Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 2123. (Read 902566 times)

I don’t think naming the 2 positive players is necessary, probably yes for the Lakers fans (KD had been positive but is now contained and no panic happen) or not because of the protocol. Surely, no one knows what is the reason behind of not Lakers naming the 2 positive players and they are only the one who can make the NBA community stop thinking about it lol.

KD can now play but the season has been stopped man

Looks like the Lakers will not name their 2 positive players which were diagnosed last March 19. Don't know the reason or maybe to prevent further panic and stress on these players but what do you think guys, is it necessary to name these players? For me, yes and no. YES, because teams must always be open to the public and NO because they assuring that they are following the protocol to contained these players.

Well then, hope like other NBA players, not just these Lakers peeps but all players/staffs/part of the organization that got infected with the virus will be cleared too.


That's the real world and no way it will be changed. But on the positive note, it does mean that this pandemic virus is curable even without the actual use of medicine against it. It will be more pain in the ass for an ordinary person if the virus will just only be killed by certain medicine.

In this battle, the poor countries will be affected much as they have poor medical treatment, the people who get the best treatment will be cured but its still possible that they will be infected again. Mitchell and Gobert has fully recovered because they are strong, have a good stamina, but there are people who are sick out their that will just die due to lack of treatment.

We all are hoping that the cure for everyone will be available we will be safe in the streets again and we can see this NBA season resume.

Hearing about Rudy Gobert getting better, Donovan Mitchell getting better and Marcus Smart getting better gives me a big hope, I am not saying it is recovering all around the world, Italy is still dying at a rate that is unprecedented and it is definitely at a level where even going outside for grocery became a life or death situation so I am not really undermining the situation. However, seeing these NBA players getting better tells me one important and very sad thing to me.

If the whole world was as ready as millionaires and famous celebrities, we would have a lot more people staying alive right now, most of the people who died probably died because they didn't had the access to healthcare as well as NBA players, remember Utah and OKC both used 50% available test kits for their teams when they got tested, now there is more tests available but they basically bought something very vital for the community and the future of some people because they had the money for it.

Hopefully, world will get more advanced technologically against corona and we will have much more tests and much more treatment methods soon so that less and less people die in the end.

Oh that is true. They might be wasting too much test kits for every game if they want players to just play the game.
I won't do that. There are still a lot of people who are in need of those kits. Specially the old and the sick.


Same. That is just one ridiculous idea. No foul out? You won't like that kind of game.
They just need to shorten the game if possible so that they could still award a champion.

They can continue the season but the question is when? Is the US already find the way to stop the pandemic and to put things in control again?
I think as long as people are still not safe outside, the NBA season will not resume its normal games, the idea that they will play in an empty court is just to continue the play and to cope up a bit on their schedule, that's what I understand.

Pay-per-view revenue for these NBA teams won't be enough aside from losing ticket sales they are also losing a lot of commercial revenue especially when the Play offs and NBA Finals come since this is one of their strongest peaks when it comes to revenue, why? Even if they have continued the games on an empty court there will be no commercial sales happening when a lot of their markets (countries) are on lockdown technically all of their NBA stores and affiliates will be close and won't be generating revenue for them. NBA teams and owners would likely push back the suspension even further until things clears up for them to generate revenue just to maybe break even from the losses they will have because of the pandemic.

Even though it's always about the bottom line for NBA, I strongly doubt the games will ever resume even with no crowd until there is a viable solution, vaccine perhaps. If there is some sort of containment, how then would they be sure of the players not being infected or what would be interval of players undergoing test again in cases of reinfection, as I don't presume being infected once would make immune to reinfection.


I would prefer changes to the number games played in the playoffs, best of 5 or 3, I'm even good with a single knockout match but, I'm not in support of changes to the current match rules, It will take more time for both referees and players to adapt to just so many changes.

I see some interesting ideas there, especially the one called "Mid-range 3-point zone". It could definitely bring more variety, as I am sure that I'm not the only one who is kinda bored with all that 3 pts shooting. Yeah it was fun at the beginning when GSW started dominating that way, but after some time it made teams one dimensional, and as they pointed out in the article, it brought us to the situation where Rockets are having 45  three point attempts per game. With that being said, the other idea, "One 3-point foul shot for all three points" is also not bad. Introducing even one of these would be improvement.

With one idea I strongly disagree though, and that's to give automatic 2 free throws for so called Euro Foul. I really don't think that NBA has to remove another tactical and physical aspect of the game. NBA is already fast enough and at the moment some games in regular season look like exhibitions with no defense and all that three point shooting, and this would just make it even worse than it is already.

One thing that I would like to see changed and I didn't see in the article is to sort out traveling. Referees should really focus more on that and start calling them. I understand that they probably have instructions to let it go in order  for games to  be more spectacular, but in my opinion, it is getting out of hand for years now, and something like that would be good for the game. Maybe I'm just old an school type of fan,  but I miss defense aspect of the game.

