‘We will present a very competitive team’

ADAM Silver addressed how the Tokyo Olympics planned next summer could affect the NBA schedule next season.

He said it would be considered a stop during the season to accommodate games, but sounded very doubtful about the possibility of that happening.

“We will be able to present a very competitive team,” Silver said on Friday (Saturday Manila time), referring to USA Basketball.

“I’m a bit worried about some of the international teams because, as you know, some of their stars play in our league and their absence would make a big difference for those national teams.

“Having said that, I would just say that these are such extraordinary circumstances that even if we set out to plan the Olympics, how can they know what the world will be like next summer and if they can move on?” Silver said. continued.

“So I think during these extraordinary times, all the conventional rules are off the table and everyone will have to make some adaptations.”

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SILVER AT TRUMP

Silver sent good wishes to President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, along with members of his travel group, in response to the news that they had both tested positive for the coronavirus.

Silver said the NBA was in regular contact with the government, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, a key player in the coronavirus task force, about their plans for the reboot bubble at Walt Disney World.

No player has tested positive after entering the bubble. And even with the season now in its final days, Silver said he still can’t relax.

“We have a week or so before we can say we did it,” Silver said in the NBA TV interview. “And every night when I go to sleep, with my cell phone by my side, I’m waiting for that call potentially to say that we have a problem. It’s just one of those things. This is an incredibly virulent virus. The fact that the president of the United States and the first lady, despite all the protections that surround them, they still have it, she tells you. “

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