Adam Silver said Friday a decision on when the NBA can restart could come sometime in June with the league looking to play out of…
Adam Silver said Friday a decision on when the NBA can restart could come sometime in June with the league looking to play out of one or two hubs with Orlando and Las Vegas being the lead contenders.
Speaking in a conference call open to all NBA players and designed to update them on the league’s status among the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, the league commissioner was joined on the call by players’ union executive director Michele Roberts.
Silver told the players that if there is no vaccine the league could end up playing with no fans in the stands into 2021, US media said.
He wants daily testing for all players and those testing positive quarantined. The games would go on with officials making sure the others were all constantly being monitored and tested.
With travel problematic amid social distancing and stay-at-home requirements in a number of American states, the league believes it would be safer to return to action in just one or two sites, with Orlando and Las Vegas being the frontrunners.
