OKC Thunder: Smart people are working to bring back the NBA

Optimism abounds that the NBA season will resume, after a conference call between commissioner Adam Silver and player representatives Tuesday. Final decisions and details remain a long way off – perhaps several weeks. But there appears to be a path to at least attempt to resume the season.

And sources told NBA insiders that Silver is promoting a “campus” model, in which teams and personnel would be housed together, like in Orlando (Disney World) or Las Vegas (one of the casino complexes). Orlando seems most likely, since Disney is shuttered by the pandemic.

Such a model fits nicely with the model espoused by Dr. Glenn Copeland, an orthopedic specialist for the Toronto Blue Jays who is part of…