The 2019-20 NBA season is completely up in the air after Thursday’s announcement all games have been suspended following Utah player Rudy Gobert’s positive test for coronavirus.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver defended the league’s swift testing of players for the new coronavirus on Thursday (AEDT) as the vast majority of Americans face long waits to be tested for the disease.
The NBA is considering an idea where some players would be quarantined or isolated for purposes of being able to compete against one another and provide basketball fans with some sort of diversion from the coronavirus pandemic.