NBA news: Steve Kerr, Gregg Popovich planning for Olympics

USA Basketball coaches Gregg Popovich and Steve Kerr are currently planning on preparing for the Olympics as though they will take place.

The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, are still scheduled to happen in spite of the global pandemic threatening the health and wellbeing of millions of individuals along with the schedule of various professional leagues. The NBA is currently on a hiatus that could very well extend into June, although the Olympics, including the basketball tournament, kick off in east Asia in late-July.

San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors head coaches Gregg Popovich and Steve Kerr, respectively, are planning for the games to occur as planned despite the current hectic situation facing the NBA along with international competitions.

Per ESPN's Nick Friedell, the two champion coaches spoke to one another about the Olympics. “Everything's just up in the air. There's no sense if anything's going to be delayed,” Kerr remarked on Tuesday.

Kerr says he's spoken to Popovich about the Olympics and whether they are going to happen as scheduled. Says they are planning as if Games will go on as scheduled, they just don't know.

"Everything's just up in the air. There's no sense if anything's going to be delayed."

— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) March 17, 2020

Popovich took over as the United States men's national basketball team this past summer when Team USA placed seventh at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China. Despite the disappointing finish at the second largest international hoops last September, Pop and the U.S. had planned to come back strong with All-Stars re-upping to join the national team and take gold in Tokyo.

Various Olympic qualifying matches across sports have been suspended and postponed, though, which could forest the summer games discontinuing due to the public health crisis spanning countries, seeing multiple nations go on lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Four members of the Brooklyn Nets were revealed to have tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, including All-Star forward Kevin Durant. Durant, 31, is a two-time gold medalist for Team USA, winning in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro and 2012 in London.