The NBA restart at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex to crown a 2019-20 champion could experience severe delays or be canceled. Pool Photo-USA TODAY Sports

Report: NBA season in 'jeopardy' after postponements

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Aug 26, 2020 6:35 PM ET

The NBA restart at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex to crown a 2019-20 champion could experience severe delays or be canceled.

Three games scheduled to take place on Wednesday were postponed after the Milwaukee Bucks remained in their locker room ahead of a Game 5 contest versus the Orlando Magic. Milwaukee's decision to boycott that game came in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot at least seven times by police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday.

Blake survived the shooting but is reportedly paralyzed.

Contests involving the Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, and Portland Trail Blazers were also called off.

ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted today's developments may be the beginning of a larger movement:

Every NBA player is invited to join the meeting in The Bubble at 8 PM to discuss how they'll proceed from today's boycotts, sources tell @ZachLowe_NBA and me.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 26, 2020

Emotions are raw, players were already worn out of bubble environment prior to the Jacob Blake shooting and sources say discussions within teams are ongoing about postponing tomorrow's three games too -- and beyond. "The season is in jeopardy," one vet player here tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 26, 2020

Tonight's meeting with players will go a long way toward determining how the players will move forward with rest of season, sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 26, 2020

NBA personnel who remain inside the temporary hub have been isolated for over a month and a half. Family members will be welcomed into the bubble once the first round of the playoffs fully concludes.

Currently, Thursday's NBA schedule exists as:

Denver Nuggets vs. Utah Jazz: 4:00 pm ET

Boston Celtics vs. Toronto Raptors: 6:30 pm

Los Angeles Clippers vs. Dallas Mavericks: 9:00 pm

Decisions and announcements on those games could be made late Wednesday night.

Previously, members of the Raptors and Celtics had discussed boycotting Thursday's outing.

Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports added "a sizable amount of players" still wish to play:

Yahoo Sources: There’s a sizable amount of players advocating to finish the season out since sacrifices were made to enter the bubble, believing the NBA platform is a useful resource in this social climate.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 26, 2020

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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