NBA Journal: Basketball isn’t close to returning. What will it look like when it does?

AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post Nikola Jokic (15) of the Denver Nuggets walks the back hallways of Pepsi Center before the first quarter against the San Antonio Spurs on Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. If we’ve learned anything about COVID-19 and how it relates to the NBA, it’s that Commissioner Adam Silver’s initial 30-day timeframe to shut down the league was conservative. Just about anybody would gladly accept a month-long suspension if it meant games would be played on the other side of this hiatus.

But a little more than a week removed from the league’s new reality – the world’s new reality, really – indications from leading health authorities suggest the coronavirus pandemic will get worse in…