Radical idea could help battle COVID-19 spread
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00:00Could the NBA season return but quarantined in a sense?
00:04That's an idea that's been put out there.
00:05And for more, I'm joined by senior writer Chris Mannix.
00:07Chris, one of the suggestions I've seen
00:09is a location like Las Vegas,
00:11where you have the teams and essential personnel
00:13and you play it out.
00:14What are your thoughts on that idea?
00:17Well, the NBA is discussing a scenario
00:20where the playoff teams would be quarantined in Las Vegas
00:25for some type of postseason.
00:26They're discussing it at the highest level.
00:29One of the concerns that the league office
00:32has about successfully conducting a postseason
00:35is the travel arrangements.
00:37Now, every team, of course, flies private,
00:40but there are going to be some cities
00:42that are in tougher circumstances than others.
00:44So if, say, Memphis is fine and LA is not,
00:48that would significantly make a first-round series
00:51there problematic.
00:52By bringing everybody to Las Vegas,
00:55you could have everybody under one roof.
00:58You could have medical personnel there
01:00to deal with any of the issues that may arise.
01:02And it would certainly clear a lot of the obstacles in place
01:05towards successfully having a postseason.
01:08Yeah, I mean, obviously,
01:09I think we all would say safety first, right?
01:11But if you are able to do it in some sort of safe fashion,
01:15this does make sense to me.
01:18It makes a lot of sense.
01:19And look, the NBA has got a long history with Las Vegas.
01:22The Summer League has become extraordinarily successful
01:26and has become a must-see event for NBA fans.
01:29Every team in the league participated
01:31in the last Summer League.
01:33So they have relationships there with the hotels.
01:36They have relationships there with the arenas.
01:38This is something that could be put together
01:41relatively quickly.
01:42And if you're talking about conducting a safe
01:44and effective postseason,
01:46one location really is the only place to do it.
01:49And from what I've been told,
01:51there's no location that's been discussed
01:53other than Las Vegas.
01:54Chris, appreciate your time and information as always.
01:58You got it.