The NBA and Adam Silver have shown leadership in crisis. In many ways all other sports, and the country at large, have taken their cues from them.
And while the league’s hand may have been forced following the positive coronavirus diagnosis of Rudy Gobert and others, that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t get credit. Compare the reaction Silver’s decisive action has gotten to the one of the man who occupies the highest office in the land for evidence of that.
Suspending the entire season isn’t easy. By doing so immediately the NBA caused a domino effect that led to the cancellation of March Madness and a pause for all other major sports, which hopefully will help to keep the pandemic from spreading.