Atlanta Hawks not re-opening facilities amid coronavirus pandemic

Hawks President of Basketball Operations/GM Travis Schlenk tells ESPN that Hawks won’t be opening team facility to players Friday. “We are going to wait and see what happens in the state over the couple of weeks,” Schlenk tells ESPN. Georgia relaxed stay-at-home policies.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 27, 2020

NBA has received significant pushback from teams about idea of re-opening practice facilities in selected states and municipalities, team officials tell ESPN. Competive balance hasn't been issue -- player/staff safety has. Teams are still awaiting a more detailed NBA plan today.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 27, 2020

There's some expectation the NBA could move that re-opening date back from Friday -- perhaps a week or so -- especially with Hawks now holding off on re-opening their facility until they have a better sense of how loosening of restrictions impacts region. https://t.co/0vsP7L6WJT

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 27, 2020

Despite pushback among many franchises, there are still other teams embracing idea of re-opening facilities, believing that a clean, safe and monitored team environment is needed now to keep players from potentially searching out less safe gymnasium environments to stay in shape.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 27, 2020

The NBA has informed its teams it is targeting May 8 as the earliest date for opening practice facilities in states where stay-at-home restrictions have been eased, league sources say

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) April 27, 2020

If a team's practice facility is in a city no longer subject to a stay-at-home, starting on the target date of May 8, the NBA is planning to allow teams up to a maximum four players in the facility at once for workouts or treatment "on a voluntary/individual basis"

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) April 27, 2020