Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was hopeful the NBA could return as soon as May, but after the last few weeks of accumulated data, the Mavs owner has since backed off from that optimistic view.
At the time, Cuban's window for a return seemed pessimistic, with some owners and players expecting the hiatus to only last a few weeks. The widespread of this global pandemic has accelerated quicker than most expected, likely dooming the NBA and its fans to months of confinement before good old Spalding is seen bouncing in hardwood.
Asked when he could envision the 2019-20 season would resume, Cuban had no choice but to acknowledge ignorance:
Per ESPN's Tim MacMahon:
“I have no idea,” the Mavs owner said on ESPN's Get Up. “I mean, I haven’t had any conversations where anybody discusses an actual date.”
Teams and their players have been left in relative limbo when it comes to a potential target date for resuming basketball activities. Anyone's guess is as right or wrong as others, with no true certainty of when NBA basketball will return.
Owners have been hellbent in resuming the regular season, whether it is by reducing the number of games remaining or having a play-in tournament before the playoffs start.
Yet all those possibilities rely on the virus being contained and the number of infections decreasing overtime to grant players a safe space to play. Teams will likely play without fans in order to prevent further infections, if the NBA is indeed able to return at all this year.
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