The NBA would possibly turn to Mickey Mouse, as it appears to play basketball in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, only this time for the G League.
According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the G League is “focused” on a 2021 season from 12 to 15 games at Walt Disney World Resort. The interim plan is to start the season on February 8 with the groups coming to the market of their home. January 19 and arrives at the bubble-shaped location on January 26.
The playoffs would take place from March 5-9.
Eighteen of the league’s groups have selected to play this season, adding the Ignite team, G League Elite. However, 11 of the NBA franchises have selected to play for their G League affiliates this season.
These are Atlanta (College Park Skyhawks), Boston (Maine Red Claws), Chicago (Windy City Bulls), Dallas (Texas Legends), Detroit (Grand Rapids Drive), Los Angeles Lakers (South Bay Lakers), Miami (Sioux Falls Skyforce), Milwaukee (Wisconsin Herd), Phoenix (Northern Arizona Suns), Sacramento (Stockton Kings) and Washington (Capital City Go-Go;
The most important situation of the G League season will be how the Ignite list faces professional competition.
The list will include a number of more sensitive customers in the 2021 draft, adding Jonathan Kuminga, Jalen Green and Isaiah Todd. Instead of playing school basketball, they took the opportunity to play at a professional point and earn a salary before being eligible to move to the point of the sport.
The resolution comes immediately after the end of the 2019-2020 NBA Crusade at Walt Disney World Resort.
It was one of the few successes of a sporting year full of so much uncertainty, as there were no positive cases of COVID-19 during the total time the league was in the bubble, which contrasts sharply with the disorders faced by other leagues. looking to play seasons in national markets.
That’s what the NBA is looking to do in 2020-21, and a game had to be postponed between the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder.