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**allabout the $$$** · 03-30-20, 07:11 PM

NBA talking playoff scenarios for hopeful coronavirus return

https://nypost.com/2020/03/30/the-playoff-scenarios-nba-is-discussing-for-hopeful-return/amp/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons&__twitter_impression=true

**Purduekev** · 03-30-20, 08:11 PM

I like single elimination tournament. Seed all 30 teams based on record 1 through 30. First round games hosted by higher seed with the top two teams getting a first round bye. Then have four regions hosted by the top 4 teams for the sweet sixteen/ great eight rounds. Final four then hosted by higher remaining seed. Would make for some fun. I might actually watch if they went to a single elimination type of playoff.

**Bcatswin** · 03-30-20, 08:24 PM

Good idear Purdue but this ain't coming back this year guy.

**Purduekev** · 03-30-20, 08:30 PM

Originally posted by Bcatswin

Good idear Purdue but this ain't coming back this year guy.

You are probably correct. I just wish ticketmaster would realize this and refund me on some ticket purchases.

**allabout the $$$** · 03-30-20, 08:33 PM

Originally posted by Bcatswin

Good idear Purdue but this ain't coming back this year guy.

Click the link I posted

**milwaukee mike** · 03-30-20, 09:04 PM

Originally posted by Bcatswin

Good idear Purdue but this ain't coming back this year guy.

it's coming back

nba way too stubborn to just throw away 65 games of a season

**thomorino** · 03-30-20, 09:09 PM

Virginia already extended the shutdown throughjune and you meed over a hundred people to show an NBA game without a hundred people in the arena even if you have no fans. Youbstilk meed, media, security, assistants, cleaners, I dont see the aeason resuming this year. Practice facilities are also closed right now so many of these players wont be in game shape by june.

**IBetYou** · 03-30-20, 10:03 PM

Don't know about America but in UK we're talking 6 months lockdown now, which takes us to October.

**IBetYou** · 03-30-20, 10:38 PM

Best way forward is to play out the regular season at two neutral sites, games running all day ...just like a pre-season to get players back into shape. Then a single elimination playoffs. Get it over with as quickly as possible.

No fans obviously.

**johnnyvegas13** · 03-31-20, 08:20 AM

Originally posted by IBetYou

Best way forward is to play out the regular season at two neutral sites, games running all day ...just like a pre-season to get players back into shape. Then a single elimination playoffs. Get it over with as quickly as possible.

No fans obviously.

Latest article says completing reg season is off the table now

They might complete a few gms to meet tv contracts

But they most likley go straight to playoffs

**big joe 1212** · 03-31-20, 08:55 AM

Originally posted by allabout the $$$

https://nypost.com/2020/03/30/the-pl...mpression=true

Atlantic City has been mentioned as a possible site for the playoffs

**carolinakid** · 03-31-20, 08:57 AM

i would think if they do have playoffs they would hold it in a state with the less amount of virus cases.........

**johnnyvegas13** · 03-31-20, 10:10 AM

Originally posted by carolinakid

i would think if they do have playoffs they would hold it in a state with the less amount of virus cases.........

Or even outside states

Bahamas has been mentioned

I'm guessing they don't have many cases

**JIBBBY** · 03-31-20, 10:12 AM

**johnnyvegas13** · 03-31-20, 11:37 AM

Originally posted by JIBBBY

No it hasn't

**thomorino** · 03-31-20, 03:58 PM

Toronti just cancelled all public gatherings through the end of june, that should do it for the nhl and nba.

**milwaukee mike** · 03-31-20, 08:39 PM

Originally posted by thomorino

Toronti just cancelled all public gatherings through the end of june, that should do it for the nhl and nba.

yeah i guess there's no way of playing an nba game other than a public gathering in toronto

god you're fukking stupid

**Mike Huntertz** · 03-31-20, 09:11 PM

The Chinese Basketball Association suspended its season in February and planned to resume in April. Then May. Now, it’ll be even later.

**funnyb25** · 03-31-20, 09:13 PM

Sports are done for the year. Gotta accept it. Makes it a tad easier.

**thomorino** · 03-31-20, 09:19 PM

Originally posted by milwaukee mike

yeah i guess there's no way of playing an nba game other than a public gathering in toronto

god you're fukking stupid

Oh look its the dumb shit who saus hes going to leave the site every 2 months.

