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How could an Olympic cancellation affect the Wizards and Mystics this year?

According to various reports, including from The New York Times and The Sunday Times of the United Kingdom, there is internal chatter within the Japanese government and the International Olympic Committee that the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will not happen in July 2021. The games were previously delayed one year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

If the Olympics are cancelled, they would have impacts on the Washington Wizards and Mystics, though in different ways. We’ll go over that later.

Why could the Olympics be cancelled?

If the Olympics are cancelled, it’s because the coronavirus pandemic is still out of control in much of the world.