2024 NBA Season

[Maslate]

As of now, 4 of their players are confirmed negative: Davis, McGee, Dudley, and Cook leaving 13 remaining players who still not disclosing their status.

The LA Lakers players are all cleared and symptoms free by now including the two players who came out positive more than a week a go.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/5098208002

I just dont get it, why the Lakers management hid the identity of those two players, when we essentially need transparency for the covid cases for our security.
Anyway, I guess most of the player has been recovered already except for Durant? I'm not sure, but he'll surely recover, these guys have a very strong immune system anyway, imagine contracting the virus without having any serious symptoms.

We will hear news from Durant soon, it's good to see that they are slowly recovering and while some players are even making live video to share their status, some athletes are hiding their status, like the Lakers players who were positive of covid.

I haven't heard of any update yet, maybe they stop hoping to continue the NBA season as the covid-19 cases are still rising in big figures.
I won't be surprise if tomorrow, the number of cases in US will rise to 200,000.  #GOD HEAL THE WORLD AND THE PEOPLE

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[Taskford]

As of now, 4 of their players are confirmed negative: Davis, McGee, Dudley, and Cook leaving 13 remaining players who still not disclosing their status.

The LA Lakers players are all cleared and symptoms free by now including the two players who came out positive more than a week a go.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/5098208002

I just dont get it, why the Lakers management hid the identity of those two players, when we essentially need transparency for the covid cases for our security.
Anyway, I guess most of the player has been recovered already except for Durant? I'm not sure, but he'll surely recover, these guys have a very strong immune system anyway, imagine contracting the virus without having any serious symptoms.

We will hear news from Durant soon, it's good to see that they are slowly recovering and while some players are even making live video to share their status, some athletes are hiding their status, like the Lakers players who were positive of covid.

I haven't heard of any update yet, maybe they stop hoping to continue the NBA season as the covid-19 cases are still rising in big figures.
I won't be surprise if tomorrow, the number of cases in US will rise to 200,000.  #GOD HEAL THE WORLD AND THE PEOPLE

Guess the number is nearly reaching for that figure since as of now I think they didn't impose the lockdown yet and if this totally not implemented a huge possibilities that figures will reach or even it could rise up for more and it could be a huge fall down of american  economy.

But I wonder also why there's no news regarding on durant and hopefully he's totally ok since the other players are now recovered from this illness.

[Golftech]

As of now, 4 of their players are confirmed negative: Davis, McGee, Dudley, and Cook leaving 13 remaining players who still not disclosing their status.

The LA Lakers players are all cleared and symptoms free by now including the two players who came out positive more than a week a go.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/5098208002

I just dont get it, why the Lakers management hid the identity of those two players, when we essentially need transparency for the covid cases for our security.
Anyway, I guess most of the player has been recovered already except for Durant? I'm not sure, but he'll surely recover, these guys have a very strong immune system anyway, imagine contracting the virus without having any serious symptoms.

We will hear news from Durant soon, it's good to see that they are slowly recovering and while some players are even making live video to share their status, some athletes are hiding their status, like the Lakers players who were positive of covid.

I haven't heard of any update yet, maybe they stop hoping to continue the NBA season as the covid-19 cases are still rising in big figures.
I won't be surprise if tomorrow, the number of cases in US will rise to 200,000.  #GOD HEAL THE WORLD AND THE PEOPLE

From the replied above you, he mentioned that all the players of  Lakers are being cleared including those two players that came out positive
meaning to say that they've got another test and luckily they've got negative results. Looking forward for the best and HOPE everything will be fine and things will be back to normal and we will be able to see the continuations of this season, we all miss the league..

[Reid]

From the replied above you, he mentioned that all the players of  Lakers are being cleared including those two players that came out positive
meaning to say that they've got another test and luckily they've got negative results. Looking forward for the best and HOPE everything will be fine and things will be back to normal and we will be able to see the continuations of this season, we all miss the league..

Is that really possible or is just a part of the April Fool's day.
From a positive to suddenly a negative test?
Are those test kits broken? 
That smells fishy right?

This is just another way of keeping it.
Tested some of the players then letting the media see it while on the other hand the other will be saved by it including those 2 which are already positive before. Well, I just hope it is all true for their own health.

