This is obviously a correct decision, because no one knows how many people will be affected by the epidemic, especially at that time when the league was in a critical period for ranking, which was confirmed by several subsequent diagnoses.
From the moment of time-out, everyone in the league devoted themselves to the efforts to resume the game. Last week, some teams began to resume training facilities, but there is still a long way to go before the full semi-finals.
In this case, Ethan Becker, an American basketball expert, discussed this issue and thought that the three major dilemmas of the league semi-finals need to be solved urgently, and the new season will not be spared.
1. How will the rest of the season go?
At the beginning of this month, the league announced that it would postpone the time of the draft draw for two reasons. One is that the season is not over yet and the team ranking is not clear.
Second, the current situation is that neither the league team nor the rookie can participate in the joint test, and the team can't get the real performance of the players.
At present, there is no news of changing the lottery time. From this point, it is not difficult to see that the league hopes to resume the season, but the first question is, if the rematch is forced, how will the rest of the season be carried out?
The rest of the game will take about 3-4 months to complete, which is obviously a huge project. Faced with this problem, does it involve the next one? Neutral city? Title.
2. Can the neutral city plan be realized?
Faced with this situation, the idea given by the league is to go to a closed and neutral city where all players and staff (according to ESPN data, at least 1500 people) can live, work and play.
If hotel staff and other members of the team are included, the number will increase to 1800-2000, and each person needs at least 10 set of testing equipment to meet the basic needs, which means that 20,000 sets of testing suites are needed. How to solve the test suite is not a small problem.
In addition, it is almost impossible for players to make concessions if they want to be separated from their families.
3. Impact on 202 1 season and subsequent seasons.
The league's previous forecast is that the new season will be rematched in 65438+February, and the new season will be completed in August of the following year, followed by a three-month offseason.
This means that this suspension will have a long-term impact on all seasons of the future league. Considering that the ratings of the games broadcast in summer will be seriously affected (the time conflict with Major League Baseball), the league needs to make more detailed plans and more careful consideration.
Then Ethan Becker, a basketball expert, said that it seems more feasible to cancel the season based on the above three points.
The league can allow teams to re-sign existing free agents before June 10. During this period, the league will upgrade its online equipment to ensure all activities that need to be carried out during the offseason.
In addition, according to the current ranking of NBA teams, the lottery will be held in June 10. Considering that each team can't refer to the rookie ability, the NBA can refer to the NFL's practice and agree that the team reserves the draft right until the season resumes.
In this way, except this season, other seasons will be back on track.
But the question is, the CDC predicts that the epidemic will break out in the second wave, so will the recovery according to the normal time of 2020-2 1 season be affected again?
This puts the alliance in a dilemma, and it is basically impossible to meet all the requirements.
No matter what decision the league finally makes, the safety of players and their families is obviously the most important compared with serious economic losses.