The future of the NBA season remains up in the air due to the coronavirus pandemic. The league suspended its regular season in March due to the COVID-19 outbreak and now reports are indicating that play this year may not resume.
A report from CNBC surfaced claiming that NBA executives and agents want to cancel the remainder of the season.
However, if you listen to Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, that is “not true.”
LeBron says that the people he is talking to hope that the NBA season can resume as soon as it is deemed safe to play.
“Saw some reports about execs and agents wanting to cancel season??? That’s absolutely not true. Nobody I know saying anything like that. As soon as it’s safe we would like to finish our season. I’m ready and our team is ready. Nobody should be canceling anything,” James wrote on Twitter.
The league closed all team facilities and has not played a game since March 11.
The coronavirus outbreak has led to the cancellation or postponing of many large events including The Masters, NCAA Tournament, Coachella, SXSW, the Winter X Games, Stagecoach, Ultra Music Festival in Miami, and more. The NBA, NHL, and MLS have temporarily suspended their seasons.
The coronavirus mainly comes from animals and a majority of those who were infected early either worked at or frequently visited the Huanan seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, according to The Guardian. The virus is similar to Severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) and Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (Mers).
The Wuhan coronavirus is transmitted from person to person through “droplet transmission.” That means an infected person can pass the virus by sneezing or coughing on another person as well as by direct contact.
While a majority of the cases have been detected in the United States and China — with more than 61,000 deaths in the United States — it has now reached many countries around the world. It has also been confirmed in Italy, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and many other eastern countries.