[Captain Corporate]

 It is usually just a week or maybe two weeks long disease if you can beat it, when you get tested if you are in your first week or even in your secon week you can beat it quite fastly. Doesn't mean that everyone beats it that quickly, I am sure eldery is having more trouble beating it but these are professional basketball players in NBA level, they have one of the best physical conditions in the whole world, if you want to see a very healthy human you should look at an NBA player, except maybe Kendrick Perkins All jokes aside Marcus Smart, Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert are all cleared as well, they have recovered from it, all they had to do was stay inside and never contact anyone and they simply beat it. Also do not forget that it doesn't kill everyone, nor even bothers some people, some people do not even realize they have it until getting tested, so there could be some people who gets infected, walks around feeling awesome, than beat it without even knowing to have it in the first place as well.

[stomachgrowls]

From the replied above you, he mentioned that all the players of  Lakers are being cleared including those two players that came out positive
meaning to say that they've got another test and luckily they've got negative results. Looking forward for the best and HOPE everything will be fine and things will be back to normal and we will be able to see the continuations of this season, we all miss the league..

Is that really possible or is just a part of the April Fool's day.
From a positive to suddenly a negative test?
Are those test kits broken? 
That smells fishy right?

This is just another way of keeping it.
Tested some of the players then letting the media see it while on the other hand the other will be saved by it including those 2 which are already positive before. Well, I just hope it is all true for their own health.

Have the same question in mind unless if they do make use of China test kits which have some report that it is just 40% accurate. 

Unless if the quarantine period is over and they have been re-tested and give out already negative result then thats truly a good news.

Im hoping for this pandemic to end soon, as everyday seems like a torture if i cant watch NBA game. hehe

[Ziskinberg]

Im hoping for this pandemic to end soon, as everyday seems like a torture if i cant watch NBA game. hehe

You said it right, I'm trying to convince myself to settle down and just watch the NBA highlights but it does not give such excitement like watching live games, main reason is I almost see all the games in the NBA so watching highlights does not give much excitement anymore.

[mich]

Quarantine NBA playoffs in Las Vegas? That option is being floated amid coronavirus

“Quarantine the players in July in Las Vegas and to have some form of a tournament that eventually crowns a champion,” Mannix said on the Felger and Mazz podcast on Tuesday. “It’s workable. It’s doable.”

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article241676486.html

[Reid]

Quarantine NBA playoffs in Las Vegas? That option is being floated amid coronavirus

“Quarantine the players in July in Las Vegas and to have some form of a tournament that eventually crowns a champion,” Mannix said on the Felger and Mazz podcast on Tuesday. “It’s workable. It’s doable.”

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article241676486.html

That could work.
I have tried to think about that before as I have seen some of my colleagues living in hotels to do their job.
The company paid for it just so the work will keep on moving.

This could also be applied to NBA players.
Give each of them a hotel room and then check every player in each game.
As long as they will behave then they might really make it happen.
There should be strict rules when doing this. They could not just talk to anyone out there and everything must be cleaned well. It might really work but for a larger expense. 

[Oasisman]

Quarantine NBA playoffs in Las Vegas? That option is being floated amid coronavirus

“Quarantine the players in July in Las Vegas and to have some form of a tournament that eventually crowns a champion,” Mannix said on the Felger and Mazz podcast on Tuesday. “It’s workable. It’s doable.”

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article241676486.html

Not a bad idea though to keep the fans entertained while #stayingathome. But, I also think this isn't the time to stress themselves from overthinking how to resume their business, I mean the number of people who contracted the virus in america has grown every single day. Do they have any steps to help the government in containing the virus so they can resume without the fear for the players to contract the virus again?
But then again, I'm not against this idea, If this is the only step they can do to keep the people to stay at home, so be it.

[Rikafip]

Quarantine NBA playoffs in Las Vegas? That option is being floated amid coronavirus

“Quarantine the players in July in Las Vegas and to have some form of a tournament that eventually crowns a champion,” Mannix said on the Felger and Mazz podcast on Tuesday. “It’s workable. It’s doable.”

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article241676486.html

Business has to go on, whether we like it or not. World can't just stop because of this, or victims of this virus will be nothing compared to financial crisis that will come soon, if everything stops.  Like in that meme; Improvise. Adapt.Overcome.  
Playing without fans is far from ideal, but it is still better than nothing. Some may say owners will loose a lot of money if they play without fans, but think how much they will loose if there are no games at all? Like in trading, you have to cut your losses, and adapt to the situation. It would be good to hear what's players opinion about this, are they willing to continue? And if not, are they ready for salary cut in that case?

