The NBA and Mickey hand in hand? Various sources suggest that the North American basketball league is considering the idea of ending its 2019-20 season in a single place, under a bell, just to protect itself as much as possible against the Covid-19 pandemic. In any case, this is one of the scenarios under study. We talked about Los Angeles or Las Vegas to host the Association's grand barnum. In recent hours, Kevin O'Connor of The Ringer has added Houston to the list of potential sites. But according to Shams Charania and Sam Amick of The Athletic , it is Orlando who holds the rope. Disney World is indeed announced as a "big favorite" by the two US journalists.
The NBA has Orlando / Disney World as a clear frontrunner for return-to-play site for resuming 2019-20 season, sources tell me and @sam_amick. Orlando has gained significant seriousness among other cites such as Las Vegas.
- Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 20, 2020At Mickey, we believe in it
And we also seem to believe hard as Mickey. "We are confident that we will welcome the season in one way or another," said a source at Walt Disney World "from Keith Smith of Yahoo . Maybe not the whole season, but we think the NBA will be there to at least finish part of its season. There are still obstacles to cross, but we are preparing as if it were the case. ”
As a way to maybe give a sense of just how big Walt Disney World is, these two pictures may help.
The first is a property map. You can see the Sports Complex at the bottom in the middle.
The second is a map of New York City. WDW is roughly mapped out and overlaid in blue. pic.twitter.com/fgVgVhdPD1
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Recall that the NBA stopped its regular season on March 11, after the announcement of the positive diagnosis of French Rudy Gobert (Utah) to the coronavirus. It was the first proven case in the NBA. Several clubs have reopened their training center in recent days, but there is no question of a resumption of the regular season yet. Shams Charania reported on May 12 that Commissionaire Adam Silver had to make a decision on a possible recovery within two to four weeks. The various actors seem, in majority, favorable to the outfit of the end of the season, like LeBron James, Stephen Curry and several of the biggest stars in the league.
Reporting with @ZachLowe_NBA: NBA teams are expecting the league office will issue guidelines around June 1 that will allow franchises to start recalling players who've left their markets to return as a first step toward a formal ramp-up for the season's resumption.
- Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 20, 2020The recovery for mid-July?
Again according to Charania and Amnick, the scenario which envisages complete trainings mid-June and the first matches mid-July would collect the majority of the votes. If we believe Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN , the NBA should also give clubs, which have less than twenty games to play, the instructions for a return to business by June 1, thus authorizing the said franchises to recall players who have left the city where they play, or even the country. The plan ? Two weeks of quarantine for the ghosts, one to two weeks of individual work in the room and two to three weeks of collective work. One thing is certain: a wind of optimism is suffering in the country of Uncle Sam.
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