If the NBA regular season resumes, it is almost “100 percent” the games will be played without fans present, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reported Friday.
Windhorst said on air the NBA will very likely mimic the plan being used in China for a potential end to the current hiatus, which began March 12. In China, ground zero for the coronavirus in recent weeks, the plan for professional basketball to resume includes keeping players in a centralized, isolated location or shared hotel to limit the chance they come in contact with any infected person.
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On Thursday’s episode of the “Road Trippin'” podcast with former Cavs teammates Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye, LeBron James again spoke out against the idea that NBA games would be played in empty arenas or without fans.