[Yaunfitda]

Quarantine NBA playoffs in Las Vegas? That option is being floated amid coronavirus

“Quarantine the players in July in Las Vegas and to have some form of a tournament that eventually crowns a champion,” Mannix said on the Felger and Mazz podcast on Tuesday. “It’s workable. It’s doable.”

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article241676486.html

Business has to go on, whether we like it or not. World can't just stop because of this, or victims of this virus will be nothing compared to financial crisis that will come soon, if everything stops.  Like in that meme; Improvise. Adapt.Overcome.  
Playing without fans is far from ideal, but it is still better than nothing. Some may say owners will loose a lot of money if they play without fans, but think how much they will loose if there are no games at all? Like in trading, you have to cut your losses, and adapt to the situation. It would be good to hear what's players opinion about this, are they willing to continue? And if not, are they ready for salary cut in that case?

Right, not just because some corona shit happens, the world will simply stop. Everyone should learn how to adapt in this kind of situation. Business owners are losing big chunk of money everyday, but it is better to move forward and think of ways to get around with what is going on currently. We can't just sit here and wait till a vaccine discovered, it might take some time. So it is better that NBA games continue without the fans.

[boyptc]

Im hoping for this pandemic to end soon, as everyday seems like a torture if i cant watch NBA game. hehe

It is.

But if you want to kill that boredom that you're feeling, try to watch some of the oldies but goodies championships. 

[joshy23]

Quarantine NBA playoffs in Las Vegas? That option is being floated amid coronavirus

“Quarantine the players in July in Las Vegas and to have some form of a tournament that eventually crowns a champion,” Mannix said on the Felger and Mazz podcast on Tuesday. “It’s workable. It’s doable.”

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article241676486.html

Not a bad idea though to keep the fans entertained while #stayingathome. But, I also think this isn't the time to stress themselves from overthinking how to resume their business, I mean the number of people who contracted the virus in america has grown every single day. Do they have any steps to help the government in containing the virus so they can resume without the fear for the players to contract the virus again?
But then again, I'm not against this idea, If this is the only step they can do to keep the people to stay at home, so be it.

The idea of trying to find ways to resume this business and entertaining the fans, maybe for now, the people and the government needs help to contained this virus people are busy and also afraid from what they are seeing right now, they need to survive as life needs to continue even this struggles really making things very difficult for many people around the world.

[Taskford]

Quarantine NBA playoffs in Las Vegas? That option is being floated amid coronavirus

“Quarantine the players in July in Las Vegas and to have some form of a tournament that eventually crowns a champion,” Mannix said on the Felger and Mazz podcast on Tuesday. “It’s workable. It’s doable.”

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article241676486.html

Not a bad idea though to keep the fans entertained while #stayingathome. But, I also think this isn't the time to stress themselves from overthinking how to resume their business, I mean the number of people who contracted the virus in america has grown every single day. Do they have any steps to help the government in containing the virus so they can resume without the fear for the players to contract the virus again?
But then again, I'm not against this idea, If this is the only step they can do to keep the people to stay at home, so be it.

The idea of trying to find ways to resume this business and entertaining the fans, maybe for now, the people and the government needs help to contained this virus people are busy and also afraid from what they are seeing right now, they need to survive as life needs to continue even this struggles really making things very difficult for many people around the world.

They are with money for this maybe they should postponed the entire season for now since there is a crisis happening and they cannot assure if their players will became healthy since it was proven already that some of the players got positive with the virus. So its best to secure the health of the asset and resume the game when the pandemic ends.

Adjustment is a must here.

[Maslate]

As of now, 4 of their players are confirmed negative: Davis, McGee, Dudley, and Cook leaving 13 remaining players who still not disclosing their status.

The LA Lakers players are all cleared and symptoms free by now including the two players who came out positive more than a week a go.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/5098208002

I just dont get it, why the Lakers management hid the identity of those two players, when we essentially need transparency for the covid cases for our security.
Anyway, I guess most of the player has been recovered already except for Durant? I'm not sure, but he'll surely recover, these guys have a very strong immune system anyway, imagine contracting the virus without having any serious symptoms.

We will hear news from Durant soon, it's good to see that they are slowly recovering and while some players are even making live video to share their status, some athletes are hiding their status, like the Lakers players who were positive of covid.

