The form of the 2020-21 NBA season is beginning to emerge, as is the hypothesis about which superstars might or would not agree with the league’s plan.
In a turn compared to a date announced in the past in early February or March to allow enthusiasts to return to the arenas, which now turns out to be a chime dream with the COVID-19 pandemic, the league now points to a Christmas start date with a schedule of 72 games, which are likely to be played in national markets without assistance.
That would mark the beginning of the educational camp, which the New York Times reports on Marc Stein on Monday that could come on December 1, less than two months after the Los Angeles Lakers finished his naming career. His teammates are already saying that LeBron James won ‘t.
“I think a lot of guys if they say we started in December, [I] think they’re like, ‘possibly I wouldn’t be here,'” Lakers goalkeeper Danny Green said Monday in an interview on The Ringer Podcast. . I wouldn’t expect to see him [James] probably during the first month of the season. “
That’s going to happen.
James may feel that now: the proposed opening night is just before his 36th birthday, and he has just spent a three-month stay at Disney World where he hasn’t noticed his children. He may not be the last star to bother. returning to education camp just six weeks after the end of the 2020 finals, is not very appealing to anyone.
In March, when the full extent of coronavirus risk was just beginning to become known, James strongly opposed the concept that the NBA might have to play games without enthusiasts for a few weeks until the virus is under control.
“I’m not playing,” James told reporters on March 7, 4 days before the suspension of the NBA season when Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. “I have no enthusiasts in the crowd. That’s what I play for, I play for my teammates. Game for enthusiasts. That’s what it’s all about. If I show up in an arena and there are no enthusiasts there, I don’t play. They can do whatever they want. “
Three days after those initial comments, as the risk was increasingly genuine but had not yet come to an end, James returned to his post.
One can only speculate that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver called James in March to tell him that, no, the most productive player in the league and the biggest star would not miss the games if they run out of fans. Whatever the cause, James came here and became one of the biggest champions of the league’s reboot plan.
He saw the total situation, even as the United States and the NBA searched for his soul after the murder of George Floyd. The NBA can use its platform to advertise social replacement while recovering money from television. If they cancel the 2019-2020 season and lose a year. playing, winning and spreading their social justice messages to the public, no one wins. Most players also found the most of them on that side, with a few exceptions. Some have noticed the monetary ramifications. Others simply didn’t need to spend so much time between games.
The same is true now. The NBA and the players’ union are negotiating at breakneck speed to set a new pay cap, the November 18 draft, a loose firm in the final week of November, a camp in early December, and games around Christmas, one of the NBA’s big shows. days off.
Would some players like a longer off-season after physical and intellectual exhaustion related to bubble play?Team governors would also like to sell tickets to fans, but they may not be able to. Fans are looking ahead to return to the games, however, they will have to wait for the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine. this pandemic, everyone has to make sacrifices.
The NBA has made a decision about what array can do Some in the league have pushed in recent years to permanently move the league to a schedule from December to August, Silver argues that the ultimate purpose is to return to the timeline from October to June for season 221-Season 22.
From a profit point of view, next season is ruined anyway. This is the long-term vision, the same long-term vision that led James and other star players to return to Orlando’s unprecedented bubble that first had them skeptical. .
Ending this season in the domestic markets with all the trips in question and finishing in time to start next season in October will require more sacrifices from everyone.
Following Green’s comments about James, the Lakers forward Jared Dudley tweeted: “The screen will pass, don’t cry a river when the stars on TVArray . . . especially the most productive groups that have played a longer full season. . . “
There will be more such discussions in the coming weeks and maybe there will be cargo management, but the concept that James, or someone of his stature, would take away the start of the season to rest is implausible.
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The bubble was, through all accounts, a crisis for the NBA, as it competed for air time with the NFL, MLB and other sports on a calendar component in which it did not. not used to playing. Everyone will be very motivated to catch up with at least one component of that field this compressed follow-up season, and that would probably not happen if the top players are sitting on national television. I
If players have this in mind, they will obviously be prompted through the league or when wage cap projections are published.
Even more than the good fortune of the 2019-2020 season, spending the 2020-21 season will outline the NBA’s fortunes for years to come. Everyone from Silver to James, the team governors and the base among the players, knows that. Maybe James will only have to have a shorter off-season for this to happen.
Sean Highkin covers the NBA for Bleacher Report. Se graduated from the University of Oregon and lives in Portland. His paintings have been revered through the Association of Professional Basketball Writers. Follow him on Twitter, Instagram and in the B/R app.
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