With news from Oklahoma City of the abrupt cancellation of tonight’s Thunder-Jazz game, the NBA has reportedly taken the next logical step and suspended the season for the time being due to the threat of Coronavirus, or COVID-19.
The official word comes from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski:
Woj goes on to say in a follow-up tweet that this is being called a “hiatus” by Commissioner Adam Silver and the league office until they can figure out how best to move forward.
UPDATE: It’s official.
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As it happens, the apparent COVID-19 patient zero for the NBA turns out to have been Rudy Gobert of the Jazz.