I haven't heard of any update yet, maybe they stop hoping to continue the NBA season as the covid-19 cases are still rising in big figures.
I won't be surprise if tomorrow, the number of cases in US will rise to 200,000.  #GOD HEAL THE WORLD AND THE PEOPLE

From the replied above you, he mentioned that all the players of  Lakers are being cleared including those two players that came out positive
meaning to say that they've got another test and luckily they've got negative results. Looking forward for the best and HOPE everything will be fine and things will be back to normal and we will be able to see the continuations of this season, we all miss the league..

ohh,, - I don't know how I missed that.
Well, that's a good news, hopefully there will be no more players that will be infected so they can go on with their plans in case they would like to resume the season soon. Like I said in my post, it has happened, the total number of  people infected with covid-19 in the US have now increased to 200,000.

If they really want to resume, they need to ensure there will be no more cases of infection going to happen.

[justdimin]

There is a fine line between making sure the fans are getting the fun they deserve and making sure that NBA doesn't pay a huge penalty and make sure that contracts suddenly doesn't drop because cap will have to be lower due to lack of money NBA teams made etc etc, but also putting lifes in danger.

When you are putting players in Las Vegas and making them play there to finish the league, you are not just putting players there, you are putting coaches, assistant coaches, floor moppers, broadcasters, doctors and many other people there as well, even if there is nobody watching live there in the arena. This is why I think it is quite risky. Could it be done? Sure it could be, but is it really the solution we are looking for? It feels like it wouldn't be fun at all and just would be "lets get this over with already" type of situation which doesn't really worth all the risks involved if you ask me.

[Captain Corporate]

 I do not really mind players getting all the clearence and playing in Vegas if they have to (a lot of penalty involved if they don't, these players are making 100+ million dollars in their contracts so maybe they "could" risk more than a regular guy who makes enough money to just survive. Think about it, are they doing a favor or not? Is there a risk of corona spreading around because of them? If they are not careful sure there is, but if they are super careful and all of them just close down a big hotel (all league players + personal + management etc) than they could basically just limit everything and what is better to keep people at home than actually having NBA games to watch.

 Right now all sports are postponed, all tv shows are postponed because they can't shoot new ones. You can't go outside, you can't buy something from a shop, basically everything is limited. If NBA restarts with precautions, at least that might keep SOME people at home, that is quite important and should be reconsidered.

[harizen]

There is a fine line between making sure the fans are getting the fun they deserve and making sure that NBA doesn't pay a huge penalty and make sure that contracts suddenly doesn't drop because cap will have to be lower due to lack of money NBA teams made etc etc, but also putting lifes in danger.

When you are putting players in Las Vegas and making them play there to finish the league, you are not just putting players there, you are putting coaches, assistant coaches, floor moppers, broadcasters, doctors and many other people there as well, even if there is nobody watching live there in the arena. This is why I think it is quite risky. Could it be done? Sure it could be, but is it really the solution we are looking for? It feels like it wouldn't be fun at all and just would be "lets get this over with already" type of situation which doesn't really worth all the risks involved if you ask me.

I got the picture you are pointing out and it makes sense.

However, the plan will not be executed right away. It still depends on the situation that's why they take the plan to the month of July which is 3 months to go. In a span of 3 months, we can somehow expect that the USA or any country now finds a way now to minimize the infection and able to control it. And it's not as simple as "come on resume the game now" as surely every precaution, safety, and all important things will surely take place. They will not push for something that is unprepared and empty-handed.

The world will not allow the virus to halt everything in a span of several months. Every country is doing its job. I strongly believed that the situation today will now be different 2 to 3 months from now. Just "trust the process".

[Oasisman]

When you are putting players in Las Vegas and making them play there to finish the league, you are not just putting players there, you are putting coaches, assistant coaches, floor moppers, broadcasters, doctors and many other people there as well, even if there is nobody watching live there in the arena. This is why I think it is quite risky. Could it be done? Sure it could be, but is it really the solution we are looking for? It feels like it wouldn't be fun at all and just would be "lets get this over with already" type of situation which doesn't really worth all the risks involved if you ask me.

Exactly, the kind of analogy I'm looking for. Just like what I have mentioned in my previous comment in this thread, I'm thinking resuming with their business ain't a good idea.
Doctors are essentially needed to the public to combat the virus, than being in a business in this dire situation.
This might be labeled as a selfish act from the NBA by holding some medical experts to continue their business amidst the growing number of covid cases in america.