As each day goes by, we appear closer to an NBA return. Over the weekend, the league’s resident bomb-droppers Shams Charania and Adrian Wojnarowksi both reported progress towards the securing of a neutral, safe site for return to play. While the nuts and bolts still need to be outlined, there are many avenues on the…
There are really no good ideas right now among all the North American professional sports leagues who are trying to resume suspended seasons or start delayed campaigns. Every possible path to the course, court, ice, field, pitch, etc. is a bad one for many reasons. Interested parties in the WNBA, NBA, etc. are included in…
Promising comments have recently begun circulating among WNBA officials that the league can still return to play in 2020. But questions like “how soon?”, “for how long” and “at which location(s)” remain complicated to answer. Additionally, what will happen to the team rosters when final cuts are likely to be made without ever having completed…
In this episode of The NBA Podcast, Morten Jensen and Bryan Toporek discuss the latest updates on when (or if) the 2019-20 NBA season will resume in the wake of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s call with players on Friday. Why is a single-site solution more feasible than having every team play at home? Does the…
“I was extremely exhausted going into that game. I tried to shoot around that morning, but I was feeling light-headed so I went to the hospital for an IV.” This was Connecticut Sun forward Theresa Plaisance, who played in China during the WNBA off-season. She could barely breathe in the week leading up to her…
With fans (hopefully) tucked away safely at home and sporting activity taking a back seat on the global agenda, it’s easy to think that all NBA activity has seized as well. But in tracking all the latest news and behind-the-scenes action, we see that’s actually not the case. Per The Athletic’s Sam Amick, there is…
In this episode of The NBA Podcast, Morten Jensen (@msjnba), Bryan Toporek (@btoporek) and special guest Eric Pincus (@EricPincus) of Bleacher Report and Basketball Insiders discuss the financial ramifications of the ongoing NBA shutdown. Why is the league trying to withhold a larger percentage of players’ paychecks? How much could the NBA lose if it…
As the shutdown of public gatherings and spaces hurls ever closer to the scheduled start of the 2020 WNBA season, the league isn’t immune to the ramifications. The alteration of the 2020 WNBA Draft to essentially become a remote event may be just the beginning of necessary modifications. At this point, the WNBA has announced…
In this episode of The NBA Podcast, Morten Jensen (@msjnba) and Bryan Toporek (@btoporek) discuss the NBA’s possible return and the Chicago Bulls’ ongoing front office search. What will it take for the NBA to return this season? Is the quarantine/bubble solution realistic? What can the NBA learn from MLB’s proposal? When will fans be…
COVID-19 unexpectedly forced the NBA season to a screeching halt. Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive, and the league and other sports leagues immediately shut down to protect players, coaches, employees and their fans’ health. The coronavirus’ specter continues its spread nationally and abroad, stressing hospitals, economies and communities to the brink. Without basketball,…
