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Beyond possibly losing money, NBA commissioner Adam Silver says there are other things at risk for NBA players if the season doesn't resume.
Silver says the aging process is something which NBA players can't beat. As they say, Father Time is undefeated:
“I have heard from a lot of our players … they're going stir-crazy, they want to play, they want to compete,” Silver told ESPN's Rachel Nichols.
“Players as you know, I mean, unlike a lot of us in our positions we can just go back to what we were doing, but every player is fighting something that's unwinnable, and that's the aging process. So a lost year or lost portion of a season in their careers is very different from other people, so we're gonna try by every means we can to play basketball again, but I say that the safety and health of our players is first, and our fans, which is why I don't want to speculate more on that.”
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is 35. He missed the playoffs last season, but had the Lakers atop the Western Conference standings this season.
James would be just one player severely impacted by a lost season. The four-time NBA MVP and three-time champion has so many miles on his body already. LeBron doesn't know how many years he's got left of being elite. It would be a shame for his stellar campaign to go to waste because of the coronavirus.
The same can be said for every NBA contender. Here's to hoping that the NBA season resumes in the summer and players get to play the game they love and arena workers get their jobs back, too.
