Mavs news: Mark Cuban suggests thermal guns to check for coronavirus

Mavs owner Mark Cuban has a solution for checking coronavirus symptoms once the NBA season resumes and fans are allowed back: use a thermal gun.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has a solution for checking coronavirus symptoms: use a thermal gun.

As the country continues to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA wants to resume their season at some point. It's safe to assume that at first, the league will play games without fans. However, there will be a time where fans are allowed to once again attend games.

While that will obviously happen when the coronavirus pandemic dies down, the league will still have to use caution. That would be because the league wouldn't want the virus to spread once again in an arena full of 20,000 people. According to the Mavs billionaire, every fan attending future games could require a scan to see if they have a fever.

Via Stefan Bondy of The New York Daily News:

“It’s not hard to use thermal guns to take someone’s temperature and look for fevers,” Cuban said on CNBC. “Is it feasible? Yes, absolutely. We have to be very cautious, particularly as we try to come back. At first we’ll play a lot of games without fans and figure it out with all the medicines that become available, we’ll go from there.”

The NBA has obviously exercised great caution when it comes to the coronavirus. They were the first major North American sports league to suspend league play. This occurred right after Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert tested positive.

Despite the fact that the virus continues to spread in America, the Mavs exuberant chief remains optimistic the NBA will resume its season.

“Without question, that’s what I expect will happen,” Cuban said. “People need something to rally around right now. People need sports. We need something to cheer for, something to get excited about. And there’s nothing better than our sports teams to do it. Getting excited about a game tonight, everybody in your area watching it, rooting for it, cheering about it.”

It remains to be seen when NBA teams will return to the court. But one thing is definitely a possibility — fans may have to pass a temperature test in order to be admitted into games in the near future.