Rumors Circulating NBA might be canceled for the year

[Roscoe_Word]

I'm thinking the NBA and NHL are done. But I also thought Bloomberg was gonna partner with Crooked Hillary and buy the election.

Hopin this tentative baseball plan in Zona plan works out.

No sports betting; no gym.....these are the times that try mens' souls.

[Shafted69]

Getting withdrawl symptoms from no gambling since March.

[wakefield23]

Bullshit
Season will conclude for sure

[johnnyvegas13]

Bullshit
Season will conclude for sure

Wrong

Only if they can't restart in July

I bet they play

[jjgold]

July they can squeeze in the rest

If it is an option

[johnnyvegas13]

July they can squeeze in the rest

If it is an option

That the plan

[homie1975]

Bullshit
Season will conclude for sure

"For sure" being used on such uncertain times

[nyplayer33]

Maybe football october. No fans..but the revenue hit will be insane..

[lakerboy]

Get rid of the NBA period.

[jjgold]

Laker get twitch

Sims
Better all sports

[PittsburghPlayer]

rumors circulating that the nation is heading for the waste treatment plant
sorry, that was my toilet

same shit

[Brooklyn Dick]

MLB can start as late as August. Do not need a full season, just play as many games as possible for August, September, maybe part of October and then playoffs in Domed Stadiums.

MLB is too greedy to let this go. Don't need fans, just TV revenue.

[Roscoe_Word]

MLB can start as late as August. Do not need a full season, just play as many games as possible for August, September, maybe part of October and then playoffs in Domed Stadiums.

MLB is too greedy to let this go. Don't need fans, just TV revenue.

Makes sense.

[unusialsusp5]

if the nba comes back who is going to mop up the sweat after nearly every down court trip with 10 bodies dropping puddles of it in the lane. will they replace the mop after every quarter or every basket or rebound. will the drippings encased in the mop stay airborne long enough to drift over to the benches or scorer's tables. there will be no return of the nba or nhl this year.

[homie1975]

if the nba comes back who is going to mop up the sweat after nearly every down court trip with 10 bodies dropping puddles of it in the lane. will they replace the mop after every quarter or every basket or rebound. will the drippings encased in the mop stay airborne long enough to drift over to the benches or scorer's tables. there will be no return of the nba or nhl this year.

supposedly one cannot contract COVID-19 through sweat

[unusialsusp5]

supposedly one cannot contract COVID-19 through sweat

supposedly. so no nba player, coach, or one of the 8 assistant coaches, tv analysts, color guys or multitudes of other people there (no fans) ever coughed or sneezed during a game. when 3 officials are huddled looking into a replay screen will they be 6' apart. the nba circus is over for this year.

[homie1975]

supposedly. so no nba player, coach, or one of the 8 assistant coaches, tv analysts, color guys or multitudes of other people there (no fans) ever coughed or sneezed during a game. when 3 officials are huddled looking into a replay screen will they be 6' apart. the nba circus is over for this year.

the coughing and sneezing a different story. i agree. nba basically done this season. maybe they come back in Oct for next season.

[Microphone]

Done until 21.

Many people underestimate the fans roles in this. If anyone wants sports with no fans, you can have it. Between the health risk and no one being able to afford it, it's tough sledding ahead. And putting in context how fans help make sporting moments, I can't imagine seeing these sequences without the role of the fans:

https://youtu.be/4IQr069iKJQ?t=16239

https://youtu.be/CBWk4XHaJ_A?t=82

https://youtu.be/hU4iucnuYNg?t=176

No thanks.

[Black Coffee]

players won't push the league to restart until their checks get smaller...

[homie1975]

Done until 21.

Many people underestimate the fans roles in this. If anyone wants sports with no fans, you can have it. Between the health risk and no one being able to afford it, it's tough sledding ahead. And putting in context how fans help make sporting moments, I can't imagine seeing these sequences without the role of the fans:

https://youtu.be/4IQr069iKJQ?t=16239

https://youtu.be/CBWk4XHaJ_A?t=82

https://youtu.be/hU4iucnuYNg?t=176

No thanks.

you may have no choice. if you think fans will go running back into stadiums, arenas, and golf peanut galleries (those are the worst because they are stacked person to person), then you are in for a huge surprise.

enjoy the past with those crowd ovations, because they might be gone for years.

society might be changed for two to three years or longer after this.

it will be tough for fans to scream for great sports plays when they are all wearing N95 respirators.

[homie1975]

players won't push the league to restart until their checks get smaller...

league lawyers will push right back. a string of lawsuits due to team personnel sickness or death could bring a franchise to its knees

[Microphone]

you may have no choice. if you think fans will go running back into stadiums, arenas, and golf peanut galleries (those are the worst because they are stacked person to person), then you are in for a huge surprise.

enjoy the past with those crowd ovations, because they might be gone for years.

society might be changed for two to three years or longer after this.

it will be tough for fans to scream for great sports plays when they are all wearing N95 respirators.

Exactly my point. Not sure if it's of any interest to me. Maybe I'll change with the times. Maybe not.

[homie1975]

Exactly my point. Not sure if it's of any interest to me. Maybe I'll change with the times. Maybe not.

if you love sports, you will change and accept it. or you will leave.

i used to absolutely love attending baseball, basketball, and football games, back in the late 80's and early 90's. it was a great experience.

then the commercialism and crowds took over and i simply don't go back.

others went back.

if you truly love sports, you will watch the game when there are no fans and you will appreciate the players, coaches, quality of the game with the refs, and the announcing. so you won't get the crowd noise? BFD

one thing is for sure: sports does not care because they will replace you with another fan.

[jjgold]

I don’t know how the national basketball Association can survive this

[homie1975]

I don’t know how the national basketball Association can survive this

they will come back in Oct for the 2020-21 season and the TV ratings will be OFF THE CHARTS

[unusialsusp5]

players won't be into it. every nba player has enough money to survive.

[Microphone]

https://twitter.com/Jared_Carrabis/status/1249541036503896064

From earlier today. A preview? Yuck.

[The General]

Gut feel, NBA is gonna make a Kobe tribute Laker championship work this year, even if the games are played at Lebron's house. 😁

[johnnyvegas13]

Gut feel, NBA is gonna make a Kobe tribute Laker championship work this year, even if the games are played at Lebron's house. 😁

This

And I will add one more prediction

Tv ratings will break records

[JIBBBY]

Exactly my point. Not sure if it's of any interest to me. Maybe I'll change with the times. Maybe not.

Can have the empty stadium play with simulation crowd noise artificially done in the key moments.. That could be done.. Artificial crowd noise with every score or big play for both teams.. Can do that for tv viewers and in the stadium loud speakers..

The leagues will have to get creative to keep player and fan interest at peak levels...

[homie1975]

Gut feel, NBA is gonna make a Kobe tribute Laker championship work this year, even if the games are played at Lebron's house. 

except the clippers are better and will beat them to win the West

[johnnyvegas13]

Can have the empty stadium play with simulation crowd noise artificially done in the key moments.. That could be done.. Artificial crowd noise with every score or big play for both teams.. Can do that for tv viewers and in the stadium loud speakers..

The leagues will have to get creative to keep player and fan interest at peak levels...

Lol

Sound so like a NBA sitcom

[SBR_Guest_Pro]

nobody cares about NBA. Basketball = Throw a ball into a hoop. Fans = OMG! Heck ya, he just threw that ball into a hoop

please

[PittsburghPlayer]

Get rid of the NBA period.

reported

[The General]

Anthony Towns surely ready to get back in action. His mother would obviously want him to risk the same fate just to toss a ball around for our pleasure.