Thursday, March 28, 2024

Charles Barkley Says ‘100 Percent Sure’ NBA Season will Restart / Cites TNT Bosses

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*Charles Barkley may have notified concerned NBA fans about the presumption of the current season that was put on hold of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The former NBA star, now a part of TNT’s NBA studio show “Inside the NBA,” appeared on ESPN’s “The Paul Finebaum Show” and spoke about the return of college football in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Of course he also talked about the NBA, which needs to make a decision on its 2019-20 season much sooner.

“We’re gonna make a decision in the next week,” Barkley said about the NBA. “I’m 100 percent sure we’re going to play. I know my friends in Major League Baseball are going to play. I think that the hockey league is going to play.

“I think the pro football and the college football, they have to sit back and see how it goes for us.”

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So, does Barkley have some insight that the rest of don’t know about?  Well, later in the conversation, he said he was speaking based on conversations with TNT management.

“I do know this, talking to my bosses at Turner,” Barkley said. “We’re going to play basketball. It’s gonna be in Florida and (Las) Vegas, or just Florida.”

Logically, it makes sense that if the NBA does have firm plans to finish the season, it makes sense that the league would figure things out with its broadcast partners before making the information public.

The latest official news has the NBA confirming that it’s in talks with Disney about restarting the season at the Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando in a so-called “bubble” league that would isolate teams in one area, reports Yahoo News.

Additionally, on Monday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the NBPA is in talks with teams and players to gather feedback on the proposed bubble league.

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