NBA: The 2020-21 season could very well spark a permanent change
The NBA is discussing the possibility of moving the start of the 2020-21 season, which could spark a permanent change for the league moving forward.
It’s looking more and more like the NBA schedule is going to go under a major change in the upcoming months. And it likely won’t stop with the 2019-20 campaign.
In an ESPN SportsCenter hit with Scott Van Pelt, Adrian Wojnarowski continues to echo that the NBA would be more than willing to push the start of the 2020-21 season if that means being able to conclude, in some aspect.
If the league is even able to play-out the remainder of the 2019-20 season or even just a shortened version of the playoffs, it will almost certainly be without fans present and in some sort of “NBA bubble.” One reason why the NBA might be willing to move the start of next season back, per Woj, is the – probably outside – probability that the next league year can start with fans in the stands.
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Even though it’s entirely too early to predict such a scenario, the NBA is willing to roll the dice in possibly starting the season in, let’s say, December, rather than in October.
Mind you, the NBA just pushed back the opening of its practice facilities. This, to say, that we’re still many steps behind the 2019-20 season even restarting. We actually shouldn’t even be thinking about that as fans. There are way too many steps before that.
The good news is, it appears, that Adam Silver and the league are at the very least discussing potential possibilities and scenarios. The last thing that any sports league needs is a commissioner that isn’t prepared when leadership is needed most.
This is not to say that Adam Silver has all the answers, but from everything we’ve heard the early returns on how he’s handling this situation have been positive.
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There’s still plenty of uncertainty that surrounds the NBA in the immediate future, but one thing is becoming increasingly clear: the conventional NBA calendar might not ever be the same, for better or worse.