As the NBA continues to explore ways to possibly resume games amid the coronavirus pandemic, team executives and agents reportedly want the league to cancel the 2019-20 season.
Per CNBC's Jabari Young, multiple team executives have grown "frustrated with the lack of information" from the NBA and are pressuring the league to cancel what's left of this season.
Young noted that team executives and player agents expressed concern about the challenges that would go into resuming this season.
One person with a Western Conference team told Young the club has already lost $50 million this season "and doesn't have much incentive to restart the season anymore."
Another executive explained to Young that team owners don't see the financial benefit of resuming this season: "What [owners] are saying is, 'If we return, where is the revenue that is going to justify the additional cost of returning? They are looking at the cost side versus the revenue side. What revenue comes in now?"
One agent told Young he's "surprised" NBA commissioner Adam Silver hasn't canceled the season yet because he typically operates with an abundance of caution.
LeBron James took to Twitter to say the report isn't true, as far as he knows:
LeBron James @KingJamesSaw some reports about execs and agents wanting to cancel season??? That’s absolutely not true. Nobody I know saying anything like that. As soon as it’s safe we would like to finish our season. I’m ready and our team is ready. Nobody should be canceling anything. 👑
Silver told reporters on an April 17 conference call that the league was "not in a position to make any decisions and it's unclear when we will be."
Per Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium and Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press, the NBA is considering using Walt Disney World Resort as a location to host games if this season is able to resume.
The NBA is currently targeting May 8 to re-open practice facilities with strict safety measures in place, including no more than four players allowed at a time all equipment being thoroughly disinfected after each use.
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2020-04-30 17:30:34Z
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