We're Going To Disney World!!

With this from ESPN, it looks like the team that will win the championship will be the one that stayed in the best shape and has the best chemistry during the break. I like our chances! We can finally answer all the questions about this team and regardless look forward to next!

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https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29213517/nba-talks-resume-play-disney-espn-wide-world-sports-complex

Never mind the hairdresser, did you see those idiots in Missouri swimming elbow to elbow?? I could not see the water there were so many people in there. Not a lick of common sense. This really makes you wonder

https://sports.yahoo.com/charles-barkley-citing-tnt-bosses-is-100-percent-sure-nba-season-will-resume-003430625.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_04



Charles Barkley, citing TNT bosses, '100 percent sure' NBA season will resume



Jason Owens,Yahoo Sports•May 25, 2020, 5:34 PM




Charles Barkley has a knack for making headlines with his comments.

But did he actually share some inside information about the fate of the NBA season on Monday?

Barkley, who works on TNT’s NBA studio show “Inside the NBA,” appeared on ESPN’s “The Paul Finebaum Show” (h/t@The Score) and discussed his thoughts on the return of college football in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, he talked about the NBA, which needs to make a decision on its 2019-20 season much sooner.


‘I’m 100 percent sure’

“We’re gonna make a decision in the next week," Barkley said about the NBA. “I'm 100 percent sure we're going to play. I know my friends in Major League Baseball are going to play. I think that the hockey league is going to play.

“I think the pro football and the college football, they have to sit back and see how it goes for us.”

Was Barkley just speculating, or does he know something that we don’t? Later in the conversation, he said he was speaking based on conversations with TNT management.


‘Talking to my bosses at Turner ...’

“I do know this, talking to my bosses at Turner,” Barkley said. “We're going to play basketball. It's gonna be in Florida and (Las) Vegas, or just Florida.”

If the NBA does have firm plans to finish the season, it makes sense that the league would figure things out with its broadcast partners before making the information public.

Of course Barkley said himself that a decision is pending before stating that he’s “100 percent sure” about the fate of the season. So it’s best not to place any firm bets based on Barkley’s comments. But it’s one more sign pointing the league’s return.


Did Charles Barkley share some inside information on the fate of the NBA season? (Photo by Leon Bennett/WireImage)


Where do things stand for the NBA?

The latest official news has the NBA confirming that it’s in talks with Disney about restarting the season at the Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando in a so-called “bubble” league that would isolate teams in one area.

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Monday that the NBPA is in talks with teams and players to gather feedback on the proposed bubble league.



Adrian Wojnarowski

@wojespn
The NBPA’s Michele Roberts is conducting team-by-team conference calls with players, detailing talks with NBA on formats for resumption of play in Orlando, financial implications of those options and gathering feedback, sources tell ESPN.

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Players want to play

Meanwhile, Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes reported earlier in May that a group of star players including LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kawhi Leonard held a conference call and agreed that they wanted to resume the season with proper safety protocols.

Oklahoma City Thunder guard and NBPA president Chris Paul confirmed that stance days later.


Coronavirus is still here

So again. Everything points to the NBA resuming its season if all parties can work out the details. But the details are complicated. Especially considering that the COVID-19 pandemic is maintaining its grip on the United States and could see a resurgence with shelter-in-place guidelines being lifted nationwide.

As of Monday, the U.S. had tallied more than 1.6 million confirmed COVID-19 cases with more than 15,000 new cases on Monday. The domestic death toll is more than 97,000.


Barkley on challenges of a sequestered playoff

Barkley brought up some of the concerns that could come from a sequestered NBA playoffs, especially if a player gets sick.

“You can’t stop the playoffs,” Barkley said. “I think a team’s gonna have to just forfeit a series. If any of their players —not even their best player, gets the virus.

“You’re going to have to to sequester the entire team and they’re gonna have to forfeit a round of the playoffs. They’re gonna be gone from the playoffs.”

He also spoke about the challenges of social distancing for players on and off the court.

“The key is gonna be the players,” Barkley said. “I mean, listen — big basketball players pushing on each other in the lane, fighting for rebounds and post position, there’s no way they can social distance.

“You got to worry — they say they’re gonna put them in a hotel for two or three months. I’m like, ‘Well are the maids gonna be in the hotel for two or three months?’ The maids are gonna go home every day. What about the people in room service? They’re gonna go home every day. So it’s just a lot of unanswered questions.”


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I'm pretty sure Barkley is the worst prognosticator of his 100% guarantees, somewhere south of 1%.

He'll occasionally get one right under the Blind Squirrel Theorem, but we'll see on this.

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P.S. Silver is on the clock as in the next couple of days he's in his self-proclaimed 2-4 week range of announcing the fate of this postponed season.

Wasn’t Barkley the one preaching that the season should NOT continue?? Now hw is a genius

Was this all a social distancing conspiracy by the NBA to spread the offense, open up lanes, and depend on the 3 point shot?

worcester wrote:Was this all a social distancing conspiracy by the NBA to spread the offense, open up lanes, and depend on the 3 point shot?

Worcester,

Cowens will be the first to tell you that today's NBA doesn't allow a defender to so much as breathe on his man.


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So Draper is yapping on television that if the Celtics lose to the 76ers in the first round this will be a major embarrassment to the team. He basically said it is going to happen. Wonder why he bothers doing Boston basketball, he is so busy rooting for philly.

Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
7 hours ago
Brad Stevens on the opening of the Auerbach Center this week: "We have a number of players that are here in Boston and going in."



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Jay King @ByJayKing
about 7 hours ago
Brad Stevens said the Celtics have preached to players to stay a week away from their best shape. He said "ultimately we're all on call."



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I am a bit apprehensive about this but it seems they are determined to finish this season one way or another. It is going to be interesting, to say the least