The more we hear about the NBA’s developing plan to return this summer, the harder it sounds to pull off.
When last we covered the growing optimism around the resumption of the 2019-20 season, we outlined the league’s shift from abject safety to reduced risk in the face of a stark financial landscape. The NBA is still developing its plan for what basketball may look like amid the coronavirus pandemic, but momentum continues toward crowning a champion. Yet, each wave of new information only elicits more questions about the sensibility of playing a contact sport under threat of a highly contagious and deadly virus.