Atlanta Hawks not re-opening facilities amid coronavirus pandemic
Over the weekend, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski provided hope for sports-starved fans missing games amid the coronavirus pandemic when he reported that NBA team facilities could begin opening this Friday for franchises located in states that planned to loosen shelter-in-place restrictions.
Woj poured some cold water over those hopes on Monday afternoon:
Also on Monday, Marc Stein of the New York Times reported the Association already changed its scheduled re-opening date:
A swift domino effect halted the NBA season on March 11. A game between the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder was canceled minutes before tipoff that Wednesday evening after Utah center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus. The league has remained on hiatus since, and no plan to finish the 2019-20 season has been agreed upon by the NBA and National Basketball Players Association.
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