Detroit Tigers infielder Jordy Mercer speaks July 27, 2020, about the coronavirus concerns amid the outbreak within the Miami Marlins organization. Detroit Free Press
The NBA is back.
Sort of, what with its facsimiles of humans in the stands and its canned applause and its partitioned-off scorer’s table.
Such is life at the moment. Such is life for a good while longer: Where real games unfold in unreal circumstances, with the threat that the games could disappear at any moment.
If you’re a fan of professional basketball, opening night felt … surreal.
But also, something like relief.