The first two weeks of the NBA season were rife with blowouts, and this past week has seen a series of coronavirus cases and resultant contract tracing that has ravaged rosters. Injuries are mounting. The rush to start the 2020-21 campaign feels more callous by the day, and yet the league is prepared to forge ahead.
In fact, “There are no plans to pause the season,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass told multiple media outlets in a statement on Sunday. According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the subject was somehow not even mentioned on a call between commissioner Adam Silver and the league’s board of governors on Friday.