Celtics forward Jaylen Brown says the consensus among NBA players is that they want the league to resume, just not at the expense of the public.
“We don’t want to come back too early and make people feel like things are OK and that things are not potentially dangerous,” Brown said Wednesday afternoon during an appearance on CNN. “All of us want to play.”
Brown was among those on a recent players-only conference call organized by Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Chris Paul, who is also president of the National Basketball Players Association. Brown, one of the NBPA vice presidents, said the purpose of the call was for Paul to “do his due diligence” and “get a feel for what players want” amid the league’s shutdown as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.