shyt they are better off having the dudes who are in the video game league do it with a player coach also playing with them.
BREAKING NEWS: NBA suspends 2019-2020 season
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China delays re-start of basketball, other events
9:34 AM ET
In a setback to the resumption of professional sports, the Chinese government issued an order Tuesday delaying the re-start of the Chinese Basketball Association and other group sporting events, according to documents obtained by ESPN.
The CBA's attempts to return to action after being shut down since January is being seen as a test case for American sports leagues, especially the NBA in the future.
The General Administration of Sport, the body that issued the order, gave no timetable on when it plans to lift the new restriction. The CBA had been making plans to split its 20 teams and send them to two cities and have them play each other in empty arenas within a month, a plan the NBA might consider down the line.
While the spread of the disease has slowed dramatically in China and some aspects of life are headed toward normalcy, sports officials are concerned about asymptomatic carriers, sources said.
The Chinese government announced this week that it soon plans to release official numbers on people who have been found to be asymptomatic, a category that has previously not been broken out in public statistics.
In addition to basketball, the government specifically also shut down the possibility of marathons and encouraged citizens to work out by themselves and in groups connected through the internet.
The CBA planned to house teams in quarantined hotels with multiple temperature checks per day to try to avoid the risk of exposure and spread of the virus. More than a dozen American players, including Jeremy Lin and Lance Stephenson, returned to China within the last two weeks to start a 14-day quarantine with the expectation the season could begin soon.
The teams had begun holding practices as they waited for their foreign teammates to be cleared to join them. It wasn't immediately clear if these would be allowed to continue.
9:34 AM ET
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Brian WindhorstESPN Senior Writer
In a setback to the resumption of professional sports, the Chinese government issued an order Tuesday delaying the re-start of the Chinese Basketball Association and other group sporting events, according to documents obtained by ESPN.
The CBA's attempts to return to action after being shut down since January is being seen as a test case for American sports leagues, especially the NBA in the future.
The General Administration of Sport, the body that issued the order, gave no timetable on when it plans to lift the new restriction. The CBA had been making plans to split its 20 teams and send them to two cities and have them play each other in empty arenas within a month, a plan the NBA might consider down the line.
While the spread of the disease has slowed dramatically in China and some aspects of life are headed toward normalcy, sports officials are concerned about asymptomatic carriers, sources said.
The Chinese government announced this week that it soon plans to release official numbers on people who have been found to be asymptomatic, a category that has previously not been broken out in public statistics.
In addition to basketball, the government specifically also shut down the possibility of marathons and encouraged citizens to work out by themselves and in groups connected through the internet.
The CBA planned to house teams in quarantined hotels with multiple temperature checks per day to try to avoid the risk of exposure and spread of the virus. More than a dozen American players, including Jeremy Lin and Lance Stephenson, returned to China within the last two weeks to start a 14-day quarantine with the expectation the season could begin soon.
The teams had begun holding practices as they waited for their foreign teammates to be cleared to join them. It wasn't immediately clear if these would be allowed to continue.
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Klay and KD will be healthy enough to play again by the time the NBA comes back.
I tweeted this idea to the nba the day it shut down so it’s cool to see obviously other ppl were thinking the same thing.
I suggested this to my boys too.
it could be done look at wwe raw
players gonna want their money
can you iamgine ratings when nothing else is on tv?
Vince McMahon is a slave master basically.
I doubt any of the wrestler outside of the ones that might actually die have a say.
From the stuff I'm listening to, I don't see much from the player's union.
DJ Paul's Arm
Veteran
Flex Luger
Job Is Finished
Look at this dude only looking out for Bron
nice...this’ll continue to drive his stock up as an agent...he had the foresight to protect close to 40% of his clients in “hard times”...granted I doubt any of them are starving but it’s still a hell of a perk
This Wuhan virus shyt is not letting up anytime soon, and the after shock will be just as damaging. I don’t want to see games without fans in attendance. The WWE is carrying out their events without an audience and it is absolutely trash. The atmosphere is flat. We got a good 5 months of basketball, I am satisfied. I am looking forward to seeing all the injured stars, KD, Wall, Curry, Klay, Dame, etc 100% healthy and we start fresh in October...hopefully. It’s a wrap for the 19-20 season. 
The day Kobe died I done mentally checked out of this season anyways. Nothing felt right, the emptiness was deafening. I think everyone needs a reset.
Kinguno
The Immortal
Money
They most likely pushing next season back to start December and end in July or mid August to time it just before the NFL season
For some reason the NBA believes it can compete with the NFL on all these things but is afraid to air the same day
Most NFL games are on local networks but that’s a conversation for another thread
They most likely pushing next season back to start December and end in July or mid August to time it just before the NFL season
For some reason the NBA believes it can compete with the NFL on all these things but is afraid to air the same day
Most NFL games are on local networks but that’s a conversation for another thread