the situation.

[Leetonidas]

:lol Again you responded so you cared. if you didn't care you wouldn't have responded. Like I said again my example is all about perspective. These guys having to be in a bubble for six months isn't going to kill them and that's why I used the military example to give perspective.

I responded because it's a forum and that's the point of a forum. Are you 10 or what?

My point was no one cares what the military does in relation to the nba bubble. Me responding to you doesn't change that fact. Need to move oh from the third grade level "haha you so care!" level discourse

[daslicer]

I responded because it's a forum and that's the point of a forum. Are you 10 or what?

Fact is you said who cares? If you didn't care you wouldn't have responded.

[Leetonidas]

Lol... Ok dude. You have fun with thinking I care or whatever :lol

[daslicer]

Lol... Ok dude. You have fun with thinking I care or whatever :lol

:lol you keep responding that's how I know you care.

[Joseph Kony]

:lol you keep responding that's how I know you care.

Shut the fuck up already. are you a Derp alt or what?

[Joseph Kony]

That ain't happening. Probably will be waiting until summer before we'll be done with vaccinating all the 65+ and high risk people.

at the current rate of distribution it doesnt seem like we are going to be done vaccinating them any time soon tbh...NBA only has like 400 players, immunizing them wouldnt be a huge detriment comparatively considering how many doses are dying on the shelves imho

[daslicer]

Shut the fuck up already. are you a Derp alt or what?

No dumbass I have been here for a while.

[Joseph Kony]

No dumbass I have been here for a while.

well then you're just a retard then. so once again shut the fuck up

[daslicer]

well then you're just a retard then. so once again shut the fuck up

:lol Wow a stupid wannabe internet gangster hiding behind a computer screen.

[Joseph Kony]

:lol Wow a stupid wannabe internet gangster hiding behind a computer screen.

Lol you care. stop caring so much loser

[daslicer]

Lol you care. stop caring so much loser

:lol wannabe internet gangster.

[baseline bum]

at the current rate of distribution it doesnt seem like we are going to be done vaccinating them any time soon tbh...NBA only has like 400 players, immunizing them wouldnt be a huge detriment comparatively considering how many doses are dying on the shelves imho

Hopefully with that faggot Trump the fuck out of power in 8 days we won't see such garbage distribution. Still, no way we're hitting the May forecast of regular people being able to get it with this ridiculous start we have had.

[TimDunkem]

These dumbassess scheduled a 72 game season that starts in december with COVID, Fatigue, etc.

They even scheduled dumbass back to backs.

They should have cur the games to 50ish, spread the games for less exposure and more important reduce travel.

People will still get covid this way, but it significantly reduces the chances of fans watching Luke Kennard score 60 just because theres no players around
It's like they learned nothing. Funny how all of these once beacons of COVID response, like the NBA and some states, sunk so far once they started kowtowing to corporate interests. This was inevitable.

[KobesAchilles]

I don't think anybody would notice tbh. Viewership is still down. NBA is going to have a lot of issues coming up. I'm not exactly sure they can fix them.

[i'm_still_beta]

How could the NFL, with more teams and bigger rosters, go a full season without interruptions, but the NBA needs to stop a couple of weeks in?

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30698732/kyrie-irving-not-expected-rejoin-brooklyn-nets-week-nba-reviewing-maskless-videos

^ That's why. Travelling and high number of games has nothing to do with it, imho

[Leetonidas]

I don't think anybody would notice tbh. Viewership is still down. NBA is going to have a lot of issues coming up. I'm not exactly sure they can fix them.

Viewership is actually up this season from what i've read

[KobesAchilles]

Viewership is actually up this season from what i've read
My bad. I read the date wrong from the article :lol

Yeah they had a much better Christmas from what I'm seeing. I hope they trend up bc I love basketball, but man is it bad that I'm on the owners side when it comes to the next negotiations?

[Leetonidas]

Ace updated the old thread instead of posting in this one but it looks like maybe no stoppage yet, just a lot of new protocols to keep players from interacting with other people

[Mugen]

Vaccine rollout has been steadily improving over the last several days (still a shitshow). Hopefully after Bunker Boy is ousted, we see a significant uptick in how many Americans are getting vaccinated every day.

These new protocols won't do shit tbh. It's vaccine or bust.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I'd be good with waiting until Derrick is back and DDR has cleared quarantine. :tu

Shut it down Pop!

[Down Under]

If there's a silver lining to this, it'll lessen the number of games until White is back. When Lonnie went out against the Timberwolves, we literally had no half court shot creation. I think KJ is going to be an all star, but at the moment he's just shoot the open 3 or bulldoze his way to the rim after closeouts.

[BackHome]

NBA was just showing plain Greed when they decided to come back and play Basketball in December any idiot could have told them this was going to happen. But Money talks and Bullshit walks I have no sympathy for them they reap what they sow. It’s just shows you they don’t give a shit about anyone it has always been about the money see “China” the crappy things is that they will probably get two new teams added to help them financially which is going to make the league play even worse.

[tbdog]

These guys are spoiled to the core. Guys in the military have to go several months to even a year without seeing their families. Sure it will suck ass for six months not seeing your family but the NBA can give visitation rights to these guys families to visit them or even allow them to live with them in the bubble.

That's true. But they are not military people.