The coronavirus has greatly affected American sports, as leagues like the NBA and MLB have all suspended their activities. While many basketball fans are bummed that the season has been suspended, Matt Barnes chooses to see the positive side of things.
Like many fans of the game, the retired forward is frustrated that the league had to be shut down. However, he believes that there's always a positive thing to get from this situation.
Barnes thinks that this suspension will lead to some of the most exciting playoff games the league will see.
“If there’s any kind of silver lining, and it’s hard to address it now, but if you give these guys a break going into the playoffs and you build the anticipation of the NBA coming back, you’re giving the best players in the world an extra two, three, four weeks off,” Matt Barnes said during his appearance on ESPN First Take (via Steve DelVecchio of Larry Brown Sports).
“The energy in the playoffs is going to be off the charts. It’s going to be the best playoffs we’ve seen because everyone is fully rested and fully healthy.”
Multiple playoff teams are struggling with injury issues at the moment, so the suspension means a higher chance of these players making it back to the roster. Since the players will also be getting some kind of rest, this also spells good news for the rest of the league. Fans can expect the NBA's biggest stars to be all rested by the time they start playing again.
If the coronavirus doesn't fully cancel out the NBA season, fans will be in for an incredible playoff spectacle that they haven't seen in a while.
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