Doris Burke is the new name that got Corona, I am not entirely sure if she got it from anyone NBA related or not but this is the trouble with the virus, you could get it at anywhere at anytime and you would have no idea, you can just be walking down the street and some fans may want to get a selfie and you could basically get it right there and then. Hopefully she and all the other people will get better because it was first the basketball players who were young, now casters who are not so old but still older than players, next stop is literally coaches who are old and I do not want to hear Greg Poppovich has corona, I can't take that.

New York Knicks owner James Dolan has corona and he is about 60 or so, definitely above 60 if I am not wrong, I hate the dude but I hope he gets better as well, maybe realize life is too short and he only has like 20-30 years maximum even with the best medical attention, so he tours with his band and sells his team and lives a rockstar life or something and stops annoying NBA fans.

Healthy layers like them got a higher chance to recover from this virus, their physical activities plus the advantages of getting professional treatment from specialist adds the value.
It's good to see that more and more from this league are getting better, after this, they should focus taking more activities to strengthen their immune systems.

I am okay with it, seeing them watch in a daily basis would certainly make the fans enjoy while they are at home, and since we are at home now, their revenue will certainly increase in terms of PPV, but let's see if this will be realize consider how bad the US hit by the COVID-19.

Pay per view can still work if it is money they will need.
It is better than nothing right?

Anyways, even with the virus going on some people are still talking about money.
Gordon Hayward is being put in that rumors.
https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/celtics/nba-rumors-execs-expect-gordon-hayward-opt-34-million-celtics-contract

How about something to blow your mind?
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/eliminating-foul-outs-and-six-more-radical-nba-ideas-to-ponder-during-the-coronavirus-sports-hiatus/

Then back to the virus. Knick owner James Dolan.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/coronavirus-knicks-owner-james-dolan-joins-durant-gobert-among-nba-figures-to-test-positive-for-covid-19/

Yeah there  have been a lot of rumors lately  regarding that possibility, and yes, there would be losses for all teams, especially those that will go into playoff, but what's the alternative? To not finish season at all and have even more losses? Then there is question of draft, next season etc..

With virus spreading throughout US rapidly, i don't think that it is reasonable to expect this season to finish in a regular way, with normal playoff in front of fans.  So only way to finish it and still get some money from sponsors are games behind closed doors. Yeah it would suck big time, for the owners of the teams, players and fans, but pro sport will have to adapt to this new situation, there is no other way. After all, games without fans is something that we got used to here in Europe, albeit for different reasons.

Choose playoff teams based on current standings, put them all in one location, isolate them from others, and let the show begin! There is no much sport activity around the world anyway, so view numbers  would go through the roof!

I have no idea what the NBA should do. But I know one thing, the NBA exists solely as a money-making machine. There's no point in playing games that don't generate profit.

I agree, no need to take risk for players like Mitchell and Gobert, and even if they have recovered, we don't know the extend of the damage, if there is to their body, might be the virus is just hibernating. So he needs to be very careful and take every measures to protect himself and the people around him.

As others have said, US is now the ground zero, I do hope that we're not going to see six digit futures cases.

I think is not about the homeless who doesn't have a home to lock themselves. But its about the mindset of the people. I'm thinking that Americans didn't take it seriously in the beginning, as the case of Italy that's why the virus spread very quickly and then the shortage of testing kit, major hospitals in the US are not equip with this kind of pandemic. As compare to China, who immediately lockdown the centre of the epidemic, test the whole population and close cities, that's why in months, there are new cases as oppose to US and Italy which the numbers are growing everyday.

Regarding NBA pursuing a fan-less games, well it's a good plan, but I don't know if business owner are going to agree with that.

I've read some good news lately for the Jazz.

--> https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/jazz/2020/03/27/rudy-gobert-donovan-mitchell-rest-jazz-cleared-coronavirus/2926370001/

Yes, it's possible but all staff and individuals must be 100% virus-free. If I'm not mistaken someone posted a plan here for a possible charity game just to continue the season. It's not about the revenues anymore since the majority of players also like to play. Fewer revenues just to continue the season.

Age defies their performance and that's what mid-players concern. As long as everyone is cleared to play, it will be possible. There is a lot of consideration before it will happen.

But in reality and looking at the current situation, it's far from happening now since the total number of confirmed cases in the USA is increasing. People there might not spend money on a pay-per-view as no matter how luxurious some people lifestyle there, they need money to battle the virus just in case of the worst-case scenario.

I hope NBA won't get cancelled and somehow we at least get to see PLAY-OFFS and same goes for every sport in my opinion but the health right now its more important than this. The issue is that the virus seems to spread more and more so I'm afraid the lock-down will be much longer than its currently been said.