Although the NBA has been holding out hope in public for the last month that they feel there is some way for them to resume their season and crown a 2020 NBA Champion, the indicators from the real world continue to cast significant doubt on those possibilities.
The Chinese Basketball Association, which has been attempting to figure out a way to return to play for months, beginning with a target date of April, will now have a potential restart pushed back to at least July, according to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony. And a decision on when they can return won’t be made for about a month.
No final decision on the CBA’s season can be made without government clearance, which won’t happen until mid-May at the earliest, sources told ESPN. The possibility of canceling the remainder of the season is still very much in play.
So for China, cancelling their basketball season is in serious consideration, likely indicating that basketball around the world will not continue until at least that time. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver also indicated that he would not make any major decisions until at least May about the future of the NBA season.
