The national basketball Association will need almost three months to complete the 2019/2020 season, according to ESPN.
There are 259 regular-season games left on the calendar, which will take 33 days to complete. A full playoff will take another 55 days to complete.
The regular season of the NBA was suspended after the coronavirus was found in the French center of the club “Utah jazz” Rudy Gober. Several other League players were later infected, including Brooklyn nets forward Kevin Durant.
An outbreak of COVID-19 was recorded at the end of last year in Wuhan (China). On March 11, the world health organization declared the epidemic a pandemic. To date, we know about more than 3.3 million infected and 237 thousand dead. More than one million people have recovered.
The 2020 NBA draft ceremony has been postponed indefinitely
The Board of governors of the National basketball Association voted to postpone the 2020 draft ceremony and draft combine indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to ESPN.
Initially, the event was supposed to take place in Chicago on June 25, but now it will be held tentatively in August-September.
The regular season of the NBA was suspended after the coronavirus was found in the French center of the club “Utah jazz” Rudy Gober. Several other League players were later infected, including Brooklyn nets forward Kevin Durant.
The NBA management intends to finish the 2019/2020 season. one of the solutions to the problem is to postpone the start of the next season to December. This was also discussed on the League Council’s conference call.
Agent told how Michael Jordan refused to earn $ 100 million in two hours
Agent David Falk, who worked with Michael Jordan throughout his career, said that three years ago, the NBA legend turned down the opportunity to earn $ 100 million by spending two hours at one of the events.
“Three years ago, I arranged a $ 100 million deal for him. In addition to providing his name and image, he had to attend the event for two hours and announce the deal. But Michael refused.
God bless him. Michael has been so successful that he can now do whatever he wants or not do what he doesn’t like. I really admire it. He is very selective in the things that he wants to be involved in,” Clutch Points quotes Falk as saying.
Recall that Jordan was recognized six times as the most valuable player of the NBA finals series. The basketball player finished his career in 2003, when he was 40 years old.