And so it begins.
The NBA is back, we think, although a lot remains to be settled between now and a potential opening date of July 31 in Orlando. Like the question of how they actually intend to pull this off, for instance.
For a league that said, “it’s about the data and not the date,” it’s notable that we have a date and no data. The unknowns still vastly outnumber the knowns at this point. The league hasn’t said how it will insure the safety of players and personnel, or what those protocols might even be, or how they would handle a hypothetical spread of COVID-19 within the bubble, or about a hundred other questions. While COVID-19 cases have plateaued nationally, they are still increasing in some places – notably, um, Florida.
Since I already discussed this point with our Seth Partnow earlier this week, I won’t belabor the point further. While the league spends the next six weeks dealing with a Herculean…