Toronto is the 2 seed in the east, they wont just move on without them, and Toronto isnt looking to different data than everyone else. Everyone is looking at the sam data and models, suggesting 2_3 months of a shutdown in many states is likely.
I feel like im picking on a 2 year old here, go back,to arguing topbet will close in a month. I own you in every thread.

Nna practice facilities arent even open dumb shit, by june most players wont even be in game shape.

**thomorino** · 03-31-20, 09:20 PM

Originally posted by milwaukee mike

yeah i guess there's no way of playing an nba game other than a public gathering in toronto

god you're fukking stupid

You are a dumb shit.

**Black Coffee** · 03-31-20, 09:20 PM

Almost time to lower those NBA salaries

**thomorino** · 03-31-20, 09:22 PM

Originally posted by Mike Huntertz

The Chinese Basketball Association suspended its season in February and planned to resume in April. Then May. Now, it’ll be even later.

The chinese league was seen as a trial,for the NBA too since its the first major league to try to resume since the virus outbreak.

**Mike Huntertz** · 03-31-20, 09:37 PM

Things must not be as great in China as they say??

Originally posted by thomorino

The chinese league was seen as a trial,for the NBA too since its the first major league to try to resume since the virus outbreak.

**thomorino** · 03-31-20, 09:43 PM

Originally posted by Mike Huntertz

Things must not be as great in China as they say??

Yeah Chinas government is vile and theyve been lying about the virus the whole time. Their claim that all the new cases in wuhan are imported is trash.

Its a disgrace that organizations like the who continue to suck China off the same as cnn when this government continues to lie and coverup the facts. Their is very srong evidence the death toll in wuhan and china is much higher than reported.

**jjgold** · 03-31-20, 10:01 PM

This could go into the fall

Every sport might be going in September

**asiagambler** · 03-31-20, 10:05 PM

Need heat and humidity to affect the virus otherwise sports are done for a long time

**JIBBBY** · 03-31-20, 10:07 PM

Originally posted by asiagambler

Need heat and humidity to affect the virus otherwise sports are done for a long time

Yup hard to get sick with the flu or cold in dead of summer period.. Virus's are seasonal for sure..

**Mike Huntertz** · 03-31-20, 10:19 PM

Unsubstantiated about this one so far, but I sure hope so.

Originally posted by JIBBBY

Yup hard to get sick with the flu or cold in dead of summer period.. Virus's are seasonal for sure..

**garyking** · 03-31-20, 11:25 PM

How come there were 535 new cases yesterday in the Philippines where it's hotter and more humid than hell, and it's only just getting started there...

**lakerboy** · 03-31-20, 11:32 PM

Originally posted by JIBBBY

Yup hard to get sick with the flu or cold in dead of summer period.. Virus's are seasonal for sure..

You are funny

**IBetYou** · 03-31-20, 11:34 PM

Originally posted by JIBBBY

Yup hard to get sick with the flu or cold in dead of summer period.. Virus's are seasonal for sure..

LOL you sound like Trump. Things are getting ugly in South Africa -it's quite hot & humid there. People wont stay in their shacks.

**IBetYou** · 04-01-20, 10:12 AM

Originally posted by johnnyvegas13

Latest article says completing reg season is off the table now

They might complete a few gms to meet tv contracts

But they most likley go straight to playoffs

Thing is most players aren't even touching a basketball right now so it's going to take at least a couple weeks for them to get it all back. Two weeks is about a dozen games, so may as well go a few extra to complete the season.

I read that in Italy they're going to finish their season and start the next one immediately after! I could see the season ending in September and picking up again the same month. Cram the draft & FA into a couple weeks - FA doesn't last that long anyway for the big names. Maybe if they took this route they could have travel & fans.

**johnnyvegas13** · 04-01-20, 03:46 PM

Originally posted by IBetYou

Thing is most players aren't even touching a basketball right now so it's going to take at least a couple weeks for them to get it all back. Two weeks is about a dozen games, so may as well go a few extra to complete the season.

I read that in Italy they're going to finish their season and start the next one immediately after! I could see the season ending in September and picking up again the same month. Cram the draft & FA into a couple weeks - FA doesn't last that long anyway for the big names. Maybe if they took this route they could have travel & fans.

Assuming football starts on tune they won't wanna overlap

We likley have finals in august

**IBetYou** · 04-04-20, 10:12 AM

More talk of cancellation now. Possibly a negotiating ploy re the cut, but I think the more time passes the less everyone involved gives a shit. I prefer they let it go and pick up with the draft & summer league ASAP.