There hasn’t bee an NBA game played since Wednesday, and there won’t be one played anytime soon given the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest recommendation for the United States: no events with 50 people or more should be held for the next eight weeks.
This update impacts all major sports.
For the NBA, commissioner Adam Silver initially set the suspension length at 30 days. But this development from the CDC has the league looking at the possibility of playing well into the summer — which would impact the start of the 2020-21 season.
Until then, the players and fans have to find a way to entertain themselves without any basketball.
Based on his activity on Twitter, Brooklyn Nets point guard Spencer Dinwiddie has been able to keep himself busy.
I am skilled in the art of Short rib. But this is my first time attempting to prepare Oxtails. Pray for me folks ππΎπ€πΎ
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) March 15, 2020
So interest rates are zero…
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) March 15, 2020
Still, Dinwiddie isn’t different from anyone else: he misses basketball. And when he asked his NBA colleagues a question about how they’re getting their basketball fix, the Nets guard received quite a few responses:
Any @NBA players going to @YouTube to watch their own highlights due to withdrawals? π
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) March 16, 2020
π€£π€πΎ https://t.co/sifRIumFag
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) March 16, 2020
Big facts π
— Buddy Love !!!! (@buddyhield) March 16, 2020
From rookie year to this year π
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) March 16, 2020
Iβm literally about to do this https://t.co/bBsB6vAtcM
— JosuΓ©lito (@J_Rich1) March 16, 2020
Canβt tell me I ainβt nice πππ https://t.co/2qixMju1Sa
— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) March 16, 2020
π€£πππ I watch bi-weekly . You are whatever you think you are π€·π½ββοΈπ€£ππ½ππΎ https://t.co/ofyx8ZvPrX
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) March 16, 2020
Manπππ all day! https://t.co/4MDoRviHIy
— Jayson Tatum (@jaytatum0) March 16, 2020
ππππ€¦π½ββοΈ lol can walk you thru every play https://t.co/tiQ6LcNmSB
— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) March 16, 2020
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