Column for usatodaysports: The MLB postponed two games on Monday after 14 Miami Marlins players tested positive for the coronavirus. Should that leave the NBA worried it could also strike out on trying to resume the season?
"I wasn’t sure if I was going to feel safe here, and I feel super safe," New Orleans Pelicans guard J.J. Redick said."This is an environment here I feel has been really good. The protocols are in place. It’s hard to compare what baseball or the NFL is doing because it’s not what we’re doing. We’re doing something completely different. But obviously we’re all watching to see how baseball and football work given the uncertainty of next season as well.
Though our country could have mitigated this damage with proper long-term planning, it has also exacerbated its problems with too many short-sighted solutions. So in the NBA’s case, there is little value in fretting over when next season might start. It should just worry about making sure it can pull off this season restart first. In that respect, the MLB’s sluggishness should not foreshadow an NBA swing-and-miss, too.
"It didn’t really do anything to me," Washington Wizards guard Troy Daniels Jr. said of MLB’s development."Obviously the corona stuff has been going on for a while now. But I think the NBA has done a great job with putting together the bubble. All we can do is stay within our guidelines, make sure we’re staying sanitary and wish for the best."
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