NBA suspends season

[Arcademan]

The Athletic’s Shams Charania reports that the player who tested positive was Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert.

The announcement arrived shortly after a game between the Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder was abruptly postponed.

Fans had filled the Chesapeake Energy Arena stands, and players took the court shortly before scheduled tip-off prior to leaving the floor to return to their locker rooms.

After a delay, the public address announcer announced that the game was postponed and asked fans to leave the arena in an orderly manner.

The extraordinary step is the latest in the United States to limit large gatherings in an effort to stifle the transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19.

The news arrives hours after the NCAA announced that its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will be played without fans in the stands. College basketball conferences are falling in line with their championship tournaments.

Meanwhile, sports organizations and municipalities in the U.S. and around the world have either canceled, postponed or limited fan access to sporting events and social gatherings like concerts and conferences.

 

[NeoCverA]

Thanks Sage.

 

[Xavier]

Shit just got real!
No plane tickets tho.

 

[wataru330]

This was the *asshole*, that was touching all the mics at the last Jazz shootaround.

Thanks, prick!

 

[cdamm]

Shit just got real!
No plane tickets tho.

Plenty available.

 

[Xavier]

Plenty available.

I meant you shouldn't travel right now.

 

[neo_mao]

The upside is that now there’s going to be plenty of hot cheerleaders all around the country just waiting to be fucked.

Nows the time to make my move!

 

[LoneSage]

Thanks Sage.

I truly hope Americans can set aside their exceptionalism and do what needs to be done for society.

 

[FilthyRear]

I truly hope Americans can set aside their exceptionalism and do what needs to be done for society.

Nuke China from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

 

[evil wasabi]

Nuke China from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

fuck yeah.

 

[LoneSage]

MacArthur suggested nuking Beijing in 1950 - which didn't have nukes at the time - during the Korean War. Truman shot him down, we get the whole 'old soldiers don't die; they just fade away", then China becomes the second most powerful country in the world by 2020.

Meanwhile, Mao's thoughts were - after they went nuclear - basically this: So what if we lose 300,000,000 people? They lose 300,000,000, they're gone. We lose 300,000,000, we still have 1,000,000,000 who can then take over America.

I honestly can not even begin to imagine the timeline if either of those events occurred.

 

[NGT]

NHL is about to do it too. We can't have 100 people together in one room at work. The news just said don't go to small gatherings unless you can be 6 ft away from others.

 

[evil wasabi]

MacArthur suggested nuking Beijing in 1950 - which didn't have nukes at the time - during the Korean War. Truman shot him down, we get the whole 'old soldiers don't die; they just fade away", then China becomes the second most powerful country in the world by 2020.

Meanwhile, Mao's thoughts were - after they went nuclear - basically this: So what if we lose 300,000,000 people? They lose 300,000,000, they're gone. We lose 300,000,000, we still have 1,000,000,000 who can then take over America.

I honestly can not even begin to imagine the timeline if either of those events occurred.

ok, sure. thanks.

 

[famicommander]

MLS season delayed
Tennis tour suspended
National Lacrosse League season suspended
All five major college basketball tournaments cancelled

Gotta imagine hockey and baseball are next.

As of now boxing and wrestling seem mostly normal

 

[Neodogg]

Reds cancelled Opening Day parade...thanks Sage

 

[evil wasabi]

MLS season delayed
Tennis tour suspended
National Lacrosse League season suspended
All five major college basketball tournaments cancelled

Gotta imagine hockey and baseball are next.

As of now boxing and wrestling seem mostly normal

the craziest part of this for me, so far, is that people getting furloughed won't be able to enjoy the time by watching live sports.

shitty.

 

[mjmjr25]

If they cancel OWL then it has gotten real.

 

[Claudia Schiffer]

The big question is, is Lebron okay with this? He is the best athlete AND scientist we have in America.

 

[evil wasabi]

The big question is, is Lebron okay with this? He is the best athlete AND scientist we have in America.

China has a lot of Lebron clones from his harvested DNA. I wonder what they think...

 

[famicommander]

NHL season officially suspended

The NCAA has changed its mind as well and cancelled everything outright instead of playing in empty arenas

California has banned all combat sports (boxing, MMA, kickboxing, wrestling) for at least a month

 

[Xavier]

LDS AKA Mormons canceled Sunday services for the next few weeks.
Wonder if the NBA decision had anything to do with it, they used to have a thing for basketball.
In the middle of most every church is a full sized basketball court.

 

[LoneSage]

LDS AKA Mormons canceled Sunday services for the next few weeks.

Basically any large gathering should be canceled. It makes sense for churches to cancel their services.

 

[Taiso]

The big question is, is Lebron okay with this? He is the best athlete AND scientist we have in America.

Best of 2020.

 

[Massive Urethra Chode]

and nothing of value was lost.

 

[jro]

fuck yeah.

And Italy, obvs. And France cuz